D. L. ROSE
president of The Rose & Johnson Company, wholesale
grocers, located on West Front Street, Youngstown, was born in
Medina County, Ohio, in 1855, and was 11 years of age when his
parents moved to Mahoning County. Until he was 27 years of
age, Mr. Rose remained on the home farm and then embarked in
a mercantile business at Rosemont, where he continued in business
for 17 years. In 1895 Mr. Rose came to Youngstown in
the capacity of city salesman for the Baldwin-Carnahan Company,
wholesale grocers, and remained associated with that firm until it
was absorbed by the J. H. Fitch Company, a period of
six years. In 1901 Mr. Rose, in partnership with
Alfred Johnson, engaged in the produce business, under the firm
name of Rose & Johnson, later drifting into the wholesale
grocery trade. On June 1, 1895, their business became an
incorporated concern, The Rose & Johnson Company, capitalized
at $50,000. The officers are: D. L. Rose, president;
N. P. Johnson vice president, and Alfred Johnson
secretary and treasurer.
In 1905 the company erected a fine brick building for
business purposes, locating it on Front street, having three stories
and basement, its dimensions being 40 by 154 feet. This gives
them 25,000 feet of floor space. The Company keeps four men on
the road, covering western Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio.
Mr. Rose was first married, in
1875 to Miss Rebecca W. Smith, who passed away in February,
1900, aged 44 years, leaving one child, Minna, now Mrs.
Minna E. Leedy, a resident of Portland, Oregon. Mr.
Rose was a member of the Westminster Presbyterian Church.
In 1902 Mr. Rose was married to Emma Wickline,
of Salem, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Rose belong to the
Westminster Presbyterian Church.
Politically, Mr. Rose is a Republican.
Fraternally, he belongs to the Knights of Pythias and to Council
NO. 233, Protected Home Circle, and is a charter member of the
United Commercial Traveler's Association of Mahoning County.
~Page 996 - 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co.,
Ohio - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co., Chicago, Illinois - 1907 |
FRANK ENSIGN
ROSE. Few families have impressed their business
energies and civic activities more prominently upon Trumbull County
than the Roses. The family has lived in this section of
the Western Reserve more than a century. Representing the
third generation, Frank Rose has had an active career as a
farmer, business man and public official, he having served as
chairman of the Board of County Commissioners until he resigned from
the board in August, 1920. Mr. Rose was born on the
home farm in Mecca Township, Trumbull County, on Dec. 26, 1869, the
son of Thomas H. and Josephine G. (Gridley) Rose.
His grandfather, Jonathan Rose, was a native of Pennsylvania
and of Pennsylvania Dutch stock, and founded the family of Trumbull
County. The land which he took up and developed in Mecca
Township was not sold out of the family until 1913.
Jonathan Rose married Anna Craft, a native of Washington
County, Pennsylvania, and also of Dutch ancestry.
The late Thomas H. Rose was born in the same
house as his son Frank E. in 1842, and died at Warren in
1907. For many years he was the most extensive cheese and milk
operator in Northern Ohio. At one time he operated fifteen
cheese factories and creameries, the product of which was sold all
over Trumbull, Mahoning, Portage and Ashtabula counties. For
all his extensive business care he gave much of his time to public
affairs, serving three full terms as county commissioner of Trumbull
County. His wife, Josephine G. Gridley, was born in
Mecca Township and died in 1905, at the age of sixty years.
Her grandfather, Albert Gridley, was a native of
Massachusetts and was also a pioneer of Trumbull County.
Frank E. Rose spent much of his early life in
the country in Mecca Township. He attended district schools,
also the Courtland High School, and for many years was an active
association with his father, especially in operating the home farm.
His home has been at Warren since 1905. On moving to the
county seat he engaged in the livery and transfer business, and is
still interested in real estate and in the buying and selling of
heavy draft horses.
Mr. Rose is most widely known for his official
record. He was elected sheriff of Trumbull County and
reelected, serving four years in that office. Before he
retired from the position of sheriff he was elected county
commissioner, and was twice reelected. Mr. Rose is
affiliated with Cortland Lodge of Masons.., Warren Lodge of Elks,
and is a member of the First Methodist Episcopal Church at Warren.
He married Miss Mabel C. Christy, daughter
of James and Frances (Forward) Christy, of Brookfield
Township, Trumbull County. They have a family of three
children: Frances Rose, born in 1903, Thomas, born in
1905, and Hazel, born in 1908.
~Page 145 - History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio -
Publ. American Historical Society - Chicago & New York - 1921 |
GEORGE E. ROSE.
No citizen of Mahoning County occupies a higher position in the
esteem of the people than does George E. Rose, one time
lawyer, ex-judge of the Probate Court of Mahoning County, and the
president and general manager of the Realty Security Company at the
present time. During his years of legal practice he built up a
large and representative clientele, being regarded as an extremely
safe counselor in all matters pertaining to legal questions.
It speaks well for any man who may have the confidence of the people
to such an extent that he is regarded as specially adapted to the
settlement of estates and matters of equity. Since retiring
from the practice of law and entering the field of business and
finance he has achieved as pronounced a success and gained as high a
reputation as was his in the field of law.
George E. Rose was born Dec. 9, 1859, at
Carlisle, Lorain County, Ohio, and is the son of Elijah and Lucy
A. (Bacon) Rose. He was reared on the paternal farmstead,
his early years being much like those of the average farmer boy of
that period, consisting in attending the district schools during the
winter months and helping cultivate the farm during the summers.
After completing his common school studies Mr. Rose prepared
for college at Oberlin, after which he entered Dartmouth College at
Hanover, New Hampshire, where he was graduated in 1881. The
profession of law had an attraction for him early in life, and he
had, at intervals, read some law, but on completing his college work
he began a systematic study of Blackstone and Kent in the office of
Metcalf & Webber at Elyria, Ohio, He was admitted to the bar
in 1883 and in January of the following year he opened an office and
entered upon the active practice of his profession in Youngstown,
Ohio, with which city he has remained identified ever since.
Although the profession was already overcrowded here, he soon took
rank among the ablest lawyers in the city and exemplified the old
adage that "There is always room at the top." In the spring of
1888 Mr. Rose was elected city solicitor and two years later
was elected to succeed himself, serving four years in that position.
In 1893, about ten years after locating in Youngstown,,, Mr. Rose
was elected probate judge of Mahoning County, and officiated in that
position until Feb., 1901, his official tenure being characterized
by promptness and dispatch in the handling of official business,
legal ability of a high order, and a keen sense of justice which
permeated all his acts. Shortly after his retirement from the
bench Judge Rose resumed his law practice as a member of the
firm of Norris, Jackson & Rose. Sometime later, however, he
retired from the active practice of the law in order to devote his
attention to the Realty Security Company, of which he was the
organizer and of which he has been the president and active manager
from that time to the present. The Realty Security Company is
one of the sound and influential financial institutions of
Youngstown and has had an important part in the development and
upbuilding of the city. He was also one of the organizers of
the Real Estate Security Company, of which he is vice president and
he is a director of the mercantile house of Strouss-Hirshberg
Company.
George E. Rose was married to Louise H.
Baxter, the daughter of Heman Baxter, and to them has
been born a daughter, Louise M., who is now the wife of
Robert J. Eppley. The family are members of the
Presbyterian Church, while politically the judge is an active
supporter of the republican party. Socially he is identified
with the Youngstown Club, the Youngstown Country Club and the Poland
Country Club. As a citizen Judge Rose is public
spirited and enterprising; as a friend and neighbor he combines the
qualities that win confidence and command respect, and as a business
man he exhibits those elements which are nearly always a guarantee
of success. His life and labors have been worthy because they
have contributed to a proper understanding of life and its problems,
and while advancing his own interests he has performed his full
share in promoting the public welfare.
~Page 266 - History of Youngstown & The Mahoning Valley, Ohio -
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HON. GEORGE
E. ROSE, formerly judge of Probate Court of Mahoning County,
now a member of the important law firm of Norris, Jackson & Rose,
with offices at Nos. 608-613 Dollar Bank Building, Youngstown, is
one of the city's prominent men, one who is identified with many of
its important interests. He was born Dec. 9, 1857, at
Carlisle, Loraine County, Ohio, and entered Dartmouth College from
which he was graduated in 1881. After his admission to the
bar, in 1883, he settled at Youngstown, entering upon the practice
of law and also taking an intelligent interest in local politics.
In the spring of 1888 he was elected city solicitor on the
Republican ticket, and served as such for two terms. In 1893,
he was elected judge of the Probate Court. Since retiring from
the bench in 1900, Mr. Rose has given his whole attention to
a large private practice and has been associated with men of legal
ability and more than city prominence. Sidney D. Lamar
Jackson, the second member of the firm, of Norris, Jackson, &
Rose, which was formed in November, 1900, was formerly
prosecuting attorney of Mahoning County, and each member has gained
distinction in some line of practice.
Judge Rose married Louise H.
Baxter, a daughter of Heman Baxter, and they have one
child, Louise M. The family are members of the
Presbyterian Church. They have a very pleasant home at No. 204
Arlington street, Youngstown. Judge Rose is a
Republican in politics and, fraternally, is an Elk and Knight of
Pythias.
~Page 996 - 20th Century History of Youngstown & Mahoning Co.,
Ohio - Publ. Biographical Publ. Co., Chicago, Illinois - 1907 |
DIO
ROGERS is the son of James and Elizabeth D. (Jaureson)
Rogers; he was born at East Palestine, Columbiana county, Ohio,
April 24, 1850. His common school education was confined to
the English branches. He taught school during three years at
his native village. He read law with Rogers & Rogers,
his brothers, and was admitted to practice in April, 1874. In
the summer of 1874 he opened an office in Hubbard, where he has ever
since remained.
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History of Trumbull & Mahoning
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