Husband Robert Hutchinson Rose 1 2 3
Born: 7 Dec 1847 - Montrose, Susquehanna Co, PA 1 2
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Father: Edward Wallace Rose ( - ) 1 2 3
Mother: Marian Simpson ( - ) 2 3
Marriage: 5 Sep 1877 2 3 4
Wife Laena Darling Hamlin 2 3 4
Born: 7 Jun 1856 - Smethport, McKean Co, PA 2 3
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Father: Hon. Henry Hamlin (1830- ) 5 6 7 8 9
Mother: Hannah Lavinia McCoy (1834-1924) 2 3 7 9 10
Children
1 M Robert Craig Rose 2 3 4
Born: 10 Aug 1880 2 3
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Died: Sep 1915 3
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2 F Marion Rose 2 3 4
Born: 6 Jun 1885 2 3
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Died: 17 Aug 1897 2 3
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Robert Hutchinson Rose
In Montrose, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, at the academy, young Robert H. commenced his classical education. In 1868 he graduated from Cortland Academy, at Homer, New York, after which he became a student in the law office of Fitch & Watson, prominent attorneys of Montrose, and in 1873, he was admitted to the bar in Susquehanna County. In December of that year he came to McKean County, and to Smethport, as attorney and agent for the Bingham estate. The Binghams were the original owners of nearly all McKean county, as well as Potter and adjoining counties, and the largest owners of oil territory in this field.
The first law partners of Mr. Rose were Hon. David Sterrett, and Hon. W. W. Brown, the firm subsequently changing to Sterrett & Rose, and later, by the retirement of Mr. Sterrett, after ten years' copartnership, Mr. Rose was alone, his office being in the Hamlin Bank building. In addition to his other interests, Mr. Rose was attorney for the county commissioners; and in this connection, at the time of his appointment, a local paper paid him the following just tribute to his ability as an attorney and his integrity as a citizen: "The Appointees. The new board of commissioners appointed, as their legal counsel, Hon. Robert H. Rose. Mr. Rose is one of the younger, yet one of the ablest, members of the bar of McKean county. He represented this county in the legislature of 1885 with great credit, and as a member of the law firm of Sterrett & Rose he has had very considerable legal experience. Other attorneys sought the position who were backed by strong friends, but the commissioners finally decided in favor of Mr. Rose, and no one can deny but that the selection is a singularly meritorious one." Mr. Rose was actively engaged in the oil trade beginning in 1878, and was a member of the Bradford Exchange; operating in the Bradford, Allegany and Washington fields largely, and was recognized as a thorough, able and successful business man and financier.
Mr. Rose represented his district in the State legislature, where he made an enviable record. He took a just pride in being a thirty-second degree Freemason, a Knight Templar, and a member of the consistory at Pittsburgh; as also a member of the Mystic Shrine. In his political views Mr. Rose was always a Republican.
His home was one of the fine residences of the borough, and he was recognized as one of the leading representative citizens. Mr. Rose was of a remarkably genial and kindly nature, and his home was the center of a refined social life. Here he gave free scope to his love of the fine arts, notably pictures by modern artists, of which he was an enthusiastic admirer and intelligent judge. [HMEF, 453]
General Notes: Wife - Laena Darling Hamlin
She was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, the Monday Afternoon Club, the Civic Club, King's Daughters, and was deeply interested in church and charitable work.