William Gray Rose and Martha Parmelee

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Husband William Gray Rose ^{1 2}

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           Born: 23 Sep 1829 - Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: James Rose (Abt 1785-1865) 2 3
         Mother: Martha McKinley (Abt 1785-1872) 3 4

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Wife Martha Parmelee ²

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General Notes: Husband - William Gray Rose

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He served three months as a private in West Virginia during the Civil War.
His early education was secured in the country school, he working on the farm in summer and attending school in winter. At the age of seventeen he taught his first school, and continued the occupation for several years, meantime attending an academy, where he enlarged his educational outfit by mastering the rudiments of English and giving some attention to Latin, Greek and the higher mathematics. At the age of twenty-three he was able to accomplish his cherished purpose of entering upon the study of the law. Entering the office of Hon. William Stewart, of Mercer, Pennsylvania, he prosecuted his studies vigorously, and was admitted to the bar April 7, 1855. He entered upon practice in Mercer, but soon became interested as one of the editors and proprietors of the Independent Democrat. He was soon led into the Republican party, which elected him for two terms to the State Legislature, commencing in 1857. In 1860 he was chosen a delegate to the National Republican Convention, which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency. In 1865 he removed to Cleveland, and gave his attention to the purchase and sale of real estate. He made friends rapidly. In 1877 he was elected mayor of the city. In 1883 he was unanimously nominated as lieutenant-governor of Ohio on the ticket with Judge J. B. Foraker, who later became governor. Owing to the complications growing out of prohibitory and license amendments the ticket was defeated by 13,000 votes, but he came nigh being elected. In Cuyahoga County his vote exceeded that of the party by 3,000 votes. [HMC 1888, 694]

He was twice mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, in 1877 and in 1891, and was also at one time a member of the Legislature, as well as a candidate for lieutenant-governor, but declined to permit the nomination to be made on account of his relationship with William McKinley, who was then a rising statesman and member of Congress.

1 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 694.

2 Editor, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 501.

3 Editor, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 572.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1877), Pg 60.