Butte County CA Archives Biographies.....Riley, Laughlin McB. Rose 1844 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 30, 2006, 2:48 am Author: Fariss & Smith (1882) LAUGHLIN McB. ROSE was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, May 14, 1844, and is a son of James and Margaret Rose, pioneer settlers of the same county, his grandfather Rose being one of the first five occupants. The family consisted of three children: David, now in the state of Kansas; John R., now with the subject of this sketch, and Laughlin McB. Their mother died in 1854, and their father in 1863. In 1861, Mr. Rose went to Wisconsin, and in April, 1865, came to California, across the plains. He clerked for George C. Perkins in Oroville for about five years, when he was married to Miss Ellen E. Carter, and removed to the Mountain house in Bidwell township, where he remained till late in the fall of 1873. In the spring of 1874, he settled on the farm which is now his present residence. It embraces 1,320 acres of excellent grain land. On the fifth of December, 1874, his wife died, leaving him three children: Isabel, William Laughlin and Bertha E. He was again married November 25, 1875, to Clara Ann Mallory, of Butte county. By this union there are two children, David McBain and Edwin Russell. Mr. Rose is a member of the Oroville lodge, No. 59, I. O. O. F., and of the encampment; also, of the lodge of United Workmen at Biggs. He is one of the successful farmers of Hamilton township, having accumulated a handsome property. He is a very skillful sportsman and delights in hunting. The result of one week's hunting for ducks on his farm was the bagging of one thousand, having been assisted by his brother. Additional Comments: Extracted from: HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, IN TWO VOLUMES. I. HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850. BY FRANK T. GILBERT. The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California. Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. The Discovery of Gold in California. BY HARRY L. WELLS. II. HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS. BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS. HARRY L. WELLS, 517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO 1882. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers 517 Clay St., San Francisco File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/butte/bios/riley567nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb