Marin County CA Archives Obituaries.....Rose, Alfred W. October 16, 1900
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San Francisco Call, October 18, 1900
“MEXICAN WAR VETERAN DIES AT SAN RAFAEL 
Passing of Alfred W. Rose, a Hero of the Battle of Buena Vista. 

SAN RAFAEL. Oct. 17.— Alfred W. Rose died in this city last night. He was a 
Mexican war veteran and a pioneer of California, having come to this State at 
the conclusion of that war. At one time he was enormously wealthy, but his 
riches ebbed away on the tide of adverse fortune. 

During the Mexican war Rose was a first sergeant In Company B, First Illinois 
Volunteers. At the battle of Buena Vista he exhibited rare courage by carrying 
off the body of Colonel Harding, who commanded his regiment. The feat was 
performed under a withering fire of the enemy and several comrades who essayed 
to assist him were killed. 

Alfred W. Rose was born in Delaware County, Ohio, on July 21, 1823. He was a 
man of fine attainments and practiced law for a number of years. He leaves a 
brother and sister. The brother, A. H. Rose, was at one time State Senator from 
Amador County. The sister is Mrs. A. J. Rose Lovejoy of San Jose. The interment 
will take place to-morrow at [Mount] Tamalpais Cemetery [, San Rafael]. The 
services will be conducted, at the Episcopal church of this city.” END 


Additional Comments:
San Francisco Call, October 18, 1900 (Thursday), Page 3, Column 7.

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