Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Rose, Joseph 
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Author: Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County

JOSEPH ROSE. The farmers of this county have a good representative in Mr. 
Rose, who for years diligently and successfully cultivated a farm in Manhattan 
Township, but who since 1891 has been living retired from active cares and in 
the enjoyment of the comforts earned by his former industry, is quietly 
passing the twilight of his life in Manhattan. The period of his connection 
with the history of this county covers a half century. It was on the 19th of 
June, 1850, that he arrived in Lockport, a stranger in a strange land, with 
whose customs and people he was wholly unfamiliar. He was without means and 
was glad to secure work at fifty cents a day and his board. In the years that 
have since come and gone he has labored to such good purpose that he now owns 
two hundred and forty acres of improved land besides his property in town. A 
son of John and Sarah (Whitely) Rose, the subject of this sketch was born in 
Nottinghamshire, England, March 1, 1825. He was reared on a farm and remained 
in the vicinity of his birthplace until he crossed the ocean to the United 
States. After a voyage of nearly six weeks from Liverpool on the good sailing 
ship "Manhattan," Captain Mulligan, he arrived in New York City, where he 
spent a few days. He then proceeded to Albany and from there pursued his way 
to Chicago, at that time an insignificant village in the midst of a dense 
swamp. From Chicago he came via canal boat to Lockport, where he secured 
employment. Later, for three years, he worked on a farm for D. C. Young, and 
while in his employ he helped to clear up the land now occupied by Oakwood 
cemetery. Renting a tract of eighty acres, Mr. Rose began independent farming. 
He spent four years on the same place, and in 1858 removed to Manhattan 
Township, where he operated a rented farm for six years, and in 1864 bought a 
farm in Wilton Township, between Peotone and Wilton. Upon the one hundred and 
sixty acres comprising the farm he engaged in general farming and stock-
raising. He later bought eighty acres of land west of Wilton Center. He 
remained on his farm until his removal to Manhattan in 1891. He has never 
cared for office and, aside from voting the Republican ticket, takes no part 
in politics. In 1846 he married Miss Mary Hallam, a native of England. They 
are the parents of the following-named children: Charles, James P., Robert H., 
Elizabeth, Mary J. and Harriet S. Of these Charles is in Los Angeles, Cal.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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