Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Rose, Joseph 
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

Joseph Rose is a retired farmer of Manhattan and is well known in Will county, 
where for many years he was engaged in general agricultural pursuits. He was 
born in Nottinghamshire, England, March 1, 1825, his parents being John and 
Sarah (Whitely) Rose. The father, who was a farmer and lived on rented land, 
died during the early boyhood of his son Joseph, who then lived with his 
widowed mother until he had attained his majority and largely relieved her of 
the care and work of the farm. He came to America in 1850, sailing from 
Liverpool, on the sailing vessel Manhattan, commanded by Captain Mulligan. 
After a voyage of six weeks he landed in New York City and thence proceeded by 
the water route to Chicago, from which point he made his way over the Michigan 
and Illinois canal to Lockport. At that place he lived with Charles Robinson, 
who was formerly a resident of England, his home being seven miles from the 
Rose farm. Mr. Robinson lived in a house which he built from one load of 
lumber. When it rained pans and tubs were set at different points over the 
floor to catch the water running through the roof. Mr. Rose had just twelve 
dollars when he reached Lockport. He left his wife and children in England, 
but as soon as he had earned sufficient money he sent for them and they 
arrived the following year. He worked for D. C. Young for three years for 
thirteen dollars per month, the highest wages paid at that time. He afterward 
engaged in farming for himself on rented land. During the period of the Civil 
war, he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of unimproved land on section 
12, Wilton township, the purchase price being one thousand dollars. He did not 
have quite that sum of money at the time, but soon discharged his 
indebtedness. He built a house and other buildings there and carried on the 
work of the farm year by year, meeting with excellent success. He there 
continued until 1891, when he retired from active farm life and removed to the 
village of Manhattan, but still owns the farm of two hundred and forty acres 
in Wilton township, from which he derives a good income. He also has four 
residence properties in the village and a half interest in the postoffice 
building. Mr. Rose was married in England in 1846 to Miss Mary Attain, a 
native of that country, who died soon after the Civil war. They had seven 
children, namely: William, who is living in Joliet; Mrs. Graves, of Wilton 
township; Mary Jane, the wife of Robert Mackender, who is living on her 
father's old homestead; Charles, a resident of California; Robert, in the 
state of Washington; Hattie, who is married and lives with her father; and 
James, who is living on a part of his father's farm. Since losing his first 
wife Mr. Rose has been married twice. He first married Miss Hazard and 
afterward Miss Chadwick, but his third wife is also deceased. Mr. Rose has 
always been a very industrious man and lived in a frugal and economical way, 
thus accumulating a competence, and he is now enabled to live retired. In 
politics he has always been a republican, but without aspiration for office. 
He is known as an honest man and one who has by close application and 
unfaltering diligence gained the success which he now enjoys. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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