Will County IL Archives Biographies.....Rose, Samuel  
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SAMUEL ROSE, a leading citizen of Crete, was born in Ireland, October 1, 1845, 
a son of John and Mary (Ormsby) Rose, natives of the same county as himself. 
His father came to America in 1850 and settled in Washington Township, this 
county, where he bought a soldier's warrant for one hundred and sixty acres, 
paying $130 for the same. The country was new and sparsely settled. Few roads 
had been opened or improvements made. The following years he gave to the 
cultivation of his land, but here he had brought it to the fine condition he 
hoped for, death ended his labors, June 7, 1858, when he was thirty-eight 
years of age. Had his life been spared he would undoubtedly have attained 
success. After coming to this country he affiliated with the Republican party. 
For two terms he served as highway commissioner. In religion he was an 
Episcopalian. His wife, who accompanied him to the United States, died in 
Septemter, 1877, when sixty-seven years of age. They were the parents of four 
children, one of whom died in infancy. The others are: Samuel, our subject; 
Lottie M., who married E. P. Lyon and at her death left three children; and 
John A., the youngest of the family, who graduated from the Chicago law school 
in 1882 and is now attorney for the Union Traction Company of Chicago.

When the family came to America our subject was only five years of age. Hence 
he has practically known no other home than Will County. He grew up amid 
pioneer surroundings. The place was wholly unimproved when the family settled 
on it. The lumber for a house his father was obliged to haul, with ox-teams, 
from Chicago, and the shingles he split by hand. When the father died Samuel 
was thirteen. He remained at home with his mother and was of the greatest 
assistance in the conduct of the farm. In March, 1874, he left home and went 
to Beecher, where he carried on a general store. In August, 1880, he returned 
to the old homestead, having bought the interests of the other heirs. In 
November, 1893, he sold the farm and came to Crete, where he established a 
loan and collection business. Having read law at home he has also had 
considerable practice and has proved an excellent counselor. He also buys and 
sells real estate.

January 11, 1877, Mr. Rose married Abbie, daughter of Joseph White, of 
Crisman, Ind. She died July 14, 1896, leaving a daughter, Blanche. The second  
marriage of our subject took placen September 8, 1897, and united him with 
Mrs. Annette J. (Dewey) Hewes, the widow of Benjamin Hewes and a second cousin 
of Admiral Dewey. In religion she is a member of the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. By her first husband she had three children.

As a Republican, Mr. Rose has been active in local affairs. For eight years he 
was justice of the peace in Washington Township and for twenty-five years 
served as school trustee. He is a charter member of Crete Lodge No. 763, A. F. 
& A.M.; before this he was a charter member of Grant Park Lodge No. 640. After 
he came to Crete he was one of the charter members of the Eastern Star and has 
since held his connection with the same, and was its first worthy patron, 
holding the office for two years.

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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