Sketch of the Rose Family, Audrain County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** George Rose and his wife, of Germany had three children: Louis, Martin and Matthias. Louis was Colonel of a regiment in the battle of Blue Licks, KY., and was captured and taken to Detroit, where he was ex- changed and returned home in August, 1783. Matthias married Nancy Hickman, of Loudon County, VA., and settled in St. Louis County, MO., in 1818. His children were: Louis, Elga H., Rolley F., Elizabeth, Sarah and Angeline. Louis married Elizabeth Massey, and they had one son, Frank E., who lives in St. Louis County. elga H., better known as Judge Rose, lives in Mexico, MO. He married Ellen B. Sullivan, and they had Matthias D. and Lucy E. Rolley F. was married first to Mary Clark, by whom he had: Louis, William, Franklin and Nancy. He was married the second time to Adeline DeHare, a French lady. Eliza- beth married James McClure. Sarah married Nicholas S. Burkhart. Angeline married Benjamin D. Ray. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================