OBIT: Grace & Edward Rose; Franklinville, Allegany Co., NY (1942) Copyright (c) 1999 by Susan Austin (susanaustin@hotmail.com). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submittor has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. ************************************************************************ At mid 20th Century 29 South Main was owned and occupied by Ed and Grace Rose. Ed Rose was a clothier who bought the shop on west Park Square from Smith & Crosman. ------------ MRS. GRACE ROSE was stricken suddenly ill and died at her home on South Main Street on her 74th birthday. She was the widow of EDWARD T. ROSE who was proprietor of the Ed T. Rose haberdashery here for several years. He died in 1942. BORN SEPTEMBER 2, 1887 IN WELLSBORO, PA. she had been a resident here for the past forty years. ------------- EDWARD T. ROSE died March 28, 1942. BORN LYNDON AUGUST 6, 1870 "When a young chap he came to Franklinville and clerked for Chandler Bros., later the A. M. Farwell store. After his apprenticeship he went to Arcade and clerked in a dress shop. Then he went on the road selling gloves. A good salesman he soon attracted the attention of the Rugby Knitting Co. and for many years was one of its top drummers. While still on the road he formed a partnership with another drummer, Frank E. Smith, on the road selling crackers and baked goods and opened a men's clothing store in Franklinville in 1912, employing William C. Crosman, another road salesman as clerk. In 1913 he sold his interest to Smith & Crosman, and continued his emplojyment with the Rugby Knitting Co. Later he retired from the road and returned to Franklinville. The itch for merchandising was in his blood so in 1933 he opened the first 5 cent to $1.00 store in Franklinville in the space now occupied by N. L. & O. Power Co. Seeking a better location for his business he moved into the original Masoni Building on Main Street and enlarged his floor space. In 1939 he sold to Warren Negus and again retired. Once again the merchandising fever took hold and the aged veteran could not resist. He purchased the William C. Crosman men's furnishing store following a closeout sale and started the business anew in 1940. Surviving wife GRACE METZGAR ROSE. SIBLING MRS. CHARLES THRALL, CUBA. BURIAL MOUNT PROSPECT