BIO: Rodney S. Rose, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 238.
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  ROSE, RODNEY S., was born on February 6, 1819, in Exeter, Otsego 
County, N.Y.  He was converted and became a member of the Methodist 
Episcopal Church in his boyhood.  Before becoming of age he realized a 
call to the ministry, and began very early to proclaim the Gospel.  He 
received his education largely at Cortland, N.Y., and Cazenovia 
Seminary.  He joined the Oneida Conference in 1841, and became a member 
of Wyoming Conference at its organization.
  On January 14, 1844, he married Miss Esther Thurston, of Lewisville, 
N.Y., sister of Rev. E. D. Thurston, for many years a member of Central 
New York Conference.  She died at Berkshire, N.Y., on October 2, 1859, 
and was buried there.  Samuel, Ella, and Anna, children by this union, 
are still living, while Charles Hedding, John, and Arthur died in 
infancy.  On February 1, 1860, he married Mrs. Mary Kinney, widow of 
Rev. Mr. Kinney, of the Genesee Conference, at Sweden, N.Y.  She died 
at Van Ettenville, N.Y., of heart disease, on July 12, 1860, and was 
buried at Lockport, N.Y., her childhood home.  On April 7, 1862, he 
married Miss Mary Louisa Ward, of Candor, N.Y.  She is the daughter of 
Hiram Ward, who was an officer in the Candor church many years, filling 
the offices of Sunday school superintendent, trustee, steward, and 
class leader.  Four children have been born to them.  Lewis Stanley 
died at four weeks of age.  Olin Ward has been a member of Upper Iowa 
Conference for a number of years, and is now engaged in evangelistic 
work.  Mary is a teacher in Schenectady, N.Y., and Fanny is married to 
a Mr. Georgie, and lives in Minneapolis.
  After his superannuation in 1876 he resided in Candor, N.Y., where he 
died on December 14, 1900.  He was buried in Maplewood Cemetery in 
Candor.
  His pastoral record is as follows:  1841-42, Bainbridge; 1843, New 
Berlin; 1844, Chenango; 1845, Windsor; 1846, Great Bend; 1847-48, 
Vestal; 1849-50, Broome; 1851-52, Sanford; 1853-54, Mount Pleasant; 
1855-56, Salem; 1857-58, Shepherd's Creek; 1859-60, Berkshire; 1861, 
Van Ettenville; 1862-63, Caroline; 1864-65, Flemingville; 1866-68, 
Lackawanna; 1869-70, Newton; 1871-73, Springville; 1874-75, Orwell; 
1876-1900, sd.