IN MEMORIAM: John Rose, 1862, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Altoona Tribune
Oct 9, 1862

IN MEMORIAM.- Another family circle mourns a loved one lost. John Rose, of this 
place, fell on the battle field of Antietam, a sacrifice on the alter of his 
country. He was shot though the bowels and lived three hours afteer receiving 
the wound, He was a member of Capt. Hostetter's company. (Co. D, 125th PA) 

The following lines, by George P. Morris, express the sentiments of his parents 
and friends:

He died, as he had lived, beloved,
without an enemy on earth;
In word and deed he breathed and moved,
the soul of honor and of worth:
His hand was open as the day, 
his bearing high, his nature brave;
and, when from life he pass'd away,
our hearts went with him to the grave.

What desolation fill'd our home
when death from us our treasure born,
Oh! for the better word to come
where we shall meet to part no more:
The hope of that sustains us now,
In that. we trust on bended knee,
While thus around his faded brow,
we twine the wreath of memory."
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NOTE: John was the son of John and Sarah Rose, who appear on the 1850 census in 
Huntingdon co. PA, and on the 1860 census in Blair co. PA. John Sr., d. 7-5-
1868, and his wife Sarah applied for a civil war pension.