Ed J. Rose Biography


	This biography appears on pages 908-909 in "History of Dakota 
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				ED J. ROSE. 

	Ed J. Rose, a general merchant conducting business at Brandt, 
belongs to that class of substantial and representative citizens that 
Sweden has furnished to South Dakota. He was born in Sweden on the 23d 
of November, 1863, and is a son of A. F. and Charlotte Rose. The family 
came to the United States in 1867, settling in Wisconsin, and in 1879 a 
removal was made to South Dakota, where the father secured a homestead 
in Brandt township, Deuel county, comprising the west half of section 
18, township 114, range 49. For many years Mr. Rose continued the 
cultivation of the place, which he transformed from a tract of wild 
land into rich and productive fields. His wife passed away in December, 
1913, and he was called to his final rest November 21, 1914, leaving 
two sons and two daughters. 

	Ed J. Rose was but four years of-age at the time of the 
emigration of the family to the new world and was a youth of sixteen 
years when they arrived in South Dakota, casting in their lot with the 
pioneer settlers of Deuel county. He pursued a public-school education, 
taking some of the advanced studies, and through the period of his 
youth assisted his father on the home farm, early becoming familiar 
with the best methods of breaking the sod and preparing the fields for 
cultivation. When twenty-three years of age he began farming on his own 
account, purchasing land which he cultivated for about six years. At 
the end of that time he discontinued the work of the fields and for 
several years thereafter engaged in buying grain. Later he turned his 
attention to mercantile pursuits, afterward sold out, but once more 
embarked in the business, in which he has now continued for seventeen 
years, having the largest establishment in Brandt. His patronage is 
extensive and is well merited, by reason of the large line of goods 
which he handles, his reasonable prices and his fair and honorable 
dealing. 

	On the 15th of June, 1886, Mr. Rose was united in marriage to 
Miss Eva M. Dorsh, a daughter of John and Margaret Dorsh, of western 
Minnesota, and they have become parents of three children: Florence; 
Lottie, now Mrs. Ben O. Peterson, of Brandt; and Alice. The religious 
faith of the family is that of the Lutheran church and to its teachings 
they are loyal. Mr. Rose votes with the democratic party and has been a 
trustee of his town since its incorporation. Fraternally he is 
connected with the Woodmen. When business duties permit he enjoys a 
hunting trip or an automobile tour, but his attention is concentrated 
upon his business duties, and beside being an active general merchant 
he is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator and in the Deuel County 
Telephone Company. He readily recognizes and utilizes opportunities and 
as the architect of his own fortunes has builded wisely and well. He 
has never feared to venture where favoring opportunity has led the way 
and gradually has advanced until he today occupies a creditable 
position among the reliable and prosperous merchants and business men 
of Deuel county.