The Rose Family

THE ROSE FAMILY.

Sterling C. and Anna Rose, with two children, emigrated from North Carolina in 1832, settling first in Pike Township, Marion County, and four years later (1836) removed to Eagle Village, Boone County. Sterling C. Rose was born in North Carolina in 1795, and worked at farming and as a carpenter. Anna Rose, his wife, was born in North Carolina in 1800, and carried on tailoring in order to help her husband support their family in early life in Indiana. While he, in addition to building houses, made looms, spinning wheels, plows and wagons, she cut and made the fashionable clothing for the settlers. Sterling C. Rose served in the war of 1812, and drew a pension at the time of his death in 1875, being about eighty years old. Anna, his wife, died in 1863, being sixty-three years old. Their remains lie in the little cemetery at Eagle Village. They were honest, hard-working people, and filled well their part in the early settlement of Indiana.

Their children, six in number, are: Augustus D., Martha, Sarah, Addie, Amanda and Martin. The first two were born in North Carolina; the other four in Indiana. Augustus D. Rose, when sixteen years old, went to Indianapolis and learned the trade of printer, finishing it in the Sentinel office under the Chapmans in 1849. Married in 1851, was elected Chief of Police in Indianapolis in 1857 and held it until 1861, when he resigned to volunteer in the army for the Union, and served four years, during which time he filled the position of first-lieutenant, captain, major and lieutenant-colonel. He is now compositor on the Sentinel, and is sixty years old. He has three children living, the youngest twenty-eight years old. Martha Rose married Dr. Samuel W. Redman in 1850 (a prominent physician). She died at Zionsville several years ago, leaving her husband and five children surviving, most of whom are in Oregon. Sarah C. Rose now resides in Indianapolis with her sister, Amanda Lee. She never married, remaining with her parents as long as they lived. She is now in her fifty-fifth year. She will long be remembered for her devotion to her father and mother. Addie Rose married George H. Carter, ex-sheriff of Marion County, in 1858. They went to California, where she died in 1865, leaving her husband and one son. Amanda Rose married Silas A. Lee about twenty-four years ago. He was then a merchant in Zionsville, and afterwards Clerk of Boone County for eight years. They are now residing in Indianapolis, where he has been for a number of years in the lumber trade. Martin V. Rose was born in Eagle Village in 1840; died of consumption in 1862.
 

Source Citation: Boone County Biographies [database online] Boone County INGenWeb. 2007. <http://www.rootsweb.com/~inboone> Original data: Harden & Spahr. "Early life and times in Boone County, Indiana." Lebanon, Indiana. May, 1887, pp. 456-458.

Transcribed by: Julie S. Townsend - July 7, 2007