STEUBEN REPUBLICAN,  WEDNESDAY,  20 Nov 1884, p.5, c.4 , ARTICLE 
ON "24 YEARS AGO", 20 Jul 1904, p7, c7, "75 YEARS OF AGE BY 01 JUN 
1880"

HIRAM PROSPER ROSE, 22 JAN 1792 - 12 NOV 1884, P5, C4.

     Hiram P. Rose, born in East Granville, Mass., January 22, 1792; 
died at Orland, Ind., November 12, 1884; aged 92 years, 9 months 
and 20 days.
     He emigrated with his parents, in company with fourteen 
families, in 1805, to central Ohio, then a dense forest.  They brought 
the name of the town they left and their own church organization 
with them to plant in the wilderness.  The town thus planted, 
Granville, Ohio, has for a half century been noted for its religious 
and educational advantages.  Four large church edifices,  a 
university with extensive buildings and two well patronized female 
seminaries are monuments of the character and enterprise of the 
colony that moulded the institutions of the new settlement.
     The deceased was marred in March, 1818, to the one now left to 
mourn a bereavement intensified by a continuously happy union of 
over 66 years; having lived in the same county in Ohio 76 years.  The 
old couple came to Indiana in the evening of life to share the 
blessings of faithful filial affection and care, not lost by a removal of 
two generations.
      Mr. Rose united in 1828 with the same church brought by the 
fathers to the frontier, where his relation was continued for 37 years, 
when he removed to the bounds of another church in the same 
county where his name is still enrolled.
     His life was devoted to the institutions of christianity, and his 
death was in the triumphs of christian faith.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

     Hiram Prosper Rose, 22 Jan 1792 - 12 Nov 1884, on 17 Mar 1818 
in Neward, Licking County, OH, married Chloe (Harris) Rose, 30 
Apr 1802 - 12 Feb 1886, who was born in Shrewsbury, Mass.   They 
are buried at Greenlawn Cemetery, Orland, Steuben County, IN.
     Hiram Prosper rose was the son of Hiram Rose, born 11 Nov 
1766 in Granville, Hampshire (now Hampden) County, Mass.; died 
18 Dec 1855 in Granville, Licking, Oh; who on 29 Apr 1790 in 
Granville, Hampshire (now Hampden) County, Mass., and Sabra 
(Cooley) Rose, 15 Sep 1771 - 16 Aug 1854, born and died in 
Granville, Licking, OH.
     The only child of the marriage listed in the Cemetery Books is the 
Hon. Luman Parsons Rose, 20 Sep 1826 - 10 Oct 1915, who, on 23 
Apr 1846, married Emeline (Starr) Rose, 05 Jan 1825 - 17 Jan 1896, 
daughter of John Starr, born 01 Dec 1788 in Middleton, CT., and on 
15 Apr 1808 married Sophia (Baker) Starr, 13 Dec 1792 - 13 Dec 
1862 (per RootsWeb. Com).  Luman and Emeline are buried at 
Greenlawn Cemetery.  Luman and Emeline had and least 4 
children, the oldest of whom made a home for his grandparents in 
their old age.

SOURCES:

www.familysearch.org:  1880 U. S. Census, Milton T. Rose, Millgrove, 
Steuben County,IN, FHL film #1254312; NA film #T9-0312, pg 250 
D. 
www.rootsweb.worldconnect.com: "Joanna Bailey, Everson WA, 
Contact: Joanna, jbmail@isomedia.com
"Sampson Violett," Contact: Judy, wwjjviolet@beyond.com.
"Sortomme - Goodspeed Family Tree - 3-19-11", Contact:  Mark, 
dragonfly5555@frontier.com.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, IND. 1990" by Audree Seibel 
Lewis, Vol. 2, pages 1555, 1556, 1557.
Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net