Barbara
Ellen (Minard) Rose
(1857-1947)
Barbara Ellen 'Barbary' (Minard) Rose was born on Oct. 8, 1857 in Knox County, OH, the daughter of Solomon and Rebecca Minard Sr. When she was an infant, her father died, and later she and her widowed mother were pioneer settlers of Iowa.
In 1870, when Barbary was age 12, she and her mother were residing in Fairfield, Jefferson County, IA.
She married widower and Civil War veteran Gilman Rose (1840-1897). They had at least one son, Franklin H. Rose, born in Fairfield, and one other child who died young.
Prior to the war, Gilman resided in Licking County, OH. He married Harriet (?), and she passed away circa 1876.
During the war, Gilman had served in the 113th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company D, for a period of two years. His military service will be researched more fully and reported here when learned. He is known to have received a pension for his wartime disabilities.
A view of Fairfield, Iowa -- the south side of the town square
At some point, sometime before 1890, Barbary and Gilman married and then moved back to Ohio. They resided at Black Creek, Holmes County, where they were enumerated when the special census of Civil War veterans was taken in 1890.
Gilman passed away in 1897, of causes unknown. Barbary was a widow for the remaining half-century of her life.
When the federal census was taken in 1900, Barbary was living by herself in Richland Twp., Holmes County, OH. She was age 42. In later years, she resided with her son in Glenmont, Holmes County, where she was a member of the Amity Methodist Church.
Heartache struck again on April 25, 1926, when son Franklin suffered a stroke and died. He was only age 51.
Barbary was named in the 1936 newspaper obituary of her older half-sister, Elizabeth Shook, and was residing in Glenmont at the time.
In 1947, Barbary celebrated her 90th birthday, but failing in age was admitted to the Holmes County Home. She died there of hardening of the arteries and heart disease on Oct. 22, 1947. She was laid to rest at the Glenmont Cemetery. At the time of her death, she had three grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren and 18 great-great grandchildren. On her death certificate, her father's name erroneously is listed as "Philip Minard."
Son Franklin Rose (1875-1926) was a "service station operator and a ... carpenter," said the Coshocton County (OH) Democrat. He married Mary C. Bell, and they had three daughters -- Mrs. James Fry Jr. of Glenmont, Mrs. Clarence Bevington of Coshocton, and Mrs. Alfred Purdy, also of Coshocton.
For more information on this line, contact Little family researcher Sue Sohn.
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