John
Wesley Rose
(1850-1927)
John Wesley Rose was born on June 20, 1850 in Kingwood, Somerset County, PA, the son of Charles and Catherine (Minerd) Rose.
He was a skilled stone mason and brick layer. A newspaper once reported that he and his brother Levi "had built 140 chimneys in the town of Humbert." The town no longer exists.
John never married. In 1920 he lived in the household of his sister Susanna Durst along with their 90-year-old mother, Catherine.
He lived to the age of 77. He died of stomach problems on July 9, 1927 and was buried in an unmarked grave at Jersey Church Cemetery near Ursina, Somerset County.
He was listed in a 1903 directory of Ursina, which was reprinted in the book, Reflections: Ursina 1787-1994.
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