Ulysses
'Grant' Rose
(1865- ? )
Ulysses 'Grant' Rose was born in 1865, in Normalville, Fayette County, PA, the son of Andrew J. and Susanna (Minerd) Rose Sr.
Grant married Margaret (or Harriet) Trout ( ? - ? ). Their five children were Anna E. Lawver, Evelyn Albright, Bessie Margaret Lawver, Elmer W. Rose and Bessie Fligger.
The Roses lived in a number of places in Westmoreland County, PA, including West Overton, Mt. Pleasant and Youngwood. In 1894, while in West Overton, the Connellsville Courier reported that he "got his leg mashed in the mine…" but apparently recovered.
Their fates are not known.
Daughter Evelyn married Edward B. Albright.
Son Elmer married Hazel Yauger, and worked
for the Lenox Crystal Co. in Mt. Pleasant and as an auxiliary policeman for the
Robertshaw Corporation. The Robertshaw plant in Youngwood is seen here
in an old postcard photograph.
Daughter Bessie married Samuel Fligger. They resided in Youngwood. They had three known children - James W. Fligger (1930-2003) of Lockport, NY; Miles W. Fligger (1921-2003), also of Lockport; and Alberta Goff of California.
The Fliggers' son James was "retired from the Highway and Parks Department for the City of Lockport," said the Lockport Union Sun & Journal.
The Fliggers' son Miles, said the Union Sun & Journal, "worked in Production at Delphi Harrison for 24 years, retiring April 1, 1980. Miles belonged to the Disabled American Veterans, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 63rd Infantry Division, and the 686 United Auto Workers Retirees... Miles served in the US Army during WWII in the European Campaign. Serving in Germany and France he was a Combat Infantryman with the 63rd Infantry Division. He attained the rank of Staff Sgt. and was awarded the Purple Heart..."
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