William Rose, V.S.
William Rose, V.S., at No. 128 East Fulton street, Grand Rapids, Mich., is a native of the province of Ontario, Canada, was born May 11, 1844, a son of William and Elizabeth (McIntosh) Rose, both natives of Scotland, but who were married in Canada in the spring of 1839. His mother died January 31, 1899, and his father May 11, 1899. Before coming to America the father followed his trade as tailor, but after his arrival in Canada engaged in agricultural pursuits. To his marriage with Miss McIntosh were born eight children, in the following order: George, who died when about fourteen years of age; John, a farmer in Canada; William, whose name heads this paragraph; Elizabeth, wife of George Martin, a member of the Interior Decorating company, of Chicago, Ill.; Jane, who was the wife of Percy J. Pierce, died at the age of forty-two years; Daniel is a veterinary surgeon at Muskegon, Mich.; George A., who spent many years as traveling auditor for the Pullman Palace Car company, is now retired and lives in Canada, and David is a practicing physician in Chicago, Ill.
Dr. William Rose was educated in the public schools of Port Dover, Norfolk county, Canada, and his earlier years of labor were passed in farming on his father’s homestead. In the fall of 1879 he entered the Ontario Veterinary college, from which he graduated in 1881, and then came to Grand Rapids, where, for the past eighteen years, he has been favored with a most excellent line of practice at the same office he still occupies, and where his residence is also situated, to wit: No. 128 East Fulton street, and during this period, it may be here interjected, he has realized a fortune of $75,000, a fact that most eloquently proclaims his professional skill.
The marriage of Dr. Rose took place in Buffalo, N.Y., May 25 1874, to Miss Jennie Allen, who was born in the neighborhood of the doctor’s nativity and who was educated in the public schools of Simcoe, Canada. Two sons have come to bless this marriage, viz: Frank Howard, born September 12, 1884, and Delos Blodgett, born April 25, 1886, both of whom are bright pupils of the South Division street school at Grand Rapids. The parents of Mrs. Rose, Ralph and Elizabeth (Trenzo) Allen, still reside in New York state, the former being a native of Connecticut and the latter a Canadian, as mentioned, being of French extraction. Mrs. Rose and her children are members of St. Mark’s Episcopal church, while the doctor, who is distinctively liberal in his views, is not a member of any religious body.
Fraternally, Dr. Rose has been an Odd Fellow for several years, and politically he is a republican. The sons are both members of the Evening Press club, No. 1, of which Delos is the secretary. This organization is maintained by the Evening Press for the literary training and social entertainment of their active "little merchants," who have made it a success. The Pleasant Hour on Sunday afternoons is looked forward to with pleasure by the little fellows who cry the Penny Press. The stranger of observing disposition, who visits Grand Rapids, cannot fail to notice that the vendors of newspapers in the city are usually little gentlemen, who no doubt have received necessary hints on deportment at the Pleasant Hour. If a prospective buyers says "I can’t read," the worst thing they say is – " Well, look at the pictures."