Elias Reuben Rose

Brief Life History of Elias Reuben

When Elias Reuben Rose was born on 9 July 1822, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States, his father, Reuben Rose, was 43 and his mother, Martha Patricia Mason, was 40. He married Virginia Ann Green on 19 December 1850, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 26 September 1861, in Robertson, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elias Reuben Rose
1822–1861
Virginia Ann Green
1832–1905
Marriage: 19 December 1850
Cornelia E Rose
1852–1928
Celina Ella Rose
1853–1874
G A Rose
1854–
Thomas Filmore Rose
1855–1935
Milton Frank Rose
1859–1930

Sources (16)

  • Elias R Rose in household of Reuben Rose, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Elias Reuben Rose - Government record: birth-name: Elias Reuben Rose
  • E R Rose, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"

World Events (6)

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1835 · The Hermitage is Built

The Hermitage located in Nashville, Tennessee was a plantation owned by President Andrew Jackson from 1804 until his death there in 1845. The Hermitage is now a museum.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, French, Walloon, Danish, and German: from the name of the flower, Middle English, Old French, Middle High German rose (from Latin rosa), in various applications. In part, it is a topographic name for someone who lived at a place where wild roses grew, or a topographic or habitational name referring to a house bearing the sign of the rose. It is also found, especially in Europe, as a nickname for a man with a ‘rosy’ complexion (compare 4 below). In North America, the English form of the surname has absorbed cognates and similar-sounding names from other languages, e.g. Hungarian Rózsa (see Rozsa ), Slovak Róža and Czech Roza . Compare 6 below and French Larose 2.

English: from the Middle English female personal name Rohese, Roese, later Rose, Royse (ancient Germanic Hrodohaidis, Rothaid, composed of the elements hrōd ‘fame, renown’ + haid(is) ‘kind, sort’).

English and Scottish: variant of Ross .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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