Butte County Biographies

LAUGHLIN McB. ROSE 

Transcribed by:  Betty Wilson

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was born in Columbiana county, Ohio, May 14, 1844, and is a 
son of James and Margaret Rose pioneer settlers of the same county, his 
grandfather Rose being one of the first five occupants.  The family consisted of 
three children:  David, now in the state of Kansas; John R., now with the 
subject of this sketch, and Laughlin McB.  Their mother died in 1854, and their 
father in 1863.  In 1861, Mr. Rose went to Wisconsin, and in April, 1865, came 
to California, across the plains.  He clerked for George C. Perkins in Oroville 
for about five years, when he was married to Miss Ellen E. Carter, and removed 
to the Mountain house in Bidwell township, where he remained till late in the 
fall of 1873.  In the spring of 1874, he settled on the farm which is now his 
present residence.  It embraces 1,320 acres of excellent grain land.  On the 
fifth of December, 1874, his wife died, leaving him three children:  Isabel, 
William Laughlin and Bertha E.  He was again married November 25, 1875, to Clara 
Ann Mallory, of Butte county.  By this union there are two children, David 
McBain and Edwin Russell.  Mr. Rose is a member of the Oroville lodge, No. 59, 
I.O.O.F., and of the encampment; also, of the lodge of United Workmen at Biggs.  
He is one of the successful farmers of Hamilton township, having accumulated a 
handsome property.  He is a very skillful sportsman and delights in hunting.  
The result of one week�s hunting for ducks on his farm was the bagging of one 
thousand, having been assisted by his brother.
 
History of Butte County, California: From its Earliest Settlement to the Present 
Time - Vol. II -  Harry L. Wells & W. L. Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San 
Francisco, Cal., 1882.