From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 421.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


ALLEN ROSE

Allen Rose, notable among the contractors and carpenters who 
flourished during the early days of the cities and towns of the upper 
Ohio valley, was born in Somerset county, Penn. in 1801.  He was 
reared in his native county, and was there married to Henrietta 
Brubaker, who was born in Somerset county in 1808.  After learning 
the trade of carpentry in his native county, he removed to Mounds- 
ville, W. Va., and there engaged in contracting and building for a 
considerable period. Subsequently he removed to Wheeling, and carried 
on the same business until his retirement in 1880.  His death 
occurred in 1884.  His widow survives and has her residence at 
Wheeling.  Fourteen children were born to these parents, five of whom 
are now living.  One of these, Gilbert E. Rose, now a prominent 
business man of Wheeling, was born at that city December 24, 1848.  
He was reared in the city and was educated in the public schools of 
the Fourth ward.  In 1872 he began an apprenticeship as a plumber 
with the firm of Dillon, Thompson & Co., with whom he learned the 
trade, at which he was subsequently engaged with other firms until 
1885.  He then formed a partnership in the same business with John S. 
Hamilton, establishing the house of Rose & Hamilton, which is still 
engaged in plumbing and gas and steam fitting, with their rooms at 
No. 19 Eleventh street.  In 1870 Mr. Rose was married to Nora B., 
daughter of Robert Preston, of Wheeling, and they have had six 
children. Mr. and Mrs. Rose are members of the Zane Street Methodist 
Episcopal church. 


(Linda Fluharty)