Russell Ball Rose

    Information provided by Joyce M. Tyce, Tioga County PA researcher.

Russell1 Rose, son of Daniel Rose III and Achsah Ball, was born in Connecticut 11 JUN 1753. Russell died 1 JUN 1830 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 76. His body was interred JUN 1830 in State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. He married twice. He married Phoebe Orvis BEF 1785. Phoebe was born 21 MAR 1753 in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Phoebe was the daughter of Eleazar Orvis and Hannah North. Phoebe died NOV 1786 in Connecticut, at age 33. He married Lydia Orvis MAR 1788. Lydia was born 20 MAR 1764 in Norfolk, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Lydia was the daughter of Eleazar Orvis and Hannah North. Lydia died 3 JUN 1857 in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, at age 93. Her body was interred JUN 1857 in State Road Cemetery, Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. Russell was listed as the head of a family on the 1820 Census in Sullivan Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania. see 1897 History p. 558 and 1087. First settled in Northeast corner of (what is now) Ward Township and then moved to Sullivan. See Rhoda Ladd's A Revolutionary Heritage p 161 ... Birthplaces of Children indicate migration from Connecticut to Vermont and back to Connecticut prior to move to Pennsylvania. From the 1897 Tioga County History: Russel ROSE and Lydia ORVIS were among the first settlers in what is now Ward Township (It was Sullivan earlier). Little is known of his early life, but at the age of 23 he enlisted in the Continental army and served throughout the struggle for liberty. While in camp at Valley Forge he was promoted to serve as an aide on Washington's staff, and did good and efficient service. After the war,he returned to Connecticut, where he married Phoebe ORVIS who bore two children, Achsah and Phoebe. ...After her death he married Phoebe's sister, Lydia ORVIS who bore eight children. Russell and Lydia brought their family from Connecticut in 1807, and located in the midst of an unbroken forest, in what is now Ward Township, but soon afterward moved to Sullivan Township and settled on the State Road. With the assistance of their children, they rapidly cleared off quite a snug little farm, and at his death, June 1, 1830, he was one of the best known men in the county. In politics he was originally a Federalist, and afterwards cast his fortunes with the Whig party. Both he and his wife were members of the Baptist church (they were among the founders of the church at Troy, PA). She survived her husband over a quarter of a century, dying June 3, 1857. It is stated of Mr. ROSE that during President Monroe's administration, he went afoot to Washington D.C., to see why his pension had been withheld from him. On his arrival the officer in charge said he could not attend to his case until the following day, but Mr. Rose threatening to go to the President direct, he promptly rectified the matter, and the old veteran returned home as he had gone, arriving there none the worse for his long tramp.

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