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William John Rose

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Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
Death: April 06, 1871 (44)
Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
Place of Burial: 4734 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 15201, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of William Lucius Rose and Agnes Mary Mahon
Husband of Mary Lee Rose
Father of Frances Neill Benét; Sylvester Rose and William Rose
Half brother of Thomas Duncan Mahon; Mary Duncan Lee and Anne Sutton

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About William John Rose

William John Rose

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68511935/william_john_rose

Grave is first one left of William Irwin Mustin or two right of Agnes Farquer Irwin. Date of death is interment. He married Mary Lee Mahon daughter of Dr. David Nelson Mahon of Carlisle, Pennsylvania. William and Mary lived in Carlisle and were the parents of five children. Youngest daughter Frances Neill Rose married Col. James Walker Benet (both buried at Arlington National Cemetery). The Benets would visit Carlisle with their children Laura, William Rose and Stephen Vincent. Mary's other children included Elizabeth Neill Mahon Rose, Agnes Mary Rose, William John Rose, and David Mahon Rose. The son of William John Rose, Lt. Colonel William Watts Rose is also buried in Arlington National Cemetery.

William studied at Western University (now known as the University of Pittsburgh) and then at Heidelberg University in Germany. He was a linguist and was associated with the U.S. State Department. At the outbreak of the Civil War his family relocated from DC to Pittsburgh for the duration.

In 1864 the family relocated to Philadelphia along with William's mother Agnes Irwin (Rose) Mahon..

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William John Rose's Timeline

1826
April 26, 1826
Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States
1860
October 23, 1860
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, United States
1871
April 6, 1871
Age 44
Manhattan, New York, New York County, New York, United States
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Allegheny Cemetery, 4734 Butler Street, Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 15201, United States