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the ensuing two years. In the legislature he had more influence than usually falls to the lot of new members, and served on several important committees. October 21, 1884, he was united in marriage to Fannie S. Slick, daughter of George R. Slick, of Johnstown, and to this union was born one child, a bright little girl, Mary Ethel, the idol of her parents. HARRY G. ROSE (deceased), attorney-at-law, was the son of Wesley J. and Martha (Given) Rose, was born September 19, 1860, at Johnstown, and lost his life in the Great Flood of May 31, 1889. That great disaster cut short what gave promise of being an exceptionally brilliant career. He attended the public schools of Johnstown and completed the course in the High School. He is remembered by his schoolmates for his diligence as a student, his kindness of heart, and his unfailing good nature. He studied law in the office of his uncle, W. Horace Rose, and was admitted to the Cambria county bar July 19, 1881. He immediately began the practice of his profession, and by close application together with great natural ability soon attained an enviable position in his profession. In 1883, when only twenty-three years of age, he was elected district attorney of Cambria county, and gave such satisfaction in the conduct of the office, that he was re-elected in 1886, and was district attorney at the time of his death. On February 5, 1884, he was united in marriage to Miss Jessie Lane, daughter of Rev. James A. Lane, who survives him. Harry G. Rose was a man of lovable character, and his sudden taking off at the very outset of a brilliant career was felt as a per- |
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sonal loss by hundreds of friends in the city, who respected him for his unusual ability and success as a lawyer, but loved him for his personal qualities. HORACE R. ROSE, one of the rising young attorneys of the Cambria bar, is the son of the Hon. W. Horace Rose, whose sketch appears above. He was born in Johnstown, September 16, 1862, and attended the public schools of Johnstown for a number of years, and then for two years was a pupil in the Select and Preparatory School of Professor Burr. He subsequently entered Philips Exeter Academy, at Exeter, New Hampshire. There he prepared for the Freshman class at Washington and Jefferson college. After his course in college he returned to Johnstown and engaged in teaching. For a time he taught night school, and was for one term principal of the Coopersdale schools. He studied law in his father's office, and on April 5, 1886, was admitted to practice at the bar of Cambria county, and two years later was admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He now practices his profession in the office with his father, and is concerned in many important cases. Mr. Rose is a member of Johnstown Lodge, No. 157, F. and A. M., and of Johnstown Lodge, Knights of Pythias. Mr. Rose is a man of fine physique and is quite an athlete. He is a firm believer in the maxim, "a sound mind in a sound body," and keeps both in tune for hard work by exercise in the Y. M. C. A. gymnasium and by occasional outings with dog and gun, and always keeps a stable of fine horses. He speculates in real estate and owns a number of good tenement houses. On November 18, 1885, he was united in marriage to Clara Ewing Bell, daughter of |
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