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[[Image: | [[Image:hrose.png|left|thumb|250px|]]ROSE, Henry. (Louisiana, Pike County, MO, May 25, 1844--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 17, 1919). Dr. Henry Charles Rose was an African American man born in the antebellum South in the town of Louisiana in Pike County, Missouri, 90 miles north of St. Louis. Due to a lack of detailed records or autobiography, it is unknown if Rose was born an enslaved person or free. | ||
Census records and newspaper articles indicate that Rose honorably served the 11th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company E, during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. He enlisted on July 1, 1862 and left the military on May 15, 1865. It is unclear whether Rose was an enlisted soldier in the 11th Missouri, or more likely, contracted as non-combatant military personnel serving the company quartermaster. It is clear he was recognized by his white comrades and fellow Dubuque veterans for his service to the Union cause. General C.S. Bentley and the Iowa National Guard chose Rose to organize and run the officer’s headquarters at the Waterloo, Iowa, National Guard encampment in 1882. | Census records and newspaper articles indicate that Rose honorably served the 11th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company E, during the [[CIVIL WAR]]. He enlisted on July 1, 1862 and left the military on May 15, 1865. It is unclear whether Rose was an enlisted soldier in the 11th Missouri, or more likely, contracted as non-combatant military personnel serving the company quartermaster. It is clear he was recognized by his white comrades and fellow Dubuque veterans for his service to the Union cause. General C.S. Bentley and the Iowa National Guard chose Rose to organize and run the officer’s headquarters at the Waterloo, Iowa, National Guard encampment in 1882. | ||
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ROSE, Henry. (Louisiana, Pike County, MO, May 25, 1844--Dubuque, IA, Dec. 17, 1919). Dr. Henry Charles Rose was an African American man born in the antebellum South in the town of Louisiana in Pike County, Missouri, 90 miles north of St. Louis. Due to a lack of detailed records or autobiography, it is unknown if Rose was born an enslaved person or free.
Census records and newspaper articles indicate that Rose honorably served the 11th Missouri State Militia Cavalry, Company E, during the CIVIL WAR. He enlisted on July 1, 1862 and left the military on May 15, 1865. It is unclear whether Rose was an enlisted soldier in the 11th Missouri, or more likely, contracted as non-combatant military personnel serving the company quartermaster. It is clear he was recognized by his white comrades and fellow Dubuque veterans for his service to the Union cause. General C.S. Bentley and the Iowa National Guard chose Rose to organize and run the officer’s headquarters at the Waterloo, Iowa, National Guard encampment in 1882.
Rose moved to Dubuque in the 1874 where he started a 38-year career at the JULIEN HOTEL (later HOTEL JULIEN). For thirty-eight years he was employed as a porter at the JULIEN HOTEL. He retired from this position the day before the fire which temporarily destroyed the business. Rose married German-born Kathrine Derbe in 1883. The couple raised three sons in Dubuque: Harry Walter, August J, and William Henry Rose.
Rose was a respected Dubuque community leader who helped organize Dubuque Emancipation Day celebrations, established African American benevolent societies including the Dubuque A.F. & A.M. Masonic Lodge and the International Order of Twelve. He was active in the A.M.E. Church, and was a mentor to numerous young Black men in Dubuque. In the mid-1890s, Rose became a chiropodist and opened a podiatry practice in an office at the Julien Hotel. Dr. Rose opened a second office at 314 BANK AND INSURANCE BUILDING at the corner of 9th and Main Streets in 1898.
In 1915 he married Miss Mayne Lucas of Helena, Arkansas. Ms Lucas received a musical education and traveled throughout the country performing concerts at churches. (2)
Dr. Rose has been credited with beginning Henry A. MARTIN on his career.
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Source:
1. Claim for Standard Government Headstone or Marker
2. "Dr. Henry C. Rose Weds," Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Mar. 28, 1915, p. 4