Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware . k hundred. New Castlecounty. ]\lr. Pose was married November 16,18G5, to his second wife, ^lartha Anne Bur-gess. Their children are: I. Ulysses G., de-ceased; II. Annie M. B.; III. Belle A.; H.; V. Theodore P.; VI. Mary E.;VII. Ella U.; VIII. William H. Mrs. Rosedied at Odessa, Del., in 1888. Mr. Pose, hiswife and family, are membeis of the M. David C. Rose, Jr., was educated in thepidilic schools of Townsend and Vandyke,New Castle county. Until he was sixteen, heremained at home, assisting his father on thefa
Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware . k hundred. New Castlecounty. ]\lr. Pose was married November 16,18G5, to his second wife, ^lartha Anne Bur-gess. Their children are: I. Ulysses G., de-ceased; II. Annie M. B.; III. Belle A.; H.; V. Theodore P.; VI. Mary E.;VII. Ella U.; VIII. William H. Mrs. Rosedied at Odessa, Del., in 1888. Mr. Pose, hiswife and family, are membeis of the M. David C. Rose, Jr., was educated in thepidilic schools of Townsend and Vandyke,New Castle county. Until he was sixteen, heremained at home, assisting his father on thefann, where lie acquired a practical knowl-edge of the laws whicli govern plant life, anda love for the beautiful in nature. In 1874,, 0 MA 1 Vtt ,,.,,, , ,,. ,,.!,, ,,;? i :., ; ; -? 1 t K.: 1 . > ? ?••I. (Ill ( ••! •I r ..l-l 1 1 i( ?! ; ) J- KiS m^-^ STATE OF DELAWARE 675 Jlr. Rose left the farm to become a clerkill his fathers store. Two years afterwardshis father sold the business to G. W. Ernest,?with whom Mr. liose remained for one 1877, he removed to Wilmington, Del.,and for one year was emi)loyed as a litter ofbridgework for the Edgemoore Iron Com-panVj of Wilmington, Del. After spendingone year with his father on a fann near Wil-mington, Mr. Kose obtained a position iisgardener for the P., W. & B. K. R. His loveof flowers and his skill in cultivating themnow began to be more apparent, lie was adiligent reader and an accurate obser\er, andat once began to give special attention to theplants under his care. In 1880 Mr. Rose wastransferred to Xewark, Del., where for eighteenyears he has had entire control of the conser-vatories belonging to the company. Mr. Roseis a skillful florist; the conservatories underhis care are noted for the richness and variety,as well as the nirity of their jdants. lie hasa
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