Biography - Pleasant W. Rose
PLEASANT W. ROSE, M. D. One of the prominent physicians of Southern
Illinois, whose skill and ability have gained him a wide and enviable
reputation, and as a consequence a large and liberal clientele, is Pleasant
W. Rose, M. D., of Cypress, Illinois, where he is the proprietor of a drug
establishment. Dr. Rose was born on a farm in Grantsburg township, Johnson
county, August 25, 1877, and is a son of Pleasant W., Sr., and Mary
Elizabeth (Farris) Rose, farming people of this county.
The Rose ancestry can be traced back to Revolutionary times, several of the
name having fought as soldiers in the Colonial army. The grandfather of Dr.
Rose, also named Pleasant, was born in Hardin county, Illinois, in 1812, and
lost his father in early childhood. His mother took her little family to an
unimproved farm in Pope county, Illinois, where the boy grew up to the hard
life of the pioneer farmer, and at the age of twenty-two years was married
to Mary Ann Ellis, of North Carolina, a member of a poor but honorable
pioneer family. Possessed of untiring energy and a strong determination to
succeed, he worked hard throughout his life and eventually was rewarded by
becoming the possessor of an excellent farm in Grantsburg township, where
his death occurred in 1873, his widow surviving him a little over a year and
dying December 4, 1874. They had five children, as follows: Mary, the widow
of D. C. Chapman; J. E.; Sydney A., the wife of J. W. Damron; Maria; and
Pleasant W., the father of Dr. Rose.
Pleasant W. Rose was born and reared on the farm on which he now resides in
Grantsburg township, and was married there October 29, 1868, to Mary
Elizabeth Farris, a native of Tennessee, eight children being born to this
union, as follows: Arista A., who married W. C. Graves,- formerly a merchant
of Vienna, Illinois, but now the owner of a valuable ranch in the State of
Colorado; Ida, who is deceased; Mary, the wife of Dr. H. W. Walker, a
well-known physician of Grantsburg; Lillie, the wife of Isaac L. Morgan,
deputy state fish warden and real estate and insurance agent at Vienna;
William; Dr. Pleasant W.; Sidney; and James W., who is deceased. Pleasant W.
Rose, Sr., who now lives on a finely-cultivated farm of two hundred and
seventeen acres, is enjoying the fruits of his many years of industrious
labor. He is known as a practical, sensible man of affairs, a
public-spirited citizen and leader of the Republican party in his community,
and a man who is devoted to his home and family. He has the entire
confidence of the citizens of his community, who recognize in him the type
of citizen who has the best interests of his locality at heart.
Dr. Pleasant W. Rose received his early education in the common schools of
Grantsburg township, later attended the Vienna High School, and in 1896
entered Barnes Medical College, at St. Louis, Missouri, from which he was
graduated April 12, 1899, with the degree of M. D. He began the practice of
medicine at Grantsburg, but in 1900 went to Simpson, where he remained for
five years, then going to Granite City, where he remained two years. He came
to Cypress in 1907, and here has built up an extensive practice, traveling
through the rural sections in a radius bounded by four miles north, three
miles west, seven miles south and three miles east of Cypress, finding his
high-power automobile very convenient in taking him to the home of his
patients. In his profession he has steadily arisen until he now occupies a
foremost place in its ranks, and as a business man he has been equally
successful. On coming to Cypress he erected a fine corner business block,
where he has established a drug business, handling all goods to be found in
a first-class establishment of its kind, valued at more than six thousand
dollars. The Doctor belongs to New Columbia Lodge, No. 336, A. F. & A. M.,
and holds membership in the Johnson County Medical Association, the American
Medical Association and the Association of Railway Surgeons, and was
formerly local surgeon for the Illinois Central Railroad at Simpson.
On May 16, 1901, Dr. Rose was married to Nancy E. (Ellis) Mount, widow of
John L. Mount, of Pope county, and a daughter of John and Mary Ellis. She
has two sons by her former marriage: J. Leo, who is twenty years old; and
William Ellis, who is fifteen years of age.
Extracted 14 Jan 2018 by Norma Hass from 1912 A History of Southern Illinois, volume 2, pages 776-777.
