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HENRY HOWARD ROSE
ROSE, HENRY HOWARD, City Justice, ex-officio Police Judge, Lawyer, Los Angeles, Cal., was born at Taycheedah, Fond du Lac County, Wis., Nov. 27, 1856. He is the son of Henry Fontaine Rose and Mary Ward (Howard) Rose. He married Gertrude Colden Ruggles (deceased), of Fond du Lac, Aug. 20, 1884. She died May 28, 1909, since when he contracted a second marriage with Leonie E. Klein at Ventura, Cal. There is one son by the first marriage, Augustus Ruggles Rose.
He attended St. Paul’s Parish School and the Fond du Lac High School. Then he studied law in the office of his father at Fond du Lac, Wis. He was admitted to the bar July 8, 1881.
Judge Rose was employed as traveling auditor for Warder, Bushnell & Co. of Chicago for one year, then was given a similar position with the Wheel and Seeder Co. Of Fond du Lac, and later with the Fuller & Johnson Co. of Madison, Wis. In 1885 he entered the firm of Briggs & Rose, dealers in farm machinery, at Fond du Lac, and was a partner in this business until 1888. He then traveled for pleasure for a while, and in the fall of 1888 he went to Pasadena, Cal., where he resumed law practice.
In Pasadena he soon made himself a public figure on account of his interest in civic affairs. Two years after his arrival he was nominated and elected to his first office.
Made Justice of the Peace of Pasadena Township, in 1890; 1891 to 1893, City Recorder of Pasadena; Deputy Dist. Atty., Los Angeles County, 1903 to 1905; since March, 1905, City Justice, Los Angeles. He was a member of the Fond du Lac National Guards from 1880 to 1888.
He is a member of the California, Caledonian and Celtic clubs, the Elks, So. Cal. Rod and Reel Assn. And L. A. Bar Assn.; also to Arlington Lodge, F. and A.M., Crown Chapter, No. 72, Pasadena.
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Marilyn R. Pankey.
Source: Press
Reference Library, Western Edition Notables of the West, Vol. I, Page 366, International News Service, New York, Chicago, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, Boston, Atlanta.
1913.
© 2010 Marilyn R. Pankey.
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