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Chauncey Rose. HAUNCEY ROSE, founder of the Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre Haute, Indiana, was born in a retired farm-house, on the Wethersfield Meadows, in Connecticut, December 24, 1794, and died at Terre Haute, Indiana, August 13, 1877. John Rose, his father, was the son of John Rose, who emigrated from the highlands of Scotland early in the last century. Chauncey Rose survived his six brothers and sister, all of whom were without children: so that, when he died, also childless, at the age of 88, he was the “last of his race.” Chauncey Rose’s education consisted of a brief attendance upon the common schools of his district; but he inherited good health, and was endowed with en- ergy, courage, a strong intellect, and abundant common sense. His firmness of will did no discredit to his Scotch ancestry, and his unflinching integrity in pur- pose and act were marks of his Puritan nature. To this combination of traits was added the habit of self-reliance, bred in him by the careful training of his father; a trait that is the essential quality of all strong characters, and in Mr. Rose was conspicuous. Mr. Rose settled in Terre Haute in 1818. There were but two cabins in Terre Haute, and the nearest boarding place was at Fort Harrison. In 1819 he moved to Parke County and engaged in the business of milling. He sawed and furnished the lumber for the court house erected in the public square, and returned to Terre Haute in 1825. From that date (1825) Mr. Rose engaged in trade, and became one of the most popular and successful merchants of the region. His profits were judiciously invested in land, which he worked by the most approved methods, until, acre by acre, it gradually passed, with the increase of population, from farm lands into city lots. In these and other ways, open only to those who improve the opportunities of a new country, he amassed a large fortune. Mr. Rose was fore- most in securing the railroad transportation in the new state. He bore the prin-
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