Pleasant M. Rose (1906 - 1984)

Born 20 Jul 1906 in Kentucky

Descendants

Died 1 Nov 1984 at age 78 in Kentucky

Biography

Pleas Rose was the son of Hiram and Martha T. Rose of Jackson County, Kentucky. He was the youngest brother of Mary, William, Thomas, Logan, Charles, Lizzie, Cassins, and Amanda. In 1910, his family was living in Jackson County, where his father was a farmer and his older brothers worked on the farm. In 1920, Pleas was 13 years old, living with his widowed mother in the home of C. L. Fowler, where his mother worked as a cook. By 1930, Pleas was married to Udell and they had a two-year-old daughter, Dorothy. In 1940, Cecil, Clarence, Ruby, and Donald had been added to the family. Pleas was doing road construction with a WPA project. Their youngest daughter, Opal, was born in 1941.

Sources

• Tombstone inscription.
• Pleas Rose death record
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2DN-MGY : accessed 18 November 2015), Pleasant Rose in household of Hiram Rose, Cavanaugh, Jackson, Kentucky, United States
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHLR-R8J : accessed 18 November 2015), Pleas Rose in household of C L Fowler, Cavanaugh, Jackson, Kentucky, United States.
• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMXS-T86 : accessed 18 November 2015), Pleas Rose, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7T6-WKS : accessed 18 November 2015), Pleas Rose, Magisterial District 5, Jackson, Kentucky, United States.