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ROSE, C. C. boot and shoe maker, west side Square, Carrollton. Ill. Charles C. Rose is a native of Germany; born in 1840, and was but five years of age when his parents crossed the Atlantic for America, locating in the west at Cape Girardeau, Mo. At the early age of 16, possessed of an adventurous disposition, the subject of our sketch departed from the parental roof for Pike County, Ill., where he became apprenticed to the trade of a shoemaker, becoming a journeyman work man. He now launched out in business on his own account, afterward proceeding to Beardstown. He there embarked in business for a period of three years; and while here a resident formed the acquaintance of and married Miss Catherine Dan, of Calhoun County, a daughter of Michael Dan, one of the oldest settlers of said county. Nearly two years went by and Mr. Rose took up his line of departure for Greene County, locating at Carrollton, where he has since conducted a successful business for the past twelve years. Of the marriage above referred to two children were born, Ella and Harry.