Isaiah Rose

Background

Isaiah Rose was born on June 26, 1843 in Belmont County, Ohio. His father was James H. Rose (1810-1880) and his mother, Mary Shaeffer Rose (1812-1872).

Career

He enrolled twice as a soldier for the Union Army, for three months the first time and for three years the second time. He was captured and transported to Andersonville Prison as a prisoner. He later escaped and returned to his former army, however he was mistaken for a scout or a Confederate soldier and was shot in the right legal

This injury left him permanently disabled.

During his career in the Ohio Senate. Personal life

He died on November 26, 1916 in Coal Run, Ohio.

He is buried in Round Bottom Cemetery in Ohio. He was featured on Who Do You Think You Are? as he was the great-great-great-grandfather of singer Kelly Clarkson.

Achievements

• He was a champion of the temperance movement in Ohio, introducing ultimately successful legislation allowing individual counties to enact local legislation banning the sale of liquor.

Membership

He returned to Ohio and was elected sheriff for Washington County as a member of the Republican Party, and subsequently as a state senator