The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-07-19

consisting OF the late Ih0maS ii. w ynue,
C. B. Lipscomb, and the writer. Many fall
ing and crumbling tombs were also secured
and repaired. s,zaat 3.5
The inscription upon Mr.. Roses tomb
reads as follows: -,
Rector of Al6enarte Parish.
HIS extraordinary genius and capacity in
all the polite and alseful arts of life, tho
eo,talted bu fe,o, ,cere yet exceeded by the
great goodness of his heart. Humanity,
Benevolence, and Charity ran. through the
achoie course Of his life, and aoere e1erted
scith uncommon penetration and judgment
upon the proper objects scithost noise or oS-
tentation. In las friendship he aoas searns
and steady; an his manners gentle and
easy; in his conversation Entertaining and
Instructive acith The most tender piety he
discharged all the Domestick duties of HuS-
band, Fdther, Son, and Brother.
In short, he tcas friend to the sehole Hu-
man Race, G upon that principle a
Strenuous ASSerter d Defender
of Liberty.
He died the 3Oth day of jane, 1851,
In the forty-seUenth gear Of has age.
Here, at least, is presented truthful cpl
taph; and nobly may the sneering lines OF
England's cynical poet be reversed in appli-
| I. When all is done, upon the tomb is seen,
Not lonlyI what he was, but IalsoI what he should
despite the discreditable testimony of the
historian as to the character of the clergy Of
the period.
! 1 find by reference to the records Of the
| State Land Registry Office that MIR. Rose
was a larger landed proprietor than you
have assumed; for Robert Rose was q
grantee in 1888 OF 400 acres; ,Robt Rose,
Clerk (mark the designation) OF 420 acres
in 1875, and of $4,000 acres in 1744. And
also that VIM. Rose received, in 1881, 200
acres; in 1888, 230 acres; and in 1740, 100
acres: Thomas Rose, 430 acres, in 1743;
and John Rose, 800 acres, in 1925. These
were in all probability the remaining three
brothers of Dir. Rose, the fourth being the
Rev. Charles Rose, already mentioned.
But there is an earlier grant than all OF
these-one Of 1S5 acres, granted in 1889
| to Robert Rose. Now, Bishop Meade, from
whom have to a great extent quoted, IN
his mention of Mr.. Rose lin Old Churches
and Families Of Virginia. Volume l., pages
1885, -4O3-he having used the diary in the
preparation Of his valuable work. states
| that he was native OF Scotland, but inti-
mates there, and also in note inscribed on
the old diary, that he was an older man than
the inscription upon his tomb would indi-
cate. Unless there be good grounds for the
statement of the good bishop-and he fire.
quently nods-Mr. Rose may have been a
native of Virginia, and Robert Rose,
the grantee of 16S9 might have been his
father; or the inscription may have been
incorrect, and Mr.. Rose may have been an
older man, and possibly resident Of the
colony at the period Of said grant.
find the records OF our Land Office an
invaluable source of reference as to the ad-
vent in the colony Of the ancestral heads OF
our prominent families; and 1 am nearly
always enabled to correct the received data
(based too largely on tradition OF the de-
scendants themselves.
| The descendants of Mr.. Rose have inter-
married and are now connected with most
of the prominent families Of Virginia.
Notable engraftings have been with the
Randolph and Pleasants families, the last Of
which has furnished distinguished and
highly useful public representatives. I
may be permitted to cite Governor James
Peasants, Jr. John Hampden Pleasants,
the brilliant journalist; and his only less
able brother, Hugh Rose Pleasants, the
veteran and versatile editor who for long
time conducted our now well-known and
widely-circulated Richmond Dispatch.
also recall that Robert Rose was a sur
geon of Virginia troops during our first
revolution-a nephew, likely, of the good
old parson.
As to my copy of the diary, it formed q
part of bequest to me Of manuscripts by
my late friend. Thomas H. Wynne, Esq, so
we'll and favorably known as a loving con-
seryator of Virginian history. 1t was trans
scribed for Mr.. Wynne from the original,
which was loaned him by Mr.. Henry Rose
81 ~ 1srn nfxr
1t has been in the hands Of the Hon. Hugh
Blair Grgsby, LII. D., for preparation for
publication, and it is enriched with notes
from his graceful and recondite pen. The
publication Of the diary was a cherished
design of my friend its late owner, and it
would be an agreeable duty to add it as q
contribution to the history of Virginia; and
towards this object I have much additional
matter which l flatter myself would be re-
garded rs worthy OF preservation.