I am a very distant cousin of the Rose family through a Blake line. In putting information together on the Blakes and descendants, here is what I have on George McNeill Rose. See below. You can see that I started with his wife as she would have been a distant cousin. George McNeill Rose is buried in Cross Creek Cemetery #2 in Block 3. According to the map in the cemetery book, that would put him near the center of the side that is along Ann St. I hope this helps. Diane Fanning Fayetteville, NC Augusta "Gusta" Jane Steel was born October 10, 1848 and died October 7, 1941. On December 16, 1869 she married George McNeill Rose. George was born June 5, 1846 and died on June 15, 1924 at his home on Hillside Ave. in Fayetteville, N.C. from gangrene of the left foot and nephritis. He was the son of John McAden Rose (born September 17, 1815 in Person County and died June 13, 1895) and Jane McNeill (born February 23, 1821 and died April 23, 1865). George served during the Civil War in the 66th North Carolina Regiment, Kirkland's Brigade, Hoke's Division. He accepted a commission as 1st Lieutenant in the Confederate Army. He saw duty in Petersburg, VA, Ft. Fisher, N.C. and the Battle of Bentonville (in N.C.). George was one of the youngest officers in the Confederate Army as he was only eighteen years old when the war ended. After the war he attended the University of North Carolina to study law. After graduating he began the practice of law. George entered politics and served in the NC legislature as a representative from Cumberland County. He was elected in 1876, 1880 and 1883. He helped establish the Confederate Womens Home in Fayetteville, NC. George served as a trustee of the Fayetteville Public Graded Normal School and was a member of the Cross Creek Lodge of I.O.O.F. He was also a trustee of the University of North Carolina. He later practiced law with his son, Charles G. Rose, in the firm of Rose & Rose. Late in life he joined the First Presbyterian Church in Fayetteville. At age 76 he was stricken with paralysis. He died two years later. The property which Augusta received in a deed from her mother contained the original Rose home place which burned shortly after the transfer of ownership. Not long thereafter, she and George built the house in which their children were born and reared. They had eight children, but the youngest died a little over a year after his birth. Augusta and George McNeill are buried in Cross Creek #2.