I'm forwarding this from the DC-OLD-NEWS list. I'm not connected to the Rose family, but perhaps someone is. Bonnie in OKC The Washington Post May 1, 1914 pg. 11 OBITUARY James E. Rose. James E. Rose, one of the oldest coal and wood dealers of Washington, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, 724 I street southeast, following an illness of seven days. Mr. Rose was stricken with a cerebral hemorrhage. He was a Virginian, having been born in Fauquier county 78 years ago. In his younger days he was connected with some of the first of the railroads organized and operated in his State, and during the civil war was engaged in the transportation of Confederate troops. While living in Prince William County, Va., Mr. Rose was married, on November 28, 1858, to Miss Sarah Mumford, who died in 1874. He is survived by three children, Mrs. P. R. Pullman and T. Wellington Rose, of this city, and Herbert J. Rose, cashier of the Southern Railway at Alexandria. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.