NameMilton “Mick” Rose
Birth1873, Lewis Co., Kentucky
Marriage9 Mar 1911, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Marr Memo(license date)
SpouseRosa E. Kegley, 4C2R
Birth21 May 1883, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death18 Oct 1919, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BurialLee Cemetery, Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky
Notes for Milton “Mick” Rose
Milton’s name is on a double stone in Lee Cemetery with Rosa, with the birth year 1873, but there is no death year on it. Since she died so young, most likely he remarried and is buried elsewhere, with the inscription having been made at the time Rosa died.
Notes for Rosa E. Kegley
Her death certificate records Rosa Rose, age 37, born 21 May 1883 in Rowan Co., Ky, died 18 Oct 1919 in Morehead, Rowan Co., Ky, married, father Gorden Kegley, born in Carter Co., Ky, mother’s maiden name Catherine Fults, born in Greenup Co., Ky, cause of death an acute indigestion and heart disease only lived one hour, informant blank, burial in Lee Cemetery.
The 1900 census, though, listed her as age 14, born June 1885.
Notes for Milton “Mick” & Rosa E. (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage book 7, p. 340, records license issued 9 May 1911, no return, for Milton Rose, age 36, 2nd marriage, occupation lumber inspector, residence Morehead, born in Lewis Co., son of Henry and Mahala Rose, to Rosa Kegley, age 26, first marriage, residence Morehead, born in Rowan Co., parental fields blank.
Census
In 1910, about a year before they were married, Rosa was working as a live-in cook at the home of John Barber, while Milton was boarding there:
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Morehead town, enumerated 30 April, lists on p. 10A as household #170/180:
Barber, John, 31, widowed, laborer at mill; Rose, Mick, 33, boarder, divorced, lumber inspector; Allen, Wm, 19, boarder, single, laborer at odd jobs; Kegley, Rosa, 25, servant, single, cook; Audrie (f), 11/12, boarder. All born Ky Ky Ky.