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Cotham-Gibbs Ancestry Photos
Family Photos for: Cotham Hudson Kagay Rosette2 Gibbs Baker Kilpatrick Livingston
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Rosette Family (1)
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Gr.-Gr. Aunt Imogene Emily Rosette, Elijah's sister. Ohio, ca. 1880. She was born in 1844 in Richwood, Ohio to Charles Rosette and Mary Milligan Rosette.
Imogene Rosette (top middle), daughter of Elijah and Lillie Mae Watson Rosette, ca.1903, Richwood, Ohio. (identities of others unknown)
Lillian Mae Watson (Rosette), left, "tin type" photo, approx 1883,
Richwood, Ohio. (girl on right, sister? Luella Watson 1862-?)
Lillian Mae Watson Rosette (1870-1942), wife of Elijah Rosette, ca.1910, Richwood,Ohio. Lillian married Elijah in 1886 at the age of 16.
Elijah Fermin Rosette (1855-1918), ca.1895, Richwood, Ohio.
Labeled "To Imo (daughter Imogene), from Papa". Elijah sold wagons, harnesses and buggies and later, bicycles in the Richwood area.
Elijah F. and Lillian Mae Rosette's Marriage License, 1886.
John L Rosette (1889-1981), son of Elijah and Lillie Mae Watson Rosette.
WWI postcard from France, dated Feb. 10, 1919, to Mrs. R. F. Kagay in Mission, Texas.
"Dear Sister, A card from France to let you know I am still alive."
15th Grand Division
34th Company Reg. Trans. Corps.
American Expeditionary Force
John survived WWI to work on the Erie Railroad, serve as a private policeman during WWII for a military electrical manufacturing contractor, and to sell cars at different times during his life. (Cleveland, Ohio)
John L Rosette, 1942, in the uniform of a Private Policeman for Leece-Neville Company, an electrical component manufacturer for military equipment during WWII. (preventing war time sabotage) Cleveland, Ohio
Santford Paul Rosette (1896-1974), 3rd from left, brother of John Louis, Oct, 1918, WWI , awaiting transport to France from Indian Head, Maryland.
This post card photo accompanied the following letter, mentions fellow
soldiers dieing of influenza. ("some work of the Germans")
10th Regiment Band
Paul also survived WWI, after which, he moved to Mission, Texas where his sister Imogene, along with her husband Raymond F. Kagay, had recently moved.
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Harry Clyde Rosette (1893-1937), second of three sons to Lillian and Elijah, in WWI uniform, 1918. Harry married and moved to Corpus Christi, Texas after the war where his then wife "Elsie" became ill and died at a very young age. He remarried and eventually moved back to Ohio, settling in Cleveland.
Mary Milligan Rosette (1823-1886), wife of Charles W. Rosette, of Richwood, Ohio, and mother of Elijah. ca. 1875 (This and the following two photos courtesy of Lucille M.~ Thanks!)
Charles W. Rosette (1818-1876) married Mary Milligan in 1843, and came to Richwood, Ohio in 1845, where he engaged in the wool trade. Charles was the first mayor of Richwood in 1855, and was reelected in 1856 and 1857. He was also the Assessor and Treasurer for the township, and the Justice of the Peace for nearly twelve years. (Photo~ about 1870)
Matilda Marmon Watson ( 1824-1903), of Logan, Ohio, wife of William R. Watson (1813-1878), and the mother of Lillian Mae Watson Rosette. (Photo~ approx. 1885)
Claiborne Bethlehem Cemetery, outside of Richwood, Ohio.
Parents of Elijah and Imogene Emily Rosette, Charles W. was a former mayor of Richwood and wool merchant. Thompson Township Cemetery (previously Shoup Cemetery)
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