To find out if his disability affected his livelihood
Kelly is visiting the Washington County archives to meet genealogist Josh Taylor
so you're looking at a family folder which is basically a folder of documents
gathered by potential other relatives people who visited and on research hear
all about Isaiah rose oh cool okay the leader Mary at Ohio Tuesday
August 31st 1886 so he'd be about 43 44 by now sheriff rose during his official
career that can't be him right huh what do you think he's a sheriff he's he's
like tombstone he's a sheriff
oh my god okay wait so say we sheriff rose during his official career the past
two years has made host of friends he believes that public office is a public
trust that he will be reelected by a larger majority than two years ago is a
conclusion accepted by both political parties so sometime around 1884 he ran
for office he ran to become the County Sheriff
won the election so now he's being reelected cuz he's so popular right on
all right The Daily Register Marietta Ohio Wednesday November 8 1905 so he's
probably in 63 64 okay oh my gosh is this his picture oh my god I didn't know
that was his picture oh my gosh that's what he looked like
senator I our senator he was a senator mm-hmm state senator I'm sorry
got it late advises from the district show the election of the Republican
candidate for Senate Isaiah R rose this is Lincoln's party I mean he's a
state senator as part of Lincoln's party oh my gosh
so he fought for Lincoln as a kid like grew up became a man in the military and
the Civil War then back to this same party just still believing in the Union
and became a senator a state senator I could
not be more proud of this man what in the world and he can just see in his
eyes in this picture like what a life oh my goodness so is there a way to find
out like what he was a part of like politically like what kind of lousy is
part of ever absolutely for the next step you can visit a colleague of mine
actually in Columbus Ohio oh okay Statehouse there and keep in mind when
you're there you'll be walking literally in his footsteps
well I can't wait to find out oh my goodness thank you very much so I just
love how much Drive I'm seeing I mean he weighs this young kid in the war he's
shot he has a bum leg and he just still was a survivor and then worked his way
up you know to be a sheriff and then a senator I'm very driven and I think
that's because of my family and it's cool to find out how far back that
strength comes from I'm really just curious to know what laws we got behind
because I'm very you know hardcore in my beliefs and I hope I can stand behind
you know what he believed in politically as well
Kelly is heading back to Columbus to the Ohio Statehouse where she's meeting
political historian Tom Pegram tom has been doing some research on Isaiah roses
Senate career would you be interested in seeing his office oh definitely yes
please let's go it's missing all right it's let's say okay I can't believe I'm
gonna see like where its office as that's so cool this this was his office
is where he worked thank you
are you kidding me
yeah not too shabby oh my goodness that is amazing this is like extremely
intimidating I sing in front of people all the time I would be scared to death
to talk in this room this is where he sat in 1906 at the beginning of his
three-year term senator that is so weird that I'm like sitting in a room where he
was that's super weird huh so is there any way to find out like
around that time like what laws he was you know for and like what he was trying
to pass or what kind of legislation he was involved with these are newspapers
from Ohio in the early part of the 20th century those are the best records of
political debate and political issues in the state the repository Friday March
1906 so this is pretty early on in his political career yes it's like freshman
year yes okay hot talk from rose senator Rose of Washington County the strongest
temperance advocate in the Senate what is the temperance the temperance
movement at this time was a large movement in Ohio and elsewhere to
restrict or even eliminate the liquor industry so he's a part of the people
that don't want liquored he is indeed a part of that hiccough and the ancestry
department so he's like trying to wipe out all liquor actually saloons retail
saloons they didn't attack individual drinkers so much the idea was that the
liquor industry and that saloons were from men mainly women were generally not
allowed yeah paychecks were cashed in saloons and men
spent a lot of time drinking in saloons there was a great deal of domestic
violence the company drinking this was also seen as a women's issue the
argument was the saloon then was hampering their family life their
children's lives health safety well right on I'm glad he's for women that's
awesome senator rose several weeks ago introduced a county option bill so what
is the county option bill county option gets the issue down to the local level
it allows the people themselves to decide whether they want to regulate
saloons or not okay Thursday morning February 27
1908 yes this is the last year of his term yes
Betty's pushing hard okay after more than two hours debate the house this
evening passed the county option bill introduced and championed by Senator
Isaiah R rose of Washington County the measure will now go to the governor and
it is generally expected that he will sign it oh my gosh he actually got it to
pass he actually got it through the legislature
yeah that's up to the governor there would be a ceremony here there would be
a lot of rejoicing from the temperance people it would go to the governor's
desk the governor was cooperative and he did sign it he did that is so exciting
he's a freshman senator at you know when he started this yep and being a freshman
senator I'm imagining that we've been unheard they're usually very unassuming
they don't rock the boat yeah he put a motor on the boat I love it he is fired
that's awesome okay so I'm imagining since he is a freshman senator and he
was kind of rocking the boat he made a lot of enemies on the other side how do
you know like if he you know continued in his political career did he get
reelected well let's see the Merion Weekly star Saturday November 11th 1908
so November so this is election time senator Rose down and out ooh not a good
headline the official count is in for the 9th and
14th districts and Senator IR Rose father of the rose county option bill is
defeated semi-official returns proclaimed roses election but the count
beats him by 32 not a lot so waited saying that people thought he won so
they were already saying like congratulations the original the
original reports were that he had won they were celebrating and then the
formal count came out and he had lost by you know less than three dozen votes oh
my goodness Isaiah Rose became the particular target
of the organized liquor industry and its supporters they pooled their resources
and they got him out of office yeah well you know what's funny is it doesn't
surprise me that he went down fighting for some of you believed in cuz he kind
of had that whole pass you know he definitely
was the guy that like stood up for what he believed in and fought for it so what
did he do now well we have lamode dog Washington County Ohio - 1980 the
grandparent I remember best was Isaiah R rose so this is just like an account
book of people like putting together all their knowledge yes of their favorite
local communities would do that oh my gosh Isaiah R rose family so that's
Isaiah Rose right here it is in the middle Oh
in 1866 he married Melissa Ellen Crawford they made their home in coal
run and raised a family of seven children man they have some kids didn't
they hmm his death came on Thanksgiving Day
November 26th 1916 at his home he lies an historic round-bottom Cemetery near
coal run
that's coal run Washington County that's not far from here that's not far
it sits outside of Marietta well this is his story I just finished it up thank
you so much like now I know like where he is buried and I would really love to
go see it all right well thank you very much Tom
good day it's cool to know and really that with my family that my
three-times-great-grandfather did not abandon anything you know he was so
relentless in in his morals and in his beliefs it makes me feel just really
proud and and know why you know I stand up for things it's because it's in my
blood
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