Morgan Pioneer History Binds Us Togethet William Arnold Rose William Arnold Rose and Agnes Ann Callahan Rose William Arnold Rose, son of Jonathan Rose and Aurella Minerva Peete Rose was born October 17, 1839 in Lee County, Iowa. He was the third son in a family of ten children. His father, John, was born December 25, 1807, at Newark, New Jersey. He was a faithful LDS and crossed the plains in Captain Foote's Company. His mother, Aurella Minerva Peete Rose, was born December 11, 1815, in Eastern Canada and was in company with her husband in Captain Foote's Company. His grandfather, Andrew Rose, was the first member of his family to join the church. He was endowed in the Nauvoo Temple. His grandmother, Elisabeth Daniels Rose, came across in the same company. William Arnold Rose crossed the plains with his parents and arrived in Salt Lake City in 1850. He walked the entire distance and drove cattle in front of him. This company endured all the trials and hardships of many others of their faith. He was a tall muscular man and always wore a vest and a red bandanna handkerchief around his neck. He was a crack shot with a rifle or pistol and rode and tamed wild horses when he was past seventy years old. When he was an older man, he had a special team of horses that he called Dan and Buck. One stormy day the lightning hit and killed Buck, and Dan would not eat or drink for many days. He would just wander around and whinny. Many days later he went out to where old Buck had been killed and died. After that Granddad used a saddle horse to get around on. At the age of nineteen he was one of the guards when Johnston's Army was about to enter Salt Lake City. He and other men chosen as guards were stationed at Echo Canyon. They were cold and hungry and needed food and clothing. He and one of the guards decided to ride horse back into Salt Lake and talk with President Brigham Young concerning their condition. President Young sent them back with plenty of food and clothing and also more men to help with this great task. The wife of William Arnold Rose, whose maiden name was Agnes Ann Callahan, crossed the plains with her parents in the Brigham Young Company. She and Granddad Rose reared a family of fifteen, one dying in infancy. Beside caring for her own family, she helped others in sickness and sorrow and was one who loved to do good. They came to Tintic, Juab County, in the 1870's. He laid claim and was mining there. However, in those days, the claims were so inconsistent that many times mines overlapped one another or one would actually tunnel into another mine. Granddad's mine was quite large and very rich. He had not been mining long when another man told him he was on his claim. They had quite an argument and Granddad could see there was trouble brewing. The next day the other fellow had blocked him off and placed hired guns to protect the property. Granddad recruited some of his friends, but he could see he had less guns and men, so he left before any of his friends were injured. He did freighting for the mining companies and, in the early days, he drove six horse outfits from Utah, Nevada, California, Idaho and Montana. On one of his trips from Montana he was startled to see the bodies of Indians lying on the ground. He stopped the wagon to investigate the scene. He found that the Indians had been in a battle. Among the bodies he found an Indian baby strapped in a knapsack to its mother's back. It was very weak and crying. He took it to his wagon and made a bonfire, made it comfortable, and fed it rabbit soup. He stopped in Morgan briefly with the baby, When he returned home, his wife nursed the Indian baby, with her baby as they were near the same age. One day a lady friend who had received word of his bringing this Indian baby home, called and was anxious to see it. She fell in love with her and asked Granddad and Grandma if they would give it to her as they had a large family to care for. They