Hines, H. K. "An Illustrated History of the State of Oregon." Chicago: Lewis
Pub. Co. 1893.  p. 1217.
 
AARON ROSE

     the pioneer and founder of the beautiful town of Roseburg, was born in
Ulster county, New York, in 1813.  At the age of twenty-four years he emigrated
with his parents to Michigan, where he farmed until 1851. In April, of that
year, he crossed the plains from Coldwater, Michigan, to Oregon, arriving in
September following.   Here he took up a donation claim, on which the city of
Roseburg now stands. For eighteen years he was engaged in farming, ran a butcher
shop, bought and sold horses, and also conducted a store. During those years he
hunted deer, paid $1 each for eggs and $1 a pound for flour. Mr. Rose has been a
very successful business man, and the city which bears his name, owes much to
his spirit of enterprise and progression. In 1855-'56 he was a member of the
State Legislature; assisted in the building of the wagon road from Roseburg to
Coos bay, and has given lands and money to every public cause. In all the lots
he has sold and business transactions he has scrupulously guarded against a
"boom," and the result is that the real estate here is on a solid basis. For
many years he has given his entire attention to the building up of a prosperous
city.

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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in April 2009 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.