"An Illustrated History of the Big Bend Country; Embracing Lincoln, Douglas, 
Adams  and Franklin Counties; State of Washington". Spokane, Western Historical
Publishing  Company, Publishers, 1904. p. 853.

HENRY ROSENOFF resides on a valuable farm two and one-half miles northwest of
Ritzville. He was born in Volga, Russia, August 29, 1862, the son of Fred and
Katherine Rosenoff. The parents also were natives of Russia, though their
families came from Germany two generations since. Our subject came to America
with his parents in 1877 and located in Nebraska. Here they took a homestead and
one year later removed to another part of the state, in Hitchcock county, where
they remained three and one-half years. They came to Idaho and the subject and
his father worked on the Oregon Short Line, in the southern part of the state, a
brief space. Afterwards they went to Baker City, Oregon, and in 1882 came on to
Walla Walla. The next year they came to Adams county in company with other
settlers, bringing with them a car load of farm implements, pitched their tents
on the outskirts of Ritzville and before many days each family had one or more
homesteads near by. After locating their !
claims they repaired to Colfax to make filing, then brought lumber from Sprague
with which to erect cabins. The subject of this sketch then went to work on Crab
creek, Lincoln county, and was there five years. He returned to his homestead in
1888, built his house and was married to Ella Spanger, daughter of William and
Almera M. (Gerdes) Spanger. The parents of Mrs. Rosenoff were born in Germany,
but both came to America when young and located in Woodford county, Illinois,
where they lived until coming to Adams county in the fall of 1886. They are both
now living in Ritzville. They were the parents of the following named children,
besides Mrs. Rosenoff: George, Edward, John, William, Anna, Flora, Hannah, Mary,
and Mena.
     Henry Rosenoff is a Republican. He is a member of his local school board
and worships in the Congregational church. He has four children, William, Anna,
Mary and Henrietta.
     He is one of the most highly respected men of his locality and has done
much toward the upbuilding and development of the Big Bend country.


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