Person:Henry Rouse (12)

Single, no children, left his money to the poor

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   Henry R Rouse
   Birth: 9 Oct 1823
   Death: 18 Apr 1861 (aged 37)
   Burial: Westfield Cemetery, Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
   Memorial #: 88231015
   Bio: Rouse, Henry R. Apr.18,1861, ae 37—6-9 Henry Rouse was born in Westfield, NY on October 9, 1823 and died in Rouseville, Venango County, PA His mother's memorial is: Find A Grave Memorial# 88704961 His father's name was Samuel Rouse - Samuel was a drifter and deserted the family when Henry was young.
   Family Members
   Parents
   Sarah Rouse 1802-1850
   Created by: Dolores Davidson (46872356)
   Added: 8 Apr 2012
   URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88231015
   Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 May 2019), memorial page for Henry R Rouse (9 Oct 1823–18 Apr 1861), Find A Grave Memorial no. 88231015, citing Westfield Cemetery, Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Dolores Davidson (contributor 46872356) .

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   IS THIS THE SAME PERSON?
   Hiram R Rouse
   Birth: 9 Oct 1823
   Death: 18 Apr 1861 (aged 37)
   Burial: Westfield Cemetery, Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, USA
   Memorial #: 88458736
   Bio: Rouse, Hiram R. Oct.9,1823—Apr.18,1861
   Created by: Dolores Davidson (46872356)
   Added: 13 Apr 2012
   URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/88458736/hiram-r-rouse
   Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 13 May 2019), memorial page for Hiram R Rouse (9 Oct 1823–18 Apr 1861), Find A Grave Memorial no. 88458736, citing Westfield Cemetery, Westfield, Chautauqua County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Dolores Davidson (contributor 46872356) .

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   1860 United States Federal Census
   Name: Henry R Rouse
   Age: 38
   Birth Year: abt 1822
   BIRTH STATE: NEW YORK
   Gender: Male
   Home in 1860: Southwest, Warren, Pennsylvania
   Post Office: South West
   Dwelling Number: 90
   Family Number: 91
   Occupation: Lumberman
   Household Members:
   Name Age
   Morris Wells 56
   Polly Wells 53
   Henry R Rouse 38
   Source Citation
   Year: 1860; Census Place: Southwest, Warren, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1190; Page: 1047; Family History Library Film: 805190

4.   HISTORY OF VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ITS PAST AND PRESENT, INCLUDING ITS ABORIGINAL HISTORY; THE FRENCH AND BRITISH OCCUPATION OF THE COUNTRY; ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH: A DESCRIPTION OF ITS HISTORIC AND INTERESTING LOCALITIES; ITS RICH OIL DEPOSITS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT; SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, AND VILLAGES; NEIGH- BORHOOD AND FAMILY HISTORY; PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF PIONEERS AND REPRESENT- ATIVE CITIZENS; STATISTICS, ETC., ETC. ILLUSTRATED. Chicago, III.: BROWN, RUNK & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1890.
   page 317.

   The growth of Oil City, Franklin, and Titusville in 1861 was marked.
   Every class of business house was being established, as well as blacksmith
   and machine shops. The valley of Oil creek from Oil City to Titusville
   began to assume the appearance of an almost continuous town of clusters
   of shanties and derricks. The towns of McClinlockville, Rouseville, Tarr
   Farm, and Petroleum Center began to come into existence, and from this
   time on their growth was rapid. The drones in this busy time of indus-
   try were few and their stay brief. All were engaged earnestly in the race
   for wealth, and from this aggregate of energy came the grand results of the
   years that succeeded.
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5.   HISTORY OF VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ITS PAST AND PRESENT, INCLUDING ITS ABORIGINAL HISTORY; THE FRENCH AND BRITISH OCCUPATION OF THE COUNTRY; ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH: A DESCRIPTION OF ITS HISTORIC AND INTERESTING LOCALITIES; ITS RICH OIL DEPOSITS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT; SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, AND VILLAGES; NEIGH- BORHOOD AND FAMILY HISTORY; PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF PIONEERS AND REPRESENT- ATIVE CITIZENS; STATISTICS, ETC., ETC. ILLUSTRATED. Chicago, III.: BROWN, RUNK & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1890.
   PAGE 475.

   RouseviUe Lodge, No. 262, K. of P., was chartered September 1,
   1870, with nine members. The lodge has increased steadily and now uses
   the Cornplanter lodge room.

6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4} HISTORY OF VENANGO COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA ITS PAST AND PRESENT, INCLUDING ITS ABORIGINAL HISTORY; THE FRENCH AND BRITISH OCCUPATION OF THE COUNTRY; ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT AND SUBSEQUENT GROWTH: A DESCRIPTION OF ITS HISTORIC AND INTERESTING LOCALITIES; ITS RICH OIL DEPOSITS AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT; SKETCHES OF ITS CITIES, BOROUGHS, TOWNSHIPS, AND VILLAGES; NEIGH- BORHOOD AND FAMILY HISTORY; PORTRAITS AND BIOGRAPHIES OF PIONEERS AND REPRESENT- ATIVE CITIZENS; STATISTICS, ETC., ETC. ILLUSTRATED. Chicago, III.: BROWN, RUNK & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1890.
   page 663.

   H. R. Rouse, from whom the place derives its name, was born at West-
   field, Chautauqua county, New York, August 30, 1837. After completing
   a course of study at the public schools, he studied law and was admitted to
   the bar. Subsequently he taught school in Warren county, Pennsylvaoia,
   and seems to have acquired a strong personal attachment for that region.
   At the beginning of the oil excitement he was among the first to realize the
   possibilities of wealth offered by this section, and in company with others
   made extensive leases of what afterward proved to be among the most pro-
   ductive territory on Oil creek. His career as an oil operator had but fairly
   begun when it was cut short by a tragic and untimely death. On the 17th
   of April, 1861, the Merrick well was struck, and the unusual volume of oil
   it was producing attracted a large crowd of sight seers, among whom was
   Mr. Rouse. On the evening of that day an ominous explosion occurred at
   the well, resulting in the immediate ignition of the stream of oil pouring
   from it and everything combustible within a radius of several hundred feet.
   Mr. Rouse was discovered about twenty rods from the well, enveloped in his
   burning clothing and already without the sight of either eye. His first con-
   cern was the making of his will, by which, after various bequests to personal
   friends, he bequeathed the bulk of his property to Warren county, Pennsyl-
   vania, one-half to be expended upon the public highways, and the other
   
   
   
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   moiety to be applied to the maiutenanco of an institution for the relief of
   the poor of that county. At the request of Mr. Rouse his remains were in-
   terred by the side of his mother in the cemetery at Westfield, New York.
   
   At the time of the oil discovery the farms embracing the site of the
   village were owned by Archibald Buchanan, John McClintock, and John
   Buchanan. The Buchanan farms were leased for ninety-nine years by H.
   R. Rouse, Samuel Q. Brown, and John L. Mitchell, at a royalty of one-
   fourth of the oil produced. Mr. Rouse drilled the first well. From its lo-
   cation at the mouth of Cherry run a village quickly came into existence and
   received the name of Buchanan Farm. In February, 1861, Allen Wright,
   president of a local oil company, substituted "Rouseville" for Buchanan
   Farm in having his letter-heads printed, and thus conferred upon the jjlace
   its present name. In the svib-leases executed by Mr. Rouse it was stipu-
   lated that the sale of intoxicating liquors should work immediate forfeiture,
   a provision which made the place a temperance town for a time.
   
   The Reno, Oil Creek and Pithole railroad was completed to Rouseville
   January 31, 1866, and opened to travel on the 5th of March following.
   Passenger travel over the Farmers' railroad (now the Western New York
   and Pennsylvania) was begun August 27, 1866.

7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4} History of Warren County, Pennsylvania bySchenck, J. S., [from old catalog] ed; Rann, William S., [from old catalog] joint ed; Mason, D., & co., Syracuse, N.Y., pub. [from old catalog] Publication date 1887 TopicsWarren Co., Pa PublisherSyracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co.

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