Introduction
DR. HORACE LEWIS ROSE was born in Port Republic, New Jersey in 1874.
Horace Rose moved to Camden in 1900. After receiving his doctorate from Jefferson Medical College in 1903 he established a medical practice in North Camden. He made his home at 652 State Street. A general practitioner, he was affiliated with Bellevue Hospital at North 5th and Linden Streets, and with the Camden City Dispensary. Dr. Rose was a member of the American Medical Association, the Camden County Medical Society, and was a member and past president of the Camden City Medical Society.
A loyal Republican, Dr. Rose became active in local politics around 1918. He was elected to the old City Council in 1921, and served until that body was replaced by the City Commission in 1923.
In 1906 Dr. Rose married Gertrude English. He died in May of 1925. He was survived by his wife and sons Sylvan Meryl and Francis Leland Rose. Francis Leland Rose, after graduating from Camden High School in 1933 and Amherst College in 1937, followed his father into medicine, receiving his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1943.
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Named: Dr. Horace L. Rose, South Jersey: A History 1664, and 1924.
DR. HORACE L. ROSE DIES; ILL 3 WEEKS
Camden Courier —
Former City Councilman of Tenth Ward Succumbs to Pneumonia
Dr. Horace L. Rose, former councilman from the Tenth ward, died last night at his home, Seventh and State streets. He had been ill for about three weeks with pneumonia.
Dr. Rose came to Camden about eight years ago and was active in civic affairs in North Camden. He also was a stalwart Republican and figured prominently in all the political fights that have marked the campaigns in the Tenth ward during the past five or six years.
About four years ago, Dr. Rose was elected a member of City Council on the Republican ticket. He held that office when city council was abolished with the advent of commission government in 1923.
Dr. Rose was born in Fort Republic, and moved to Camden in 1900, starting medical practice in 1903. He was a member of the Camden City and County medical societies, the American Medical Association, the New Jersey State Medical Society, and the Philadelphia Medical Club.
He is survived by the widow, Mrs. Gertrude E. Rose, and two sons, Meryl and Leland. He was a brother-in-law of Dr. J. E. L. Van Sciver, prominent Camden physician.
Funeral services will be held Monday at 11 a. m. from the late residence of the deceased, with interment in Harleigh Cemetery.