Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886

Judge Robert H. Rose, the oldest living member of the Lawrence County bar, was born in Brunswick County, Va., January 2, 1818, and is a son of William and Elizabeth (Meredith) Rose. Our subject was reared in Giles County, and secured a good academical education in his youthful days. He was a soldier in the Florida war, and at its close, in 1836, he began the study of law. He entered the office of E. J. Shield, of Pulaski, member of Congress from this district, and was admitted to the Giles County bar in 1840. He remained and practiced law in that county until 1850, when he came to Lawrenceburg, and has since taken an active and leading part in representing his profession at the bar. In 1861 he was elected judge of this circuit, which office he held in an able manner until 1865, when he was elected chancellor of the district. In 1868 he with many others, was removed by Gov. Brownlow’s orders, causing another election. Since then the Judge has been incessantly engaged in the practice of his profession, in which he has been justly successful. He is a Democrat in politics, an ancient Odd Fellow, and Episcopalian in his religious faith. He is a lawyer of ability and high standing in the profession.

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