LICKING COUNTY OHIO
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Transcribed by Deb.


"Historical Collections of Ohio, Vol 2" by Henry Howe. (pub 1888)

Licking County
Page 86 & 87

     At Homer were passed the boyhood days of the Rosecrans-the General and 
Bishop Rosecrans.  The father of these two eminent men was Crandall Rosencrans, 
of Amsterdam ancestry; the name in Dutch signifies a "wreath of roses."  Their 
mother was Jemina Hopkins, of the family of the Timothy Hopkins whose trembling 
signature appears on the Declaration of Independence.  They emigrated from the 
Wyoming valley to Ohio in 1808.  The family lived in a double cabin.
     While other boys were at play, they were noted for their studious habits.  
The general from youth was interested in religious study.  He possessed an 
extraordinary memory, being able to commit almost entire books.  The family were 
Methodists, but he was eventually converted to Catholicism, and influenced his 
younger brother, Sylvester Horton to also adopt that faith.  The latter 
graduated at Kenyon with distinguished honor, and died at Columbus in 1878, at 
the age of 51 years.  "Bishop Rosecrans' life was one of great simplicity and 
self-denial.  All that he had he gave to the poor, and he was often obliged to 
walk long distances, even when in delicate health, because he had not the money 
to pay his car-hire.  All the money that was in his possession at his death was 
two silver half dollars.