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Ceely’s father was Civil War veteran David S. Rose. The war wrecked David’s health as well as his plans for a successful family farm in Pike County. He moved north in 1879 and bought the Schrack Mill, which he operated intermittantly until his death. This sketch, apparently based on a now-lost photograph, appeared in a Utica, New York, tabloid newspaper.
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This historical map of Pike County, though not perfectly accurate in scale, gives a general idea of the location of the Rose farm and the school that the older Rose children attended.
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The possible foundation rock Bryan Gladden (pictured) and the author found at the old farm site. The rock could also perhaps have had some use during logging of the property, part of the Pike State Forest.
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This clearing atop the ridge was part of the original farmyard of the Rose family farm, based on the fact that no other land on the property is flat enough for building or farming.
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Taken from the next ridge, this photo shows the steepness of the ridge where the Rose farm once stood. This steep hillside — then wooded — was part of the farm property. The arrow gives the approximate location of the spring and where the possible foundation rock were found.
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Ceely Rose was a disturbed young woman who poisoned her entire family in 1896 in Pleasant Valley, in southern Richland County. But what were her roots? Ceely’s family came from Pike County, Ohio. Ceely was 6 years old when the family moved north. This sketch of her appeared in local media at the time of Ceely’s trial.
GALLERY: Celia Rose the killer
