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Judge U. M. Rose, one of the leading attorneys of Arkansas, and a man whose brilliant attainments have made him one of the central figures in the Arkansas bar, is a native of Kentucky, and was born March 5, 1834. He is a son of Dr. Joseph Rose, of Virginia, but afterward a noted physician of Kentucky, in which State he had settled at an early period, locating in Marion County, where he died in the spring of 1848. The mother, before her marriage, was a Miss Nancy Simpson, of that State, where she also resided until her death, September 10, 1847. Judge Rose was the fourth child of this union, and as evidences of a legal inclination were perceptible even in his early youth, he was given to Mr. R. H. Rowntree, of Lebanon, Ky., one of the leading lawyers of that section, to be trained in the intricacies of law. He began the study of that profession in Mr. Rowntree’s office, and subsequently attended the Transylvania Law School at Lexington, graduating from that institute in 1853. In the fall of that year he was licensed to practice by the court of appeals of Kentucky, and on December 1, 1853, moved to Batesville, Ark., where he practiced until the year 1860, when he was appointed chancellor of the Pulaski County chancery court by Gov. Conway, and held that office until the close of the war. Since then he has been residing in Little Rock, engaged in the practice of his profession. When Judge Rose first located in Little Rock he entered into partnership with ex-Chief Justice of Arkansas, George C. Watkins, under the firm name of Watkins & Rose, but for the last five years he has been practicing with his son, George B., the firm being known as U. M. & G. B. Rose. Judge Rose has contributed considerably to current law literature. In 1865 he compiled and published “Rose’s Digest of Arkansas Reports,” which has been widely quoted among the legal fraternity. He is a member of three different bar associations, the Arkansas, American and National, and is vice-president of the last-named association for the Fifth United States judicial circuit, embracing the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Nebraska and Missouri. His marriage occurred October 25, 1853, to Miss Margaret T. Gibbs, of Kentucky.