John E. Rosette, of the firm of Barnes & Rosette, of which a description is given in the sketch of P. E. Barnes, was born in Richwood, Ohio, November 22, 1849, and is a son of Charles W. and Mary (Milligan) Rosette, natives of Ohio, the former of French and the latter of Irish and English descent.  His father came to Richwood in 1845, where he engaged in the wool trade, and where he died in 1877.  He was Assessor and Treasurer of the township, and for twelve years filled the office of Justice of the Peace.  He raised a family of six children, five boys and one girl.  Our subject was educated in the Richwood Public Schools, and for a time worked in a mill, after which he engaged in buying grain.  In 1870, he engaged in selling buggies, and has since continued in that business.  In 1873, he married Annie Shelton, a native of Columbiana County, Ohio, of German descent, and by her has two children-Iva, ,and a baby not yet named.  Mr. Rosette is a member of. the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows society, and a Republican in politics.  He has served two terms as Clerk of Claibourne Township.