• Born: 23 September 1890, Melvern, Osage County, Kansas, USA
• Marriage (1): Sergt. Chester Howard WEST on 4 February 1912 in Fresno County, California, USA ¹
• Marriage (2): James Henry LAMONT on 18 November 1916 in Fresno County, California, USA
• Died: 3 January 1923, Kern County, California, USA at age 32
• Buried: 1923, Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA

   Other names for Rose were Rose Bell CENTER, Rose Belle CENTER, Rose Isabette CENTER and Rosebell CENTER.

  General Notes

ROSE ISABELLE CENTER was born 23 Sep 1890 in Melvern Township, Osage County, Kansas, USA, the daughter of Henry Ebenezer Center and his wife, Dulcena Permina A. "Della" (Harbour) Center. Her mother died in 1897 only a couple of weeks shy of Rose's 7th birthday. Her father Henry soon remarried, and so Rose was then raised by Sarah Jane of Michigan. In 1900 the family was still in Kansas, but by 1910 they have moved to California and settled in Fresno County.

Although Rose ended up dying young, she packed a lot of experience into her short lifetime. On 04 Feb 1912 in Fresno County, California, "Rosebell" married Chester Howard West of Colorado.  The marriage ended in divorce. As a now single man, Chester got drafted into service for World War I, became a hero and was awarded the congressional medal of honor. Chester later remarried, but came to a sad end in 1935, murdered by his West Virginia landlord.

On 18 Nov 1916, also in Fresno County, California, Rose married for the last time to James Henry LaMont of Iowa. James was a furniture merchant. Together they raised two children — a daughter, Marion Lucretia, born in 1915, and a son, Charles Henry LaMont, born in 1921. Unfortunately, Rose died on 03 January 1923 in Kern County, California at the age of 32. Her daughter was 8, and her son was not quite 2 years old. Rose was buried in Union Cemetery in Bakersfield in plot 1202.

James remarried the next year to Beulah Mae Nicholson of Tennessee. James and Beulah had two children together, but ended up divorcing before the 1940 census. Rose's son Charles died on 10 March 1945 during World War II; three weeks later James died on 31 March 1945 in Kings County, California. James was buried next to his wife Rose in Union Cemetery in Bakersfield. Their son Charles' gravestone is also in the same plot.

—  bio written for FindAGrave, 29 Oct 2013, updated 29 April 2018, kmh.

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  Burial Notes

Union Cemetery (AKA Bakersfield Memorial Cemetery), Plot: 1202

  Recorded Events in Her Life

• She appeared on the 1900 US Federal Census on 20 June 1900 in Melvern Township, Osage County, Kansas, USA. Henry Center       52
  Sarah Center       54
  Henrietta Center       11
  Rosa I Center       9
  Florence G Center       7
  William H Centers       6

• She had a residence on 12 September 1918 in Lemoore, Kings County, California, USA.

• She appeared on the 1920 US Federal Census on 2 January 1920 in Fowler, Fresno County, California, USA. James La Mont       40
  Rose I La Mont       29
  Marion L La Mont       5

Rose married Sergt. Chester Howard WEST, son of Samuel I. WEST and Mary Adelaide YALE, on 4 February 1912 in Fresno County, California, USA.¹ The marriage ended in divorce before November 1916. (Sergt. Chester Howard WEST was born on 3 January 1888 in Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado, USA,³ died on 20 May 1935 in Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, USA ⁴ and was buried on 22 May 1935 in Southside, Mason County, West Virginia, USA ⁴.). The cause of his death was Homicide (gunshot wound to abdomen, internal hemorrhage and ruptured intestines).

Rose next married James Henry LAMONT, son of Charles W. LAMONT and Elizabeth SAGE, on 18 November 1916 in Fresno County, California, USA. (James Henry LAMONT was born on 18 May 1879 in Jones County, Iowa, USA, died on 31 March 1945 in Kings County, California, USA and was buried in 1945 in Bakersfield, Kern County, California, USA.)