June 16, 1917 



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GOLDEN WEDDING OF ABRAM L. PENNOCK. 



Pennock Family Group. 

 Takeu at the Golden Wedding Anniversary of Abram L. Peuuock 



Abram L. Pennock and wife (nee 

 Anna M. Cadwalader) celebrated their 

 golden wedding at Lansdowne on the 

 5th inst. Some forty of the family took 

 part in the function which was strictly 

 private and confined to immediate 

 relatives. Mr. Pennock was born Nov. 

 3rd, 1827, on the ancestral homestead, 

 12th street, below Market, Philadel- 

 phia — so that by his next birthday 

 he will have reached the venerable 

 age of 90. His connection with the 

 flower business dates back to 1861, 

 when he formed a partnership with his 

 brother, J. Lidden Pennock, under the 

 title of Pennock Bros., and did busi- 

 ness there for over a dozen years. In 

 1870 an interest in the business was 

 acquired by John Westcott and Thomas 

 Cartledge. Some six or eight years 

 afterwards Herbert A. Pennock was 

 given a portion of his father's interest 

 and became a member of the firm. He 

 had been the confidential bookkeeper 

 for the company for many years. In 

 1875 the property at 12th and Market 

 streets was sold to make way for 

 what is now the Wm. Penn Charter 

 School, and the firm bought the prop- 

 erty at 1514 Chestnut street, where it 

 still remains. Mr. Westcott and Her- 

 bert A. Pennock sold out their inter- 

 ests in 1892, and Mr. Cartledge was 

 succeeded by his son, Alfred B., in 1896 

 — who with J. Liddon Pennock, Jr., 

 now constitutes the firm, the founder, 

 Abram L. Pennock, retaining only a 

 financial interest. From this it will 



be seen that while retired from 

 active business for some years Abram 

 L. Pennock has been a prominent fac- 

 tor in the florist world of Philadel- 

 phia for over half a century, and is 

 its "grand old man." He has been not 

 only a great business man but is a wit, 

 philosopher and poet, and has been a 

 benign influence with all with whom 

 he has come in contact during his 

 long and distinguished career. His 

 ancestors came over with William 

 Penn and the numerous descendants 

 have added luster to the name as gen- 

 eration succeeded generation. There 

 are many distinguished Pennocks in 

 the front ranks today in many walks 

 of life, and they but follow in the foot- 

 steps of their fathers, of whom none 

 is held in greater esteem than the 

 subject of this sketch — the modest, 

 gentle, wise and unassuming Abram L. 

 Pennock — one of the finest men I have 

 ever known. Herbert and Henry are in 

 Florida growing Asparagus ferns and 

 other greens for the northern market: 

 George and Caspar are among the big 

 rose growers for the Philadelphia 

 trade: Liddon is in the front rank of 

 the retailers, and Samuel is the guide, 

 philosopher and friend of the growers 

 and retailers, "benefiting both groups 

 and getting cussed accordingly." 



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PERSONAL. 



John L. Ahlqulst, proprietor of the 

 Plainville (Ct.) Greenhouses, and Miss 

 Irene La Vasseur, were married June 

 5. 



Jlartin E. Tuohy, retail florist of 

 South Boston, Mass., and Miss Alice B. 

 O'Brien, of Cambridge, will be married 

 on Saturday, June 30. 



Miss Ethel Violet, daughter of Jlr. 

 and Mrs. David F. Roy, The Moorings, 

 Marion, Mass., and Roland Starr Dom- 

 inie were married at Marion, on June 9. 



On Tuesday, June 12, Miss Marie 

 Uzella, daughter of .Mr. and Mrs. John 

 G. Esler, and James Marshall Willey 

 were married at Saddle River, X. J. 



Meriden, Conn. — In spite of the 

 drastic laws against trespassing on 

 home gardens, wholesale thefts of gar- 

 den plants are reported by Joseph A. 

 C.reenbacker, the florist. Mr. Green- 

 backer offers $25 reward for any in- 

 formation leading to the detection of 

 the person or persons who stole to- 

 mato plants from his place. Some 

 one in the neighboi-hood reported the 

 loss of 50 hedge plants recently. 



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