THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 29. APRIL, 1901. No. .4 



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WILLIAM MACKINTOSH, 



LANGDON, MINN. 



Died Dec. 9, 1900, aged 81 years. 



William JNIackintosh was born at Canton, Mass., March 19. 

 1819. His ancestors were among the early settlers of Massachu- 

 setts Bay colony and during the Revolutionary period his grand- 

 father. Col. Wni. Mackintosh, was in charge of a brigade of Massa- 

 chusetts troops under Washington during the White Plains cam- 

 paign. He was also a descendent of Roger Sherman, who aided in 

 drafting and securing the adoption of the Declaration of Inde- 

 pendence. 



The early life of William Mackintosh was spent on a large 

 market garden and small fruit farm in the vicinity of Boston, and 

 it was here that he learned to love the companionship of fruits and 

 tiowers, a love that remained undiminished through a long and 

 eventful life. 



For a number of years previous to 1850 he was in charge of the 

 farm of Aaron D. Weld in what was then the city of Roxbury. now 

 a part of Boston. In 1850 he moved to Lincoln, Mass., where for 

 thirty years he was quite an extensive grower of peaches, apples, 

 cherries and asparagus. 



In 1880 he moved to Minnesota, where he soon after purchased 

 a farm at Langdon, Washington county, and engaged in gardening 

 and general farming. 



Mr. Mackintosh was twice married. In 1841 to Miss Adeline 

 Arnold, of Roxbury, who died ten years later. To them were born 

 three daughters, who are living in New England. In 1852 he mar* 



