§ II. NECROLOGY OF i8go. 



PETER HENDERSON. 



Peter Henderson, so widely known as a seedsman, gar- 

 dener and florist, died at his home on Arhngton Avenue, 

 Jersey City, on Friday, January 17th. Although he had been 

 suffering from an attack of the prevailing influenza, his ill- 

 ness was not regarded as serious until it turned to pneu- 

 monia. On Thursday evening the symptoms became alarm- 

 ing, and within twelve hours from that time he died. He was 

 born in 1823 in the Scotch village of Pathhead, near Edin- 

 burgh. His father was the land steward of a gentleman in 

 the neighborhood. His early education was obtained in the 

 parish school, where he was successful in obtaining a number 



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