EDWARD LEWIS STURTEVANT II 



the leaders in the Western New York Horticulttiral Society. He was, 

 too, at various times, a member of several general agricultural and dairy- 

 men's organizations. He was never a passive member in any of the societies 

 in which he was interested and to those named, in particular, presented 

 many papers, while the minutes of the meetings record that his voice was 

 heard in all important discussions. 



Dr. Sturtevant's wedded life began in 1864 when he married Mary 

 Elizabeth Mann. To this happy union were born fovir children, two sons 

 and two daughters, the wife and mother dying in 1875. In 1883, he again 

 married, taking as his wife Hattie Mann, sister to the first wife. By this 

 marriage there was one son. Dr. Sturtevant's colleagues at Geneva, to 

 several of whom the writer is indebted for much information, speak of the 

 devotion of the husband and father to his family and say that he rarely 

 sought companionship outside the home circle and that, on their part, 

 mother and children were devoted to the head of the household and con- 

 stantly gave him substantial help in his work. The eldest daughter, 

 Grace Sturtevant, talented with pencil and brush, made the drawings 

 and colored sketches to illustrate her father's writings on peppers and sweet 

 potatoes, while those of maize, published in the Report of the New York 

 Station for 1884, were done by Mrs. Stxirtevant. 



In 1893, Dr. Sturtevant was a victim of one of the epidemics of grippe 

 which each returning winter ravaged the coimtry. He never fully recovered 

 from this attack and his health began to fail tintil shortly it was found 

 that tuberculosis had secured firm hold. With the hope that the disease 

 might be thrown off, three winters were passed in California with temporary 

 but not permanent relief. July 30, 1898, he passed away. It was a fitting 

 death ; he passed qmetly to sleep in the old home on Waushakvim Farm 

 to which his work had given distinguished name. 



