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The Florists' Review 



Mabch 18, 1915. 



OBITUARY 



William B. Paterson. 



W. B. Paterson, one of the old and 

 widely known southern florists, died 

 suddenly of heart failure at Montgom- 

 ery, Ala., at 10 a. m., March 16. 



William Burns Paterson was born in 

 Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland, 

 February 9, 1849. As a boy he worked 

 on Lord Abercrombie's estate near his 

 home, emigrating when only 17 years of 

 age. He landed at New York in 1866 

 with 90 cents as his worldly capital. 

 Not finding employment, he worked 

 along the Erie canal as a driver, reach- 

 ing Buffalo, from which point he walked 

 to Omaha, Neb. Not finding occupation 

 to his liking, he walked back to Oswego, 

 N. Y., later working his way to Wash- 

 ington, D. C, where he was employed 

 in the navy yard while accumulating 

 capital for another western trip. He 

 finally landed at Greensboro, Ala., 

 where he opened a school for colored 

 people. It was at this time he met 

 Miss Margaret Bingham Flack, of Can- 

 ton, O., who was sent to Selma, Ala., 

 as a missionary by the Methodist 

 church in its efforts to educate the 

 negro race. They were married in 

 1879. 



In 1887 Mr. Paterson and his family 

 removed to Montgomery, where, in 1894, 

 a florists ' business was started. Success 

 followed; the business grew quite rap- 

 idly. He educated his sons at Auburn 

 ' Polytechnic school and, as fast as they 

 completed the course, took them into 

 the business, which now is one of the 

 largest of its kind in the south. Mrs. 

 Paterson died in 1904. Five children 

 survive: W. B. Paterson, Jr., J. P. Pat- 

 erson, J. H. Paterson, Wallace B. Pater- 

 son and Mrs. R. D. Wilson. The busi- 

 ness will be continued as an estate un- 

 der the name of Rosemont Gardens. 



Mr. Paterson was a member of the 

 S. A. F., having joined with two of 

 his sons in 1911. Forty years ago he 

 founded the Alabama State Normal 

 School for Colored Children and became 

 its president, a position he held until 

 his death. 



Ernst Manthey, Sr. 



Ernst Manthey, Sr., one of the oldest 

 florists in the vicinity of Cincinnati, 

 died at St. Bernard March 6, at the 

 age of 77. He was a familiar flgure 

 in the old days of the Sixth street 

 flower market. Born in Prussia in 

 1838, he worked in the Royal Gardens 

 of Sans Souci and served in the Royal 

 Guards of Berlin. He emigrated to 

 this country in 1863, married, and 

 started in the florists' business in St. 

 Bernard in 1866. 



Mr. Manthey had ten children, seven 

 of whom, with his widow, survive him: 

 Ernst, Jr., in the florists' business on 

 Beecher avenue, St. Bernard; Charles, 

 the seedsman of Fourth street, Cincin- 

 nati; Robert, with the Procter & Gam- 

 ble Co., Cincinnati; Albert J., in the 

 coal and feed business in Carthage; 

 Arthur, who will continue his father's 

 business; Clara, the Carthage pike con- 

 fectioner, and Mrs. Ida Voller, wife of 

 the yardmaster of the Big Four at 

 Sharonville. There are ten grandchil- 

 dren. 



Mr. Manthey served for eleven years 

 in the St. Bernard council, six years 

 on the board of education and six years 



as water works trustee, and was for 

 the last twenty-five years a director of 

 the St. Bernard Loan & Building Asso- 

 ciation. 



T. Lee Adams. 



T. Lee Adams, 66 years old, presi- 

 dent of the T. Lee Adams Seed Co., 

 the oldest seed house in Kansas City, 

 Mo., died recently at his home, 14 East 

 Thirty-fifth street, following a two 

 years' illness. A year ago Mr. Adams 

 went to the Pacific coast for his health 

 and this winter to Hot Springs, Ark. 



Mr. Adams was born March 25, 1849, 

 in Waynesville, O. He went to Kan- 

 sas City in 1873 and identified himself 

 with the TurnbuU, Reynolds & Allen 

 Seed Co. In 1881 he started in busi- 

 ness for himself. Mr. Adams was a 

 member of the Commercial Club, the 

 Knife and Fork Club and the Rotary 

 Club. For twenty-nine years he had 

 been a member of the First Presby- 

 terian church. Mr. Adams is survived 

 by his wife and a brother, David S. 

 Adams, of Kansas City. The funeral 

 was held at the First Presbyterian 

 church, Kansas City. Burial was at 

 Waynesville, 0. 



Edwin T. Denham. 



Edwin T. Denham, aged 66 years, an 

 old-time florist of Gloversville, N. Y., 

 died at his home, 16 Third avenue, 

 March 6, as the result of an attack of 

 heart disease. 



Mr. Denham was born at Plymouth, 

 England, June 19, 1849. He located at 

 Gloversville in 1869. Mr. Denham was 

 married twice. In December, 1869, he 

 was married to Miss Emma Dodge. 

 January 18, 1876, he was married to 

 Miss Esther Saltsman, who survives 

 him. 



Besides his wife, Mr. Denham is sur- 

 vived by one daughter, Mrs. Delbert L. 

 Bradt; one brother, Fred D. Denham, 

 and one nephew. Dr. Harry Denham, all 

 of Gloversville. 



When Mr. Denham first came to 

 Gloversville he was a leather worker 

 by trade, but later he engaged in the 

 florists' business. Mr. Denham was a 

 charter member of the Sons of St. 

 George. He was also a member of St. 

 James' Lutheran church. He was a 

 member of the board of health at one 

 time and was elected clerk of the board. 

 In January, 1914, he was appointed as- 

 sessor, which position he held at the 

 time of his death. 



Edward F. Quimi. 



The recent death of Edward F. 

 Quinn, of Norwich, N. Y., following 

 operations for appendicitis and conse- 

 quent complications, came as a severe 

 shock to his friends, who, although 

 realizing his serious condition, had 

 earnestly hoped for his final recovery. 



Mr. Quinn was born in Dublin, Ire- 

 land, in 1859. At the age of 16 he 

 came to America and settled at Ska- 

 neateles, N. Y., where he was engaged 

 in the florists' business until he went 

 to Norwich, in 1883, and erected his 

 first greenhouse there as gardener for 

 the late George Rider, on South Broad 

 street. In 1901 he bought the Manning 

 homestead, on East Main street, to 

 which he added adjoining property by 

 purchase. He built six large green- 

 houses and established a business that 

 developed rapidly. 



He was a member of St. Paul's 

 church, and the founder of St. Paul's 

 cemetery. He was a member of the 



Holy Name Society of St. Paul's 

 church, of Norwich Council, Knights of 

 Columbus, No. 211, and of Division No. 

 1, of the Ancient Order of Hibernians. 



May 25, 1887, Mr. Quinn married 

 Miss Jennie Sullivan, of Norwich, who, 

 with two daughters, Mrs. George J. 

 Devine and Miss Regina M. Quinn, 

 survives him. He leaves two brothers, 

 James, of Kildare, Ireland, and John, 

 of Skaneateles. 



Funeral services were held at the 

 residence and followed by solemn high 

 mass at St. Paul's church. The floral 

 tributes were the most elaborate and 

 beautiful ever seen in Norwich, con- 

 spicuous among them being contribu- 

 tions from florist friends of the de- 

 ceased in Rochester, Syracuse, Utica 

 and Rome. The pallbearers were Wil- 

 liam H. Sullivan, Michael H. Sullivan, 

 Merton M. Holmes, Martin W. Dolan 

 and Michael Finigan, of Norwich; 

 Peter Crowe, Henry Martin and Frank 

 McGowan, of Utica. 



Albert Scott. 



The body of Albert Scott, proprietor 

 of the Willow Hill Greenhouses, at West 

 Roxbury, Mass., who has been missing 

 since late in November, after writing 

 a letter to a business associate that he 

 intended to commit suicide, was found 

 March 14 in some bushes in the rear of 

 an ice-house on Wendell's road, Quincy, 

 by three boys, who at once notified the 

 police. 



Those who were among Mr. Scott's 

 most intimate friends say that he was 

 naturally of a somewhat melancholy . 

 temperament, and before his disappear- 

 ance was dissatisfied at the way his 

 business was going, although he had a 

 good trade. He had been suffering from 

 a nervous breakdown prior to his dis- 

 appearance. Identification was made by 

 Chester I. Campbell, manager of the 

 Mechanics building, Boston, who is now 

 mayor of Quincy. 



Mr. Scott grew marguerites, pompon 

 and single chrysanthemums, peonies and 

 miscellaneous stock, selling considerable 

 at retail and the rest at the Boston 

 Flower Exchange, where he was a stall- 

 holder. Before taking over the Willow 

 Hill Greenhouses, he had a retail store 

 on Beacon street, Boston. Mr. Scott is 

 survived by his widow. W. N. C. 



Henry Dupke. 



Henry Dupke, proprietor of the 

 greenhouses at Thirty-seventh and 

 Chestnut streets, Louisville, Ky., for 

 many years, died at Sts. Mary and 

 Elizabeth hospital Saturday, March 6, 

 following a surgical operation. He was 

 born in Germany seventy-nine years ago 

 and came to America when he was 51 

 years old. He is survived by a son, 

 Henry Dupke, Jr., and a daughter, Miss 

 Elizabeth Dupke. Funeral services 

 were held March 7. 



William Travers. 



William Travers, for some years the 

 proprietor of a greenhouse establish- 

 ment near Calvary cemetery, at Laurel 

 Hill, N. Y., died March 10, at his 

 home, 123 Hobson avenue. Laurel Hill, 

 in his forty-fourth year. He was bom 

 and lived all his life in the vicinity of 

 Laurel Hill. He did much of the gar- 

 dening work at Calvary cemetery. 



Mr. Travers married Miss Hanna 

 Newman, of Greenpoint, who survives. 

 Three daughters, Hannah, Lauretta and 

 Agnes, and a sister, Mrs. Nellie Glin- 

 nen, also survive him. He was a mem- 



