Necrology* 
BENJ. N. BRADT. 
Born in Lowell, Mass., June 22, 1837. 
Died in Jacksonville, Fla., January 4, 
1905. 
Early in the Civil war he joined the 
Union Army, iith Battery, Mass. L. Art., 
serving nine months. Stationed at 
Arlington, D. G. Was detailed to assist 
at the Copper riot in Boston, Mass. 
He was a member of St. John’s Masonic 
Lodge, Boston, Mass., for over forty 
years. 
Almost from a child he became self- 
supporting, forgetful of self and devoting 
his life to others. He was in the boot and 
shoe trade in Boston. 
Active in philanthropic works and 
always studious he studied the needs of 
the unfortunate. As an active member of 
the Boston Young Men’s Christian Union 
his advice was much sought and appreciat¬ 
ed by the Board of Management to which 
he belonged. 
He was connected with the Rev. James 
Freeman Clark’s church from its earliest 
days in the little Indiana street Chapel. 
Business cares becoming too great for 
his uncertain health he sought Florida in 
1879 henceforth identifying himself 
in her interests. 
He joined the Horticultural Society as 
one of its earliest members. As member 
of the Florida Agricultural Society he 
took part in Farmers’ Institutes as Volun¬ 
teer Weather Observer. He studied Frost 
and Frost Protection with the same inter¬ 
est he gave to Florida soil and the use of 
lavor saving machines and possibilities of 
cultivation. 
Earnest and thoughtful no measure 
which rnade for the best horticultural and 
educational interest of the State escaped 
his notice. 
Unable longer to meet the demands of 
country life he came to Jacksonville in 
December 1892 thenceforth living very 
close to office work until released from 
this one by death. 
A member of Pomona Pass. G. A. R. 
from Huntington, Putnam county, he 
sleeps with comrades in Evergreen ceme¬ 
tery, Jacksonville, Florida. 
CHARLES BARTLETT CROCKET, Jn 
Charles Bartlett Crocket, Junior, was 
born at Medford, Mass., on October 31, 
1877 and died at Cocoanut Grove, Flori¬ 
da, March 5, 1905. 
He was a member of the Class of 1900 
of Harvard University, but in his fresh¬ 
man year owing to a serious trouble with 
his eyesight was compelled to abandon his 
ambition to finish his college course and 
study law. 
He came to Florida in 1897 and was for 
three years a partner in the Redmill Fruit 
Company near Miami. In 1900 he sold 
his interest there and purchased the Potter 
Grove three miles west of Cocoanut 
Grove. 
His every interest and enthusiasm was 
