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FLORIDA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
and for the past 22 years one of its 
deacons. He was also a member of 
the board of directors of the Young 
Mens' Christian Association, and a 
member of the building committee. 
As a member of the latter body, he 
manifested a deep interest in the build¬ 
ing of the association’s new home. 
Mr. Atwood purchased^ his place at 
Thonotosassa, Fla., a little over twenty 
years ago, and he and his wife had 
spent their winters there, with one or 
two exceptions, for over fifteen years. 
He took much interest in his Florida 
place and in all things pertaining to 
orange growing and the welfare of 
this society. 
He died at his home at Pawtucket, 
R. I., after a short illness, on November 
23rd, 1906. His wife had preceded 
him to the grave but a few weeks. He 
left no children. He was a man of 
sterling worth and character, and one 
that any community could ill afford to 
lose. 
HENRY GEORGE SARTORIOIS. 
Henry George Sartorious was born 
in Grundy County, Iowa, April 23rd, 
1875, and came to Seminole, Fla., with 
his parents in the fall of 1890. His 
early education was obtained in the 
public schools; his close application 
and wide reading gave him a fund of 
knowledge on a wide range of subjects. 
On August 6th, 1896, he married 
Miss Lenora Whittle. Mrs. Sartorious 
died a year later, leaving him with a 
little ten-day-old daughter, who very 
shortly afterward followed her mother 
to the grave. 
After this, Mr. Sartorious taught the 
public school at Seminole for three 
terms, then took a course in the Tampa 
Business College, following which he 
worked as an express messenger on 
the A. C. L., running between Tampa 
and Jacksonville. 
Feeling that his aged parents needed 
him at home, he gave up his position 
and returned to Seminole, taking direct 
charge of his father’s grove properties. 
In March, 1906, he was married to 
Mrs. Eva Drew Lewis. During the 
spring of 1906 his health began to fail, 
tuberculosis having developed. He 
went to New Mexico hoping to regain 
his health, but died at Las Vegas, 
March 30th, 1907. Mr. Sartorious was 
a noble, upright Christian, a member 
of the Methodist Episcopal church, an 
earnest worker in the Christian En¬ 
deavor Society, and active in temper¬ 
ance reform. 
