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THE NATIONAL NURSERYMAN 
bituary 
H. J. WEBER 
Henry J. Weber head of one of the largest and most 
complete nurseries in the West, died suddenly at his home 
at Nursery, St. Louis County, at 1-15 p. m. Thursday 
afternoon, June 3, of heart disease. 
He had just finished dinner and had been working 
around the yard, as was his custom, when lie was 
stricken. A doctor was called and said that death was 
due to heart failure. He had been ailing for sometime, 
but managed to get around, and Thursday seemed as 
lively as usual while partaking of his meal. 
Henry J. Weber. 
Henry J. Weber was born on Gravois road, Nursery 
Postoffice, May 20. 1841, and was the son of Carl 
Christian Weber and Margaret Weber (nee Mueller). 
His father came to this country from Germany in 1835, 
and for two years worked as a cabinet maker in St. Louis. 
He then purchased 80 acres of land here and began 
farming. The land, which now will average $500 per 
acre, was bought for $8 an acre. 
It was on this farm that Henry Weber was reared, 
and upon which he worked until he was 21 years old. 
During this time he received bis preliminary education. 
After working at various nurseries, he returned to his 
father’s place, which he managed for some years. 
About 1867 he began in the nursery business upon his 
own account on ten acres of land which his father had 
given him. He then added to the size of his farm by 
purchasing several adjoining tracts until he owned 65 
acres. He also owned 123 acres of the original Grant 
farm. 
The business, of which Mr. Weber was the head up to 
the time of bis death, was incorporated in 1893 under 
the title of H. .1. Weber & Sons Nursery Company, and 
since has grown to be one of the most widely known 
nurseries in the country. 
On January 31. 1867. Mr. Weber was married to Miss 
Christina Sutter of St. Louis, a daughter of Micheal 
and Gertrude Sutter, both natives of Germany. Eight 
children were born to this union, six of whom, with the 
mother, survive. 
Besides the four living sons, who are Frank A., 
William A., Walter T., and George A. Weber, and two 
daughters, Mrs. Amelia Keller and Mrs. Annie Aff of St. 
Louis, lie is also survived by seven grandchildren, one 
brother, J. G. Weber of Clayton, and one sister, Mrs. 
Louis Stumpf. 
The funeral services were conducted at St. Lukas 
Church in Sappington, of which he had been a member, 
by Rev. Samuel Kruse, Saturday at 3 p. m. The remains 
were interred at the St. Lukas Cemetery. 
“The National Nurseryman” offers it sincere sympathy 
to IL J. Weber & Sons Nursery Company and family. 
The loss of their president and father must be a severe 
blow as it came so unexpectedly. 
Mr. Weber left his affairs so arranged that the business 
will be conducted along the same lines as it has been 
during his leadership. 
DANIEL CRIPPEN. 
Daniel Waite Crippen died Wednesday at his home, 71 
Ferndale Crescent. Rochester, N. Y.. aged 85 years. 
Mr. Crippen was engaged in the nursery business for 
fifty-five years, thirty-five years with the Commercial 
Nurseries and twenty years with Briggs Brothers, seed 
merchants, and was active as a seed salesman until two 
years ago. He was born in Columbia county, April 10, 
1830, the son of George C. and Percis Crippen. He mar¬ 
ried Amelia II. Bristoe, of Orangeville, in 1854. 
Mr. Crippen lived in Monroe county, New York, since 
1837, making his home in Brighton, Perinton, Webster, 
Irondequoit and Henrietta, with the exception of a few 
years in Orangeville, Wyoming county. He did much to 
extend the reputation of Rochester as the Flower City 
when covering his territory of Pennsylvania, Massachu¬ 
setts and the west. He is credited with many of the land¬ 
scape effects throughout the city. 
MRS. SUSAN SMITH 
Mrs. Susan Smith, Geneva, New York, died April 25. 
at the ripe age of 98 years. 
Mrs. Smith was the wife of the late Thomas Smith, one 
of the original proprietors of the Geneva Nursery, W A 
T. Smith Co., before it was incorporated under its pres¬ 
ent title. 
Incorporation papers were filed June 19th for Siebrecht 
& Son, Rosehill Nurseries, New Rochelle, $10,000; H. A. 
Siebrecht, Emma S. Siebrecht, Isabel S. Munro, New 
Rochelle. 
D. G. Wiegand Brass, proprietor of Van Der Wei j den 
& Company’s Wholesale Nurseries, Boskoop, Holland, has 
just finished his fourteenth annual trip to the states and 
reports a very good business. 
