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bituary. 
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PROFESSOR T. V. MUNSON 
Professor T. V. Munson was born in Fulton Co., Illinois, 
September 26, 1843,—son of William and Maria Munson. 
He was reared on the farm. He graduated from the Uni¬ 
versity of Kentucky in 1870, and became professor of natural 
sciences in that institution,—which position he held for two 
years. 
Declining in health and acting under the advice of his 
physicians, to live an outdoor life, he resigned the professor¬ 
ship and engaged in horticulture, in which pursuit he was so 
successful as to acquire an international reputation. 
For his eminent services in eradicating 
the diseases of the grape in the vineyards of 
France, he received from the French 
government the Decoration of the Legion 
of Honor. 
As a breeder and improver of grapes 
he stands at the head of the list, having 
introduced more new and valuable varie¬ 
ties than any other living man. He was 
an accomplished botanist, geologist and 
chemist. In recent years he gave the 
world a work on grape culture which, in 
comprehensiveness of treatment and 
knowledge of the vine, surpasses any 
other treatise on the subject in . the his¬ 
tory of horticulture. So important was 
this work as a contribution to the science 
of horticulture that it has received the 
most favorable criticism and commenda¬ 
tion from the best posted men in this 
country and in Europe. 
He measured up to the highest standard as a father, as a 
husband, as an investigator, as a business man, as a citizen 
and as a friend. 
He was bom with a love of truth, honesty and sobriety. 
He agreed with those writers who believed in a God as 
broad as the whole universe,—who is the beginning and the 
end, the Alpha and the Omega,—in whom we live, move 
and have our being. 
While he d iff ered from many in this, he had the pro- 
foimdest respect for the views and opinions of others. He 
conceded to all men the right to think for themselves, but 
he claimed the same privilege for himself. His chief aim in 
life was to accomplish something that would help his fellow- 
man. His greatest joy was that he had done something in 
this line. - 
He was bom a gentleman. He could not have been 
anything else. He was a man of profound culture, and the 
force of that culture was irresistible to all who had the 
happiness to associate with him. Bom,—lived, — died, is 
the simple biography of most men. It is not enough 
for him. He was born well, he lived well, he died 
well. 
To his physician and the loved ones at his bedside he said: 
“It is all right. I have not a regret. My life has been full 
and satisfactory. I am ready.’’ He was truly one of the 
real noblemen of this world. It was such lives as his that 
inspired Longfellow when he wrote: 
Lives of great men all remind us 
We can make our lives sublime, 
And departing leave behind us 
Footprints on the sands of time. 
Footprints which perhaps another 
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main, 
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother 
Seeing shall take heart again. 
WALTER TICKNER 
Walter Tickner, who planned and superintended the 
laying out of many of the parks and 
grounds in Rochester, died yesterday morn¬ 
ing at his home. No. 86 Richard street, 
after a brief illness, aged 77 years. The 
funeral services will be held at the Sal¬ 
vation Army Citadel, No. 64 North street, 
at 2 o’clock on Tuesday afternoon. Ad¬ 
jutant Heift is to officiate. Mr. Tickner 
was a member of the army for several 
years. Interment will be made in 
Mount Hope Cemetery. 
Mr. Tickner was born in England and 
learned his trade there and came to this 
city twenty-three years ago. He was 
well known as a landscape gardener and 
architect and laid out many plots that have 
become show places of Rochester. He 
planned Willow Pond and Kodak Park, 
the latter one of the largest industrial 
parks of the country. He also laid out 
the extensive grounds surrounding the East avenue 
home of George Eastman and the park of the Gertnan- 
American Button Company. Others who employed Mr. 
Tickner were A. M. Lindsay, Henry A. Strong, H. L. Brew¬ 
ster, Dr. R. R. Fitch, C. H. Ocumpaugh, G. W. Todd, A. J. 
Katz and J. K. Hunt. 
Mr. Tickner leaves his wife, a daughter, Mrs. Charles 
Large, of Kenmore, and three sons, William, Albert A. and 
Leigh A. Tickner, all of this city. 
THE LATE WILLIAM D. ELLWANGER 
William D. Ellwanger, a son of the late George Ellwanger 
and himself an active figure for many years in the business 
and social life of Rochester, N. Y., died Sunday, February 
16, at his home, 510 East avenue. He had not been in good 
health for some time, but his condition was not considered 
serious. Mr. Ellwanger was president of the Ellwanger & 
Barry Nursery Company, and also of the Ellwanger & Barry 
Realty Company. His club connections were numerous 
and his name appeared in the directorate of several business 
institutions. He also was a writer of prose and verse that 
were received with favorable comment. Besides his wife 
he leaves one daughter, Evelyn S. Ellwanger. 
T. V. MUNSON 
