. History of Worcester and its people . lots and he sold tracts. Thesightly lot on which the late James W. Norcross built his mansion was purchasedof Mr. Greenwood. At the present time Mr. Greenwood has twenty acres of highlycultivated land. His equipment and methods are of the best, and he is one of thebest known authorities on the subject of gardening in the county. As City Forester, from 1898 to 1907, he made an enviable record and becamewidely known throughout the State. In politics lie is a Republican. He served twoyears in the Common Council. Mr. Greenwood has been trustee of the Worcest
. History of Worcester and its people . lots and he sold tracts. Thesightly lot on which the late James W. Norcross built his mansion was purchasedof Mr. Greenwood. At the present time Mr. Greenwood has twenty acres of highlycultivated land. His equipment and methods are of the best, and he is one of thebest known authorities on the subject of gardening in the county. As City Forester, from 1898 to 1907, he made an enviable record and becamewidely known throughout the State. In politics lie is a Republican. He served twoyears in the Common Council. Mr. Greenwood has been trustee of the Worcester County Horticultural Society,vice-president, and since 1917, president. For many years he was chairman of thecommittee of arrangements, and judge of vegetables at the exhibitions of the is also a trustee of the Worcester Agricultural Society, and well known among themanagers of the county fairs of New England, having served often as judge at theexhibitions. He was master of the Worcester Grange. Patrons of Husbandry, and. AND ITS PEOPLE 337 has been treasurer for twenty years. In religiMi he is a Unitarian. His residenceis at No. 193 May street. Mr. Greenwood married. December 10. 1873, Ella E. Grimes, daughter of Josephand Augusta (Maynard) Grimes. They have two sons: i. Burt Whitman, bornMarch 18, 1881, married Myra E. Stowell, of Worcester, now employed in the Wor-cester Bank & Trust Company. 2. Harold Joseph, born May 7, 1884; associated inbusiness with his father; married Editli L. Barr of this city. HARRY ISRAEL RANDALL, IHorist. was born in Hartford, Connecticut, Feb-ruary 13, 1874, He came with his parents to this city in i88o, and was educated herein the public schools. At the age of fourteen he entered tlie employ of H. F. A. Lange,florist, and continued in his employ for eleven years, mastering the business twelve years afterw^ard he was with H. F. Littlefield, florist, in this city. SinceJanuary, 1913, he has been in business on his own
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