. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgoj. The American Florist, 753 OBITUARY. John W. Day. John W. Day, a well known landscape gardener of Mobile, Ala., died October 18 at his home on Bascombe avenue. Mr. Day was born at Swarby. England. He leaves a wife, six sons and five daughters. Hugh Chesney. Hugh Chesney of Farmington, Conn., died October IS, of typhoid pneumonia. He had been ill only a short time and the cutting short of a useful life comes as a great shocli to the community. Mr. Chesney was in the prime of life and interested In all town aff
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. tgoj. The American Florist, 753 OBITUARY. John W. Day. John W. Day, a well known landscape gardener of Mobile, Ala., died October 18 at his home on Bascombe avenue. Mr. Day was born at Swarby. England. He leaves a wife, six sons and five daughters. Hugh Chesney. Hugh Chesney of Farmington, Conn., died October IS, of typhoid pneumonia. He had been ill only a short time and the cutting short of a useful life comes as a great shocli to the community. Mr. Chesney was in the prime of life and interested In all town affairs. He had conducted a successful florist's business in Farmington for nearly 15 years, and he shipped a great many flowers to New York and Boston. He was a quiet, unassuming man, and his word was as good as his note. He never meddled much in politics, but had held several minor town offices. He is survived by a wife, three daughters and one son. The burial will be Mon- day. 0. B. Hadwen. Obadiah B. Hadwen died of acute bron- chitis and heart trouble, October 24, at the age of 83. Aitliough he has not been in good health for some time, his death came suddenly, even to members of his family. He was around as usual and transacted some business the day previous to his death. He was born in Providence, R. I., Au- gust 2, 1824, the son of Charles and Amy Sherman (Brownell) Hadwen. He was a direct descendant from John Hadwen, who came from Rochdale, England, in the early days of colonization of the United States, and settled In Newport, R. I. His father, Chas. Hadwen, was leading manufactur- er and merchant of Providence and 11 years after the birth of Obadiah he re- moved his family to Worcester, where he bought the farm near Tatnuck known as theWing Kelley farm. Mr. Hadwen at- tended the Friends school in Providence and the Clinton Grove institute in Weare, N. H. He also went one year to the Wor- cester manual training school This embraces all his school life, but his youthful tr
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