The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1907-07-24
Obituary Notes.

samuel Henshaw. n years old. a well known
landscs pc gardener and horticulturist and the
man who laid out the beautiful gardens about
the h ONES Of William Rockefeller and ole =
Bright on. n. L.. vest erday. OF G cancer. Mr.. Hen
sha " had not been actively eng ged in work for
the West Indies and to Europe in search Of
rare flowers aud plants for the Bronx BOtani-
oal Gardens. MIR. Henshsw was born in
Try many years ago. His work as q landscape
gardener soon attracted attention IN New
York and he WAS engssed 70 lay out the
Bronx Botanical Gardens. He also laid ont
the grounds around the vassar Hospital In
Pou ghkeepsie, the new Columbia I University
aud many private estates. Besides a widow
Mr.. lienshaw leaves q son aud three dc
crs. They are Edward Henshaw, who lives la
Manhattan. aud Mira. Herbe', Crabiree Of
New Brighton. and Mrs, f.. A.. Sears Of New
Brighton.
james Beggs. one Of The oldest printers in
New Orleans aud last Of the char or members
Ut the Typographical Union. died there yes
ierday. aged 10 years. He worked Al his
trade until a few DAYS before his deaih, Beggs
was born in New York city in 1923. and learned
his trade with John =. Trow In Ann street. He
roamed over The country as a hoy. working rs
There he becam me act We in politics, being one
o. the leaders Of the Know Nothing party.
Tie was q member OF The Louisiana Iegisla-
81 the Public Market, Treasurer OF the Volun-
leer FiremeDs Association, president OF the
a Up, nssi1 ioSs rp MSI,s and 2 m ns,S : o ~ 'hs r., Of
Council he was expelled from New Orleans by
Gen. Butler.
Ernest c, Kieb. borough clerk Of Fanwood.
y. j., and q court stenographer and law
reporter in New York for many years. died
'uldsnIy At his home on North avenue, Fen
S SSSa' i Go Ssndf Mr. n' XII D DcSis T from aG Se to
York to Fanwood twenty years ago. and
from that time had always been iden fled
with the interests Of the borough. Al dit
fprpnt times he was coun Gilman and COM
missioner and he had been borough clerk for
several wears. He was about 90 wears old.
widow . one. daughter. Mrs. l%sanrens ".
Van Buren,. and one son. Norman kief. sur
Nvc.
Josiah e. Saxton. a commission merchant
with an ONCE at is Broadway, New York
died yesterday morning at his summer home
10 Giiboa. n. ". He was a son Of Charles
Maurice Saxton. who was a book publisher in
August II. isai. lie served through the civil
war. first with the Twelfth Vermont Regiment
and later with Serrell's Engineer Corps OF
Chsdsey Of Albany. n. y, 10 1861. and she
and five daughters survive him.
The Rev. John NJ. Thomas. past or Of the
Orange. received word. yesterday Oh the
death az Castle Rock, Col. on Monday Of
his brother Frank W, Thomas, The dead
years was bass soloist in the choir Of Brick
Presbyterian Church. East Orange. he was
q lawyer and "A graduate OF Harvard tnlvar-
atty. Mr.; Thomas YEAS ~ years old and be,
sides bis brother is survived by a widow and
Two children.
Mrs. Esther Edith .Brookes. daughter Of
The late col Learand. b. cannon. died At
sustained a few DAYS s9o', Mrs. Brooches
was the wife OF COL, Horace J. Brookes. from
whom she got a divorce many years ago
city. but had leased q house IN Burlington
for the summer