Charlotte Helen MIDDLETON

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• Fact: Daughter of nathaniel R. Middleton and Anna Elizabeth DeWolf

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HER FLOWER ON HER GRAVE


Mrs. De Wolf's Burial Delayed until Pyrus Coronaria Bloomed.

Special to The New York Times

CHICAGO, ILL, - June 4 - the body of the late Mrs. Charlotte M. De Wolf, wife of Edward P. De Wolf of Waukegan, Ill., who died in Hendersonville, N.C., on Dec 18 last, was buried today in Graceland Cemetery. Mrs. DeWolf was born n Charleston, S.C., Aug. 23 1854, daughter of the late N. Russell Middleton of that city, and was the great-granddaughter of Henry Middleton, who was President pro tempore of the first Continental Congress.

The interment had been delayed, awaiting the blooming time of the double-flowering Pyrus coronaria that was originally discovered by Mrs. De Wolf early twenty years ago, and which under the name of "The Charlotte De Wolf" is ow being propagated at the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard University.

The grave was covered with a mass of the exquisitely beautiful blossoms that bear her name.

THE NEW YORK TIMES
Published: June 5, 1920

Charlotte married Edward Padelford DE WOLF on 23 Oct 1878 in Bristol, Bristol County, Rhode Island. Edward (son of William Frederick DE WOLF and Margaret Padelford ARNOLD) was born on 12 Jan 1848 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA; died on 02 Jun 1927 in Buffalo, Erie Co., New York; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]