Salesman

In 1870, Consider Flower gave up farming, and moved east to Penfield, in New York State.

His move came as part of a dispersal of his family. Two years after his departure, in 1872, his mother died, followed in 1874, by the death of his father. By 1878, his sister Louisa and her family had left Michigan to go further west, to Kansas. Only William and his family remained in Lyons.

In Penfield, Flower worked as a fruit tree salesman. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, nearby Rochester was a leading American nursery center.

1867-1872 - roommate at Hotel of Aaron Lippincott in Penfield, 1873 - roomate at Hotel of S P Imus at Angloa and then Hotel of George Caskey at Angola - his business was selling fruit trees, always rode instrad of walking as most in occupation did - continual suffere from disability, could not walk a mile without becoming exhausted, confined to room on cold and stormy weather, lie awake nights from pain, laid up half the time, had to give up tree selling and went to NY - walked with cane, had limp plain to everyone - was less than half an able bodied man

When in Angola, Erie cty, NY, ran a hotel and livery. Flowers was fruit tree seller from 1870-1877, hired horses from Caskey, boarded with him 1873/4-1877, hip trouble unfitted him for physical labor and deterred him in business in which he was engaged

known Flower since 1869, injury perceptable whole time = limp, could only walk short distance - last saw 1875 - in that time being treated by Dr A J Burrows of Pennsfield, who pronounced injury as caused by severe wrench, believed Flower was man of truth and steady habits

- known since 1875 - walks with limp due to right hip - examined, found much enlarged, heard him state frequently that injury from war

(former surgeon 77th NY Vols) - knew 1873-1877 - knew lame by seeing and examining him, travelled in buggy when working his agent, when others worked, could not walk sufficiently to pursue business of selling fruit tree without great pain, disabled 1/2 from doing manual labor