Henrietta Turner

Mrs. Henrietta Turner, who recently died at Mount Vernon, N. Y. , was the last survivor of the "flower girls" who met Lafayette at Woodbridge, N. J. , on his last visit to this country in 1824. Mrs. Turner was then Henrietta Pryor. She was less than 8 years old, and was the youngestof the 16 girls who, attired in costumes of flowers, formed the words, "Welcome, Lafayette. " She represented the last E in Lafayette's name, and was ciad in marigolds.