Pliny W Reasoner was a notable American horticulturist in Manatee County, Florida, who planted banana trees, pineapple plants and lime trees by writing the United States Department of Agriculture for free seeds and seedlings and requesting the progeny from and his family in Illinois. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reasoners' Royal Palm Nurseries Inc | 1885 | 1888 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
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| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1863/05/06 | Mary Ellen Ward, wife of Henry Chapman Reasoner, gives birth to a son, Pliny Ward Reasoner, in Princeton, Bureau County, Illinois. | Born | |||||
| 1881/00/00 | Attracted to the area's hospitable climate, orange groves and year-round growing season, seventeen year-old Pliny Reasoner, a student botanist and farmer settles in Manatee County from Princeton, Illinois. | Work | |||||
| 1882/00/00 | Pliny W Reasoner buys 160 acres at 53rd Avenue East (lost), in what is now known as Oneco, Florida, clears the land for planting and experimenting in budded trees. | Work | Bradenton | Florida | |||
| 1885/00/00 | Egbert Reasoner joins by his brother, Pliny's plant business in Manatee County, Florida, which is renamed the Reasoner Brothers' Nurseries. | Work | |||||
| 1886/00/00 | Pliny Reasoner acquires several young Royal Palm trees from the south gulf coast of Florida. With this these, Reasoner Brothers's nursery becomes the first in the country to propagate and sell Royal Palms. They will rename their company after the plant. | Work | Floridian section | ||||
| 1888/05/00 | Pliny Reasoner is invited to serve as one of three commissioners for the Florida exhibit at the Cotton States' Centennial in Cincinnati, supervise the design of Florida's exhibit and to select the specimens to be displayed. | Work | Cincinnati Music Hall | Cincinnati, OH | |||
| 1888/09/00 | Shortly after Pliny's heads for Cincinnati, a yellow fever epidemic hits Manatee County. Pliny rushes back to help his family and nurse the sick. A few days later, he too will contract yellow fever. | Health | |||||
| 1888/09/17 | Pliny Ward Reasoner dies of yellow fever at age 24 at in Manatee County, Florida. Mr Reasoner is buried at Major Adams Cemetery in Bradenton, Manatee County, Florida. | Died |
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