1892 - Henry Cutting died on his boat between St. Augustine and Cherokee Grove. His death has been attributed to several causes. The most plausible may be that he was bitten by a rattlesnake and died enroute on his way to St. Augustine for medical attention.
1894-1895 - The orange groves were destroyed by severe freezes.
1896 - Flagler extended his railroad to Miami
1899 - Angela's youngest son, Henry M. Cutting, died of diptheria while enroute to Paris.
1901 - Angela Cutting married J. Lorimer Worden, a wealthy New York stockbroker. Although Worden greatly increased his wife's fortune, their marriage ended after 19 years in a bitter divorce. In 1938, Worden mysteriously disappeared at sea.
1923 - Angela Mills Cutting Worden married Boris Scherbatoff, an exiled Russian prince. Scherbatoff was a member of one of the families claiming the throne of Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. To protect his identity, the prince changed his name to Scherbatow. He spent most of his time in St. Augustine at the Ponce de Leon Hotel rather than at Cherokee Grove.
By marrying Prince Scherbatow, she subsequently assumed the royal title of princess, and Cherokee Grove became known as the "Princess Place." She lived to see the untimely death of her son, Heyward Cutting, in an automobile accident in 1926 and the death of Prince Scherbatow in 1949.
1954 - Princess Scherbatow owned the property until 1954 when she sold it to Angela and Lewis Wadsworth, one of Florida's leading timber men. She died on June 25, 1956, at her residence - 168 Bay St. in St. Augustine.
Lewis E. Wadsworth was born November 21, 1915 in Interlachen, Florida. He moved to Flagler County and began working with his father at age 14 in the commissary of their turpentine operation. After his father's death, he continued to work in the family business. He started several businesses including a sawmill named Wadsworth Lumber Company. In 1974 the company was purchased by ITT and the name became ITT-Wadsworth.
Mr. Wadsworth also served as director of Florida Power and Light Company and also the Atlantic Bank of St. Augustine. He also served three terms as president of the Florida Forestry Association. He received many awards including the prestigious Sears Foundation Award for Conservation and Forestry. He started the Flagler Chamber of Commerce and worked hard to bring industry into the area to provide people with jobs. He was proud that he was instrumental in bringing ITT to Palm Coast.
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