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Wabash  Avenue.  In  January,  1903,  having  purchased  the  stock  of 
chemicals  and  chemical  apparatus  of  Messrs.  Richards  &  Co.,  108 
Lake  Street,  which  with  his  similar  stock  he  removed  to  the  pres- 
ent quarters,  143  and  145  Lake  Street.  The  drug  and  physicians' 
supply  department  was  removed  to  30  East  Washington  Street. 
The  above  recital  of  Mr.  Sargent's  business  career  indicates  the 
success  of  a  most  upright,  honest  and  conscientious  pharmacist  of  the 
past  century.  Let  us  scan  his  life  and  work  from  the  professional 
side.  He  was  in  the  foremost  rank  of  advanced  pharmacy  and  medi- 
cine. We  do  not  over-estimate  by  saying  that  he  contributed  more 
to  the  progress  of  these  professions  in  Chicago  and  the  Northwest 
than  any  other  man  of  the  period.  He  was  one  of  the  charter  mem- 
bers of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  organized  in  1859,  and  of  which 
institution  he  was  an  officer  and  guiding  spirit  for  nearly  half  a 
century.  He  became  a  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  in  1864,  and  was  its  president  in  1869,  one  of  the  foun- 
ders of  the  Illinois  State  Microscopical  Society  and  the  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  a  director  of  the  Chicago  Botanical  Garden, 
a  member  and  officer  of  the  Chicago  Academy  of  Science,  a  trustee 
of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Northwestern  University,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  committee  of  the  World's  Congress  in  1893,  the  oldest 
living  member  at  the  time  of  his  death  of  Oriental  Lodge  of  Free 
Masons  of  Chicago,  a  member  of  the  church  of  the  New  Jerusalem. 
He  was  honored  by  the  University  of  Illinois  in  bestowing  upon  him 
the  honored  title  of  Master  in  Pharmacy,  he  was  equally  honored  by 
honorary  membership  by  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy, 
New  Hampshire  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  many  other 
societies. 
He  was  married  to  Miss  Mary  Elmer,  of  JefTersonville,  Indiana, 
and  had  two  children,  a  son  and  a  daughter,  the  latter,  Mrs.  T.  P. 
Smith,  Jr.,  with  the  widow  surviving  him. 
Mr.  Sargent  was  present  at  the  golden  jubilee  meeting  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at  Philadelphia,  1902, 
although  he  was  not  feeling  well  at  the  time.  After  the  meeting  he 
made  a  short  visit  to  friends  in  Massachusetts,  and  on  returning 
home  took  to  bed  and  lingered  along  from  a  complication  of  dis- 
eases due  to  old  age  until  the  end  came.  The  funeral  services  took 
place  April  27th,  at  2  o'clock  at  the  residence,  4822  Kenwood 
Avenue,  largely  attended  by  old  citizens  of  Chicago,  members  of 
