THE  AMERICAN 
JOURNAL  OF  PHARMACY. 
MARCH,  1887. 
MEMOIR  OF  SAMUEL  F.  TROTH. 
(Read  at  a  meeting  of  the  Board  ot  Trustees  of  the  College,  February  1, 1887,) 
Samuel  Forthergill  Troth — an  old  and  esteemed  member  of  this 
College — deceased  at  his  residence,  1019  Cherry  Street,  on  the  18th  of 
November,  1886,  in  the  eighty-sixth  year  of  his  age. 
The  life  of  Samuel  F.  Troth,  commencing  near  the  advent  of  the 
present  century,  extended  through  a  period  of  years  which  have  revolu- 
tionized old  customs  in  business,  by  the  introduction  of  steam  and 
electricity  as  factors  in  common  use.  Retaining  an  unclouded  memory 
of  the  past,  and  continuing  his  interest  in  the  advancement  of  pharm- 
acy to  the  close  of  a  long  life,  he  has  been  affectionately  regarded  as  a 
connecting  bond  between  the  present  and  the  early  history  of  the  drug 
business  in  Philadelphia. 
The  ancestors  of  Samuel  F.  Troth  were  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends  (Quakers)  who  emigrated  from  their  homes  in  England,  on 
account  of  persecution,  and  sought,  in  the  colony  founded  by  Lord 
Baltimore,  that  freedom  in  the  enjoyment  of  their  customs  and  mode 
of  worship  which  was  denied  them  in  their  native  land. 
Samuel  F.  Troth  was  the  youngest  child  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Berry 
Troth ;  he  was  born  while  his  parents  resided  on  a  farm  near  Easton, 
in  Maryland,  May  7,  1801. 
In  early  life — as  a  child — he  possessed  a  gentle  and  amiable  dispo- 
sition, qualities  which  gave  him  an  influence  over  his  boyhood  com- 
panions, among  whom  he  acquired  the  title  of  "  the  little  peace-maker." 
During  the  course  of  a  long  life  this  trait  of  early  character  never  de- 
serted him,  and  in  his  manhood  men  acknowledged  the  perception  of 
the  boys. 
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