Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
July,  1 918. 
Charles  Ford  Dare. 
547 
Brewster,  where  he  remained  until  1872,  when  he  embarked  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account.  This  he  conducted  for  several  years,  and 
then  associated  with  him  a  young  man  in  his  employ,  Harry  B. 
Campbell,  under  the  firm  name  of  Charles  F.  Dare  &  Company. 
After  a  few  years,  Mr.  Campbell,  who  was  a  registered  pharmacist, 
retired  from  the  firm  to  study  dentistry.  Mr.  Dare  then  conducted 
the  store  alone  until  about  1890,  when,  the  business  having  outgrown 
the  old  store,  he  purchased  a  handsome  new  building  a  few  doors 
further  down  the  street  and  associated  with  him  his  son,  Charles  W., 
who  had  graduated  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  and 
also  became  a  registered  pharmacist,  under  the  firm  name  of  Charles 
F.  Dare  and  Son,  which  is  so  continued  at  the  present  time. 
Mr.  Dare  had  practically  devoted  his  entire  life  to  the  drug  busi- 
ness, remaining  in  active  practice  until  the  end,  nearly  sixty  years. 
He  was  laid  to  rest  on  the  anniversary  of  his  birth.  Mr.  Dare  was  a 
careful  and  competent  pharmacist,  affable  in  manner,  a  man  of  in- 
tegrity and  a  successful  business  man,  a  steadfast  friend,  and  an 
honorable,  upright  competitor. 
Having  the  respect  and  confidence  of  the  community,  as  he  held 
many  positions  of  trust  outside  of  the  drug  business.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Bridgeton  National  Bank 
from  its  foundation  in  1883  and  .  for  more  than  thirty  years  the 
secretary  of  the  Merchants  and  Mechanics  Building  and  Loan  Asso- 
ciation. He  was  a  member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  and  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  and  its  treasurer  for  more  than 
twenty  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Order  and  a  Past 
Noble  Grand  of  the  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  since  1889.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association,  having 
joined  in  1874,  and  was  secretary  from  1889  to  1891  and  its  presi- 
dent in  1895.  He  was  nearly  always  at  the  meetings  and  took  an 
active  and  earnest  part  in  its  work. 
His  funeral  was  largely  attended  by  his  friends,  his  associates 
in  the  drug  business  in  his  home  town  and  from  different  parts  of 
the  state,  also  by  a  few  comrades  from  his  old  regiment. 
Mr.  Dare  was  married  to  Mary  Borden,  who  passed  away  a  few 
years  since.  He  is  survived  by  one  son,  Charles  W.,  and  a  daughter, 
Mrs.  Samuel  A.  Storey,  of  New  York ;  two  grandchildren,  one  of 
whom  is  named  in  honor  of  his  grandfather ;  and  two  brothers, 
Isaac,  of  Camden,  and  John  H.,  a  pharmacist,  residing  in  Bridgeton, 
Henry  A.  Jorden. 
