AmAp°riir;imrm-}  Obituaries.  197 
In  the  State  Association  he  was  also  a  leader  and  one  of  the 
foremost  workers. 
As  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  particularly  as  its 
president,  he  has  done  much  to  put  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  the 
State  of  Pennsylvania  on  a  higher  professional  plane. 
As  a  citizen  of  the  State,  or  of  the  city  of  his  choice,  it  may  be 
said  that  his  integrity  and  probity  were  highly  appreciated ;  he  was, 
for  several  terms,  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  was 
deeply  concerned  in  nearly  every  educational  and  philanthropic 
movement  in  Pottsville.  His  connection  with  these  charitable  and 
benevolent  institutions  made  him  endeared  to  his  fellow- citizens, 
who  deeply  regret  his  loss. 
He  leaves  a  widow  and  four  children.  Two  of  the  sons  are  phy- 
sicians in  the  service  of  the  United  States. 
The  appreciation  of  his  work,  and  his  efficiency  as  an  officer  cf 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  is  well  illustrated  in  the 
preamble  and  resolution  adopted  by  the  council. 
M.  I.  W. 
T.   MORRIS  PEROT. 
T.  Morris  Perot,  a  prominent  and  well-known  citizen  of  Philadel- 
phia, died  at  his  home,  1810  Pine  Street,  on  November  15,  1902, 
after  a  long  and  lingering  illness.  Of  Mr.  Perot  it  may  be  truly 
said  that  he  was  one  of  those  broad-minded,  public -spirited 
individuals  who  consider  it  a  duty  to  take  an  interest  in  all 
that  pertains  to  the  advancement  or  the  welfare  of  their  fellow- 
citizens. 
Born  in  Philadelphia,  May  8,  1828,  he  was  the  son  of  the  lafe 
Francis  Perot,  a  descendant  of  a  French  Huguenot  family  that 
came  to  this  country  about  1685.  After  the  usual  preliminary 
schooling  of  the  early  days,  young  Perot  was  apprenticed  to  the 
drug  firm  of  Jenks  &  Ogden.  He  later  entered  the  employ  of  Chas. 
Ellis  &  Co.,  and  was  for  some  time  foreman  of  their  laboratory. 
The  story  of  this  store  and  laboratory  has  been  recently  told  by 
Evan  T.  Ellis  (American  Journal  of  Pharmacy,  1903,  page  57). 
After  leaving  Ellis  &  Co.  Mr.  Perot  engaged  in  business  for  him- 
self, being  located  at  621  Market  Street,  and  doing  business  unde  r 
the  firm  name  of  T.  Morris  Perot  &  Co.,  until  about  1869,  when  his 
place  of  business  was  destroyed  by  fire. 
