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Obituary. 
/Am.  Jour.  Pharm. 
I      August,  1895. 
S.  Wellcome,  Ph.G.,  and  that  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  forwarded  to 
Frederick  Brown,  Ph.G.,  Class  i86r,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  December — , 
in  1837,  died  suddenly  at  his  summer  residence,  which  was  built  by  his  father, 
in  1848,  in  Burlington,  N.  J.,  on  Tuesday  morning,  September  25,  1894,  of 
pneumonia,  in  his  fifty-seventh  year. 
He  was  the  eldest  son  of  Frederick  and  Charlotte  Augusta  Hoppin  Brown. 
His  father  was  born  in  1796,  and  was  the  original  manufacturer  of  Brown's 
Jamaica  Ginger,  and  founded  the  business  in  1822,  at  the  northeast  corner  of 
Fifth  and  Chestnut  Streets  (the  old  stand  which  was  universally  known  as  the 
"  War  Office,"  because  of  the  building  being  used  by  the  war  department  dur- 
ing the  Presidency  of  Washington  and  Adams). 
Frederick  Brown,  Jr.,  received  his  education  first  at  the  Episcopal  Academy 
and  afterwards  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania.  After  his  early  education 
was  finished  he  entered  his  father's  store  and  learned  the  drug  business,  and 
attended  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  graduating  with  the  Class  of 
1861,  and  after  graduation  he  continued  in  his  father's  store  for  a  short  time  ; 
but  being  desirous  of  conducting  a  store  of  his  own,  he  shortly  afterwards 
rented  a  store  on  the  southeast  corner  of  Ninth  and  Chestnut  Streets,  under 
the  Continental  Hotel,  and  opened  up  business  for  himself.  He  remained  here 
about  two  years,  or  until  1864,  when  he  gave  it  up  and  re-entered  the  store  of 
his  father,  who  died  a  month  later,  when  he  inherited  the  business.  He  made 
many  improvements  in  the  store,  and  continued  the  business  until  1889,  when 
he  removed  the  store  to  127  South  Fourth  Street,  and  in  1890,  desiring  to  devote 
his  entire  time  to  the  manufacture  of  the  essence  of  Jamaica  Ginger,  he  sold 
the  store  to  Charles  G.  Dodson,  Ph.G.,  Class  of  1859,  ^a(i  been  associated 
with  him  in  the  management  of  the  drug  portion  of  the  business  since  the 
death  of  his  father.  Mr.  Brown  w7as  then  free  to  devote  himself  to  the  manu- 
facture of  his  preparation,  which  he  had  been  doing  for  some  time  previous, 
and  with  which  his  name  had  been  identified. 
In  June,  1865,  he  married  Miss  J.  B.  Wills,  of  New  Haven,  Conn.,  who 
survives  him,  with  three  sons  and  a  daughter. 
Mr.  Brown  was  not  a  society  man,  but  preferring  to  spend  his  unoccupied 
time  from  business  with  his  family  in  the  house. 
He  was  connected  with  St.  Andrew's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  Eighth 
Street  above  Spruce,  and  was  one  of  the  vestrymen  at  the  time  of  his  decease. 
He  was  also  President  of  the  Laurel  Hill  Cemetery  Company,  of  which  his 
father  was  one  of  the  founders. 
His  funeral  services  were  held  on  Friday  afternoon,  September  28th,  at  St. 
Andrew's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  and  was  largely  attended  by  his  many 
friends. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy.  W.  E.  K. 
them." 
W.  E.  K. 
Frederick  Brown,  Ph.G. 
