Am.  jour.  Pharm.  i    Centenary  of  Pharmaceutical  Education. 
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in  1852,  his  prominence  and  accomplishments  were  recognized,  and 
he  was  elected  as  the  first  President.  He  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness in  1853.  The  last  years  of  his  long  and  useful  career  were 
quietly  spent  at  his  home  in  Germantown,  where  his  life  ceased  on 
March  29,  1883,  in  the  ninety-first  year  of  his  age. 
Henry  Troth.  Henry  Troth  was  born  at  Woodstock,  a  plan- 
tation a  few  miles  from  Easton,  Pa.  He  spent  the  first  thirteen 
years  of  his  life  with  his  parents.  About  this  time  a  number  of 
relatives  and  neighbors  moved 
up  to  Tioga  County,  intend- 
ing to  establish  a  colony  in 
what  was  then  considered  a 
frontier,  and  the  lad  per- 
suaded his  parents  to  allow 
him  to  accompany  the  party. 
He  remained  with  these 
friends  three  years,  enduring 
many  hardships,  learning  les- 
sons from  the  great  book  of 
nature,  and  gaining  an  edu- 
cation in  practical  expediency 
and  self-reliance  unobtainable 
from  text  books.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen,  his  aspiration  for 
improvement  led  him  to  Phil- 
adelphia, where  he  entered 
upon  a  five  years'  apprentice- 
ship with  Jeremiah  Morris,  to  henry  troth 
learn  the  drug  business. 
Here  he  mastered  the  many  details  of  the  apothecary  business, 
and  acquired  a  fund  of  useful  knowledge  and  made  friends  that 
were  of  great  value  in  his  subsequent  business  career  as  a  whole- 
sale druggist.  He  had  not  quite  reached  his  majority  when  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Edward  Needles,  a  brother-in-law,  and 
the  wholesale  drug  firm  of  Henry  Troth  &  Company  was  established 
on  Market  Street,  below  Seventh  (old  number  222).  On  January 
1,  1823,  Henry's  younger  brother,  Samuel  F.  Troth,  was  admitted 
to  the  firm,  and  on  February  1,  1826,  Samuel  purchased  the  interest 
of  Edward  Needles. 
