Am.  Jour  Pliarrn. 
Aug.,  1892. 
Obituary. 
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OBITUARY. 
Joseph  C.  Turnpenny,  deceased  at  his  residence,  No.  813  Spruce  Street, 
Philadelphia,  June  15,  1892,  in  the  80th  year  of  his  age.  Joseph  was  the 
youngest  of  the  four  children  of  John  and  Tabitha  Turnpenny.  He  was  born 
in  Sheffield,  England,  September  28,  181 2.  His  father  was  a  merchant  in 
Sheffield.  Joseph  and  his  elder  brother  Frederick  were  the  only  children  who 
lived  to  come  to  the  United  States,  about  the  year  18 14.  Frederick  studied 
medicine,  and  had  the  degree  of  M.  D.  conferred  on  him  by  the  University  of 
Pennsylvania  ;  he  deceased  in  1840.  Joseph  received  his  early  education  at 
the  School  of  the  Society  of  Friends  on  Pine  Street  near  Second  Street.  In 
1828  he  was  apprenticed  to  Henry  M.  Zollickoffer,  whose  store  was  at  Sixth 
and  Pine  Streets,  to  learn  the  business  of  an  apothecary.  He  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1833  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  went  into  business 
at  the  N.  E.  corner  of  10th  and  Spruce  Streets,  in  1834.  In  1864  he  retired 
from  business  and  was  succeeded  by  Samuel  S.  Bunting.  He  was  elected  to 
membership  in  this  College  in  1834,  and  served  the  college  as  its  Treasurer  for 
a  number  of  years  (1844  to  1853),  and  also  as  a  member  of  its  Board  of 
Trustees.  His  name  is  attached  as  author,  or  as  joint-author  with  that  of  the 
late  Aug.  Duhamel,  or  with  Wm.  Procter  to  several  papers  on  practical  pharma- 
ceutical subjects,  which  were  published  in  the  14th  and  17th  volumes  of  this 
journal. 
In  November,  1853,  he  married  Elizabeth  Richardson,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Richardson,  of  New  Castle  County,  Delaware. 
As  a  member  of  the  religious  society  of  Friends  he  maintained  through  life 
their  customs  of  dress  and  address.  For  many  years  he  was  an  active  member 
of  many  of  the  charitable  institutions  of  this  city,  and  devoted  much  time  to 
the  alleviation  of  the  necessities  of  the  poor  and  suffering.  His  long  service 
in  the  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital  terminated  only  with 
his  life.  Affable  in  his  disposition  and  courteous  in  his  address,  carefully  cor- 
rect in  all  of  his  business  transactions,  he  leaves  an  honored  name  on  the  roll 
of  the  deceased  members  of  this  College.  His  health  was  much  impaired 
several  years  ago  by  an  attack  of  pneumonia,  and  to  that  trouble  he  finally 
succumbed.  His  wife,  who  had  been  an  invalid  for  some  time,  deceased  a  few 
days  after  her  husband.    They  leave  no  children.  C.  B. 
Peter  Wendover  Bedford,  Ph.G.,  Emeritus  Professor  of  Pharmacy  of  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  died  suddenly  at  the  Profile  House,  N.  H. 
July  20,  in  the  fifty-sixth  year  of  his  age.  He  was  born  August  1,  1836,  in 
Johnsville,  Dutchess  Co.,  N.  Y.,  and  was  the  eldest  of  eight  children.  He 
received  his  early  education  at  a  private  school  at  Mount  Vernon,  and  when 
only  twelve  years  old  became  an  apprentice  in  a  pharmacy  on  Bleecker  Street, 
New  York,  and  subsequently  while  engaged  with  Mr.  Ewen  Mclntyre,  attended 
lectures  at  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  from  which  institution  he 
graduated  in  185S.  Shortly  afterwards  he  went  into  business  at  769  Sixth 
Avenue,  New  York,  and  also  conducted  a  branch  store  at  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y. 
Soon  after  becoming  a  member  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  he  was 
chosen  secretary  in  i860,  and  later  on  one  of  the  trustees.  From  about  1865 
he  had  occasionally  given  instruction  and  sometimes  lectured  to  members  of 
the  classes  of  that  College,  and  in  1873  he  was  elected  professor  of  pharmacy 
