THE  AMERICAN- 
JOURNAL  OF  PHAEM^( 
JUNE,  i9o9  SP 
JACOB  HENRY  REDSECKE 
Jacob  Henry  Redsecker  died  in  Lebanon,  Pennsylvania,  on 
April  20,  1909,  aged  70  years,  2  months,  5  days.  After  a  few 
years  of  declining  health  under  the  loving  ministrations  of  kin  and 
friends,  his  well-rounded  life  came  to  a  close.  He  was  the  son  of 
Jacob  and  Harriet  Redsecker  and  was  born  at  Elizabethtown,  Lan- 
caster County,  February  15,  1839.  The  common  schools  of  his  native 
town  provided  all  the  preliminary  educational  equipment  possible 
for  him.  His  native  energy,  zeal,  and  ambition  made  possible  the 
self-made  man  of  whom  we  write.  At  the  age  of  18  years — in 
1857 — he  entered  the  drug  store  of  Dr.  George  Ross,  of  Lebanon, 
who  was  his  cousin.  With  the  assistance  that  was  afforded  him  in 
this  family,  as  he  became  a  member  of  the  household,  books  and 
the  opportunity  of  using  them  were  his ;  it  is  noted  of  him  that 
after  the  day's  work  was  over,  for  most  persons,  he  was  found  in 
his  room  pursuing  studies  with  energy,  perseverance,  and  we  may 
well  deduce  systematic  application.  It  was  not  his  privilege  to 
receive  the  benefit  of  College  of  Pharmacy  training,  but  under  the 
tutorship  of  Dr.  George  Ross,  his  preceptor,  he  became  well 
equipped,  and  having  attained  the  qualifications  satisfactory,  he  was 
admitted  as  a  partner  in  the  business  in  1873  under  the  firm  name 
of  Dr.  George  Ross  &  Co.,  and,  after  the  death  of  the  senior  partner 
in  1880,  he  became  the  manager  of  the  well-established  business. 
By  the  death  of  Mr.  Redsecker  the  city  of  Lebanon  has  lost 
one  of  its  best  citizens,  and  while  he  was  much  interested  in  its 
growth  and  possibilities,  and  a  man  of  strong  convictions,  political 
and  otherwise,  he  repeatedly  declined  political  favors  that  might 
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