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Jacob  Henry  Redsecker. 
Am.  Jour.  Pharui. 
June,  1909. 
have  been  his  for  the  acceptance.  He  was  a  useful  citizen,  kindly 
disposed,  charitable,  with  free  hand  and  tender  heart,  and  the 
deserving  found  him  ever  ready  to  relieve. 
He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Lebanon  County  Historical 
Society  and  was  a  frequent  contributor  of  papers,  valuable  in  per- 
petuating the  history  of  this  part  of  Pennsylvania. 
He  was  also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Pennsylvania  Chautauqua 
and  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Managers, 
for  many  years  occupying  the  chairmanship  of  one  of  its  most 
important  committees,  and  was  most  helpful  in  establishing  this 
very  interesting  and  useful  summer  school  at  Mt.  Gretna. 
He  took  much  interest  also  in  the  Pennsylvania  German  Society 
and  generally  attended  its  annual  meetings,  taking  a  part  in  the 
discussion  of  papers  and  assisting  that  society  in  its  historic 
endeavor. 
As  may  be  supposed  he  was  a  leading  member  of  the  Lebanon 
County  Drug  Association,  active  in  the  support  of  every  measure 
that  would  advance  its  interests,  liberal  in  affiliation  with  his  fel- 
lows in  the  drug  business,  and  his  counsel  and  co-operation  were 
a  valuable  asset  to  this  body.  So  high  was  their  appreciation  of 
him  as  a  friend  that  on  the  day  of  his  sepulture  during  the 
funeral  service  the  drug  stores  were  all  closed,  business  was  sus- 
pended for  several  hours,  and  the  members  of  the  association  and 
their  employees  attended  the  services  and  became  the  escort  from  the 
home  to  the  funeral  train  which  conveyed  his  body  to  Elizabeth- 
town  for  burial  among  his  kin. 
In  1881  he  became  a  member  of  both  the  American  Pharmaceu- 
tical and  the  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Associations ;  with  the 
latter  body  he  soon  became  an  indispensable  factor.  In  1884  he 
was  appointed  a  member  of  the  important  Committee  on  Legisla- 
tion and  in  1885  became  its  chairman  and  served  almost  continuously 
as  a  member  of,  or  its  chairman,  until  within  a  few  years  of  his 
departure,  with  a  lapse  only  of  the  year  1897-98  when  he  was 
elected  President  of  the  association ;  too  much  cannot  well  be  spoken 
of  the  valued  service  he  rendered.  He  was  indefatigable  in  his 
work  in  the  interest  of  the  pharmacy  laws  now  upon  the  statute 
books  of  the  State,  his  great  personality  won  the  attention  of  mem- 
bers of  the  legislative  body,  and  he  became  an  influential  factor  in 
preventing  vicious  legislation  and  helping  along  on  lines  that  pro- 
duced the  best  we  could  obtain.    From  the  memoriam  passed  by 
