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TORBERT, Williard H. (Camden, NY, 1845--  ). Torbert came West to Dubuque in 1864.  He carried on the business established by Timothy Mason, in 1837, but renamed it [[TORBERT DRUG COMPANY]]. He was succeeded in the business by Proctor C. Samson who had been his partner. 
TORBERT, Williard H. (Camden, NY, 1845--  ). Torbert came West to Dubuque in 1864.  He carried on the business established by Timothy Mason, in 1837, but renamed it [[TORBERT DRUG COMPANY]].  


Torbert carried on both a wholesale and retail business and established a large trade extending through Iowa in Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to accounts of the time, Torbert filled 100,000 prescriptions in twenty years. Torbert was also responsible locally for the production and sale of Ball's Cherry Drops which had originally been manufactured by Eben H. Moore of the [[UP TOWN DRUG STORE]].
Torbert carried on both a wholesale and retail business and established a large trade extending through Iowa in Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to accounts of the time, Torbert filled 100,000 prescriptions in twenty years.  


See: [[UP TOWN DRUG STORE]]
[[Category: Druggist]]
[[Category: Druggist]]

Revision as of 04:25, 30 October 2011

TORBERT, Williard H. (Camden, NY, 1845-- ). Torbert came West to Dubuque in 1864. He carried on the business established by Timothy Mason, in 1837, but renamed it TORBERT DRUG COMPANY.

Torbert carried on both a wholesale and retail business and established a large trade extending through Iowa in Minnesota, Nebraska, Dakota, Illinois and Wisconsin. According to accounts of the time, Torbert filled 100,000 prescriptions in twenty years.

See: UP TOWN DRUG STORE