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March 2, 1883 Advertisement from the Perry Chief (Iowa)

Who was J. H. Zeilin? This obituary from the 1897

American Druggist and Pharmaceutical

Record

tells his story.

John Henry Zeilin, the head of the firm of J. Henry Zeilin & Co., manufacturers and

dealers in a number of well-known patent medicines, at No. 306 Cherry Street, died on

December 20th, at Clifton Heights, N. Y., where he had gone several weeks ago to

recuperate his failing health. Mr. Zeilin was in his sixty-second year, having been born

in Chester. Pa., in 1834. His boyhood days were spent in that town, and when he

became old enough he was taught the drug business in the employ of the firm of John

M. Maris & Co. at that time one of the largest houses in Philadelphia. Later on he went

to Macon, Ga. and afterwards bought out his employers, and in 1870 came back to

Philadelphia once more. Because of his belief in the efficacy of printers' ink, his business

prospered to such an extent that the present plant was occupied in 1883. Mr. Zeilin

lived at 216 Tulpohocken street, Germantown, and four children survive him. Three

daughters are married, and a son is not.