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