Pemberton, Henry, 1855-1913

H. Pemberton, Jr., received his A.B. and A.M. from the Western Univ. of Pennsylvania, in 1873 and 1876. In 1873 he enrolled as a special student in the Univ. of Pennsylvania, receiving a certificate of proficiency in June, 1875. He was chemist, U.S. Chemical Co., Philadelphia, 1877-1883, and worked in other companies and as a consulting chemist. He married Susan Lovering in 1894.

Henry J. Pemberton, Jr. (1855-1913), was an inventor and chemist born in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 13, 1855. He was the son of Henry and Caroline Town (Hollingsworth) Pemberton. The first of the family in America was Ralph Pemberton, a native of England who arrived in Maryland in November, 1682, and later settled in Bucks County, Pa. Henry Pemberton graduated A.M. at the University of Pittsburgh in 1876 and then entered the junior class of the University of Pennsylvania as a special student, subsequently receiving a certificate of proficiency from that institution. He married Susan Lovering of Philadelphia on Mar. 28, 1894, and had four children.