U. 5. Army July 7, 1877, as clerk in Adjutant General's office; was appointed 
clerk in the War Department Aug. 2, 1882, by transfer from general service; was 
appointed clerk in the Inspection Division of the Bureau of Animal Industry 
Noy. 28, 1892, by transfer from War Department. 
Mrs. Fannte N. Grecory, Clerk, of Pennsylvania, appointed April 19, 1894. 
Carrot O. GooppasTuRrE, Clerk, was born at Daleville, Ind., Oct. 13, 1864; re- 
ceived education at Central Normal College, Danville, Ind., and Butler Univer- 
sity, Irvington, Ind.; in 1886-87 was employed as clerk in railway auditor’s of- 
nee at Indianapolis; from 1888 to 1894 was hookkeeper for private corporations 
at San Diego, Cal.; for three years following was chief accountant in office 
of Auditor of Peoria, Decatur & Evansville Railway at Evansville, Ind.; was 
appointed in the Bureau at Washington March 21, 1898, through civil-service 
examination; was stationed at Indianapolis for three months during the sum- 
mer of that year and then returned to Washington; is now on furlough and 
attending American School of Osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo. 
Inttyp C. I. Evans, Clerk, was born in Brecon, Wales, April 9, 1867; came to 
the United States in 1873 with his parents, who settled in Clay Co., Minn.; school 
facilities were meagre, and much of his early education was acquired by pri- 
vate study; in 1888 he attended the Humbolt High School at St. Paul; taught 
school during 1890 and 1891 in Norman Co., Minn.; learned stenography, type- 
writing and bookkeeping at Metropolitan Business College, St. Paul, and was 
president and valedictorian of his graduating class in 1893; was appointed as 
stenographer in the Bureau at Washington April 14, 1894, through civil-service 
examination; was married Dec. 25, 1894, to Miss Marie C. Sauer, of St. Paul. 
Miss Mary G. Marsnacr, Clerk, of Maryland, appointed July 1, 1888. 
Chatpe F. Morris, Clerk, was born in Ralls Co., Mo., Jan. 10, 1869; attended 
common schools, and took business and normal course at Central Business Col- 
lege, Sedalia, Mo.; for two years was engaged in insurance business and as col- 
lector in company office, and for four years was bookkeeper and teller in Stock- 
men’s National Bank, Fort Benton, Mont.; was appointed in the meat-inspection 
service at Kansas City, Dec. 5, 1898, after civil-service examination, and on July 
1, 1899, was transferred to Washington. 
BENJAMIN G. Waspuon, Clerk, was born in Greene Co., N. C., Aug. 8, 1859; at- 
tended public and private schools; taught school one yearin that State, then 
removed to Arkansas, where he taught seven years; in 1886 passed examina- 
tion and received State teacher's certificate, valid for life; was appointed clerk 
in the War Department in May, 1890, after passing civil-service examination at 
top of list for his State; obtained transfer to office of Auditor for Postoffice De- 
partment in 1894; resigned in 1895; studied in Bliss School of Electricity one 
year, then returned to Arkansas; taught school there six months, in the mean- 
time taking another civil-service examination, and was appointed in the Bureau 
Jan. 11, 1897. 
Tuomas A. Scorr, Clerk, was born in Cole Co, Mo., May 2, 1869; was reared 
on a farm in Vernon Co., Mo., and educated in the common schools of Missouri 
and the Kansas Normal College of Fort Scott, Kans., graduating in June, 1893; 
was appointed to a clerkship in the meat-inspection service at Kansas City, 
through civil-service examination, March 10, 1898, and on Sept. 15, 1900, was 
transferred to Washington; was married to Miss Myrtle L. McKibben, of Kan- 
sas City, Sept. 25, 1900. 
Frank Russett FrAven. Clerk, was born Oct. 31, 1870, at Woodstock, Shenan- 
doah Co., Va.; attended public schools; was assistant postmaster and railroad 
station agent at Fort Defiance, Va., and was afterwards employed as salesman 
and bookkeeper at Falls Church, Va.; was appointed tagger, Oct. 1, 1895, through 
civil-service examination, and stationed at Philadelphia; learned shorthand and 
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