tised veterinary medicine from time of graduation until appointment in the Bn- 
reau; was appointed from Lancaster, Ohio, after civil-service examination, Aug. 
TL8 99s 
Henry E. Brown, Assistant Inspector, was born at Cambridge, Mass., June {, 
18738; attended Harvard Veterinary College and received degree of M. D. V.: 
practised veterinary medicine from time of graduation until appointment in the 
Bureau, Sept. 1, 1899, from Cambridge, through civil-service examination. 
Rornert JAMES Morrison, Assistant Inspector, was born at Detroit, Mich., Oct. 
31, 1871; attended public school and business college, and was employed in his 
father’s grocery store; went to Ontario Veterinary College and graduated with 
degree of V. S.; practised the veterinary profession ten years: was appointed 
from Detroit, through civil-service examination, Feb. 21, 1900. 
Wiis H. Meapors, Assistant Inspector, was born at Lafayette, Ala., Feb. 21, 
1874; attended Kansas City Veterinary College and received degree of D. V. S.:; 
was appointed from Kansas City, Mo., June 1, 1900, after civil-serviee exam- 
ination. 
Roy E. Jackson, Assistant Inspector, was born at Tyler Hill, Wayne Co., Pa., 
Feb. 17, 1874; attended public schools of that county, Delaware Valley academy 
at Damascus, Pa., and Ontario Veterinary College, receiving degree of V. S. from 
the last in 1896; practised at Rocky Hill and Hartford, Conn., until time of 
appointment; in 1897 passed examination before Pennsylvania State board of 
veterinary medical examiners and received certificate for registration in that 
State; received appointment June 15, 1900, through civil-service examination. 
WILLIAM 8S. Crawrorp, Clerk, was born at Edwardsville, Ill., June 3, 1870; at- 
tended public school and took business course at Shurtleff College, Upper Alton 
Ill.; engaged in farming and was employed as traveling expert for the Walter 
A. Wood Co., manufacturers of harvesting machinery; was appointed from God- 
frey, Ill, April 10, 1895. 
WitttamM T. Frynn, Stock Examiner, was born in Madison Co., Ill., April 15, 
1862; from 1885 to 1893 was assessor of Edwardsville township, Ill., and was 
four years deputy sheriff; was appointed from Edwardsville, Ill., July 17, 18938. 
JOUN F. ScurerRMANN, Stock Examiner, was born in Germany, Sept. 8, 1842, 
and was appointed from Carlyle, Ill., July 17, 1893. 
GeorcE SurHeRLAND, Stock Examiner, was born in Clark Co., Ky., Sept. 22, 
1826, and lived on a farm; served in the Mexican War as second lieutenant in 
Capt. Williams’s company of independent Kentucky volunteers, and was wound- 
ed in the battle of Cerro Gordo; removed to Missouri in 1867 and farmed until 
1871, when he went to St. Louis and engaged in buying and selling hog was 
appointed tagger July 1, 1894, and promoted to stock examiner Nov. 12, 1894. 
A. R. Brurox, Stock Examiner, was born in Kentucky on July 22, 1848; was 
engaged in buying and slaughtering live stock for about twenty years before 
entering the Bureau service; was appointed from East St. Louis, Feb. 15, 1896 
FRANK O'’Neriti, Stock Examiner, was born in New York City, Nov. 13, 1859; 
received education in common schools and followed the business of butcher ana 
live-stock dealer; was appointed from East St. Louis as laborer July 2, 1895, 
promoted to tagger May 1, 1896, and to stock examiner July 18, 1898. 
ArtrHuur H. Bins, Stock Examiner, was born in Pike Co., Mo., Jan. 24, 1863; 
was educated in country public school and at Watson Seminary, Ashley, Mo.: 
early life was spent on a farm; afterwards had experience in mercantile busi- 
ness and bookkeeping; was appointed from St. Louis, Mo., as stock examiner 
at Chattanooga, Tenn., through civil-service examination, May 1, 1896, and was 
transferred to Louisville Dec. 1, 1896, and to present station July 11, 18°8 
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