Class of 1877

Vol. IV
p279 [Supplement, Vol. IV: 1890‑1900]

Civil History. — Clerk, Portland, Ore. — Engaged in business at San Francisco, Cal., and Portland, Ore., June 1, 1881 to Jan. 1, 1887. — Brigadier-General, 2d Brigade, Oregon State Militia, Feb. 18 to April 29, 1887. — Adjutant-General, with rank of Colonel, Oregon National Guard, April 30, 1887 to Oct. 12, 1891. Brigadier-General, Oregon National Guard, Oct. 13 to 21, 1891. — Engaged in business at Portland, Ore., May 11, 1891 to March 3, 1894. — Clerk U. S. Engineer Department, since Sept. 1, 1894.

Vol. V
p255 [Supplement, Vol. V: 1900‑1910]

Civil History. — Clerk U. S. Engineer Department, Sept. 1, 1894 to Mar. 1, 1899; engaged in grocery business at 355 Yorehill street, Portland, Oregon, since July 1, 1899. — Residence address, 535 College street, Portland, Oregon.

Vol. VI
p229 [Supplement, Vol. VI: 1910‑1920]

(James Clayton Shofner, Born Dec. 29, 1853.)

Military History. —

Second Lieut., 21st Infantry, June 15, 1877.

Resigned, June 1, 1881.

Civil History. — Clerk, U. S. Engineer Department, Sept. 1, 1894, to March 1, 1899; at Portland, Oregon, in grocery business, July, 1899, to March 1, 1910; engaged in fruit farming in Sonoma Valley, since May 1, 1910.

Postoffice address: Sonoma, Sonoma Co., Cal.

Vol. VII
p139 [Supplement, Vol. VII: 1920‑1930]

Military History: —

Second Lieut., 21st Infantry, June 15, 1877.

Resigned, June 1, 1881.

Civil History: — Operated fruit farm at Sonoma, Calif., from 1910 to Nov. 22, 1926.

Died, Nov. 22, 1926, at Sonoma, Calif.: Aged 72.

Portrait and obituary in Annual Report, Association of Graduates, for 1927.