BIOGRAPHIES OF STATE OFFICERS.

ALLAN RUTHERFORD, Clerk of the Court of Ap-
peals.

Gen. Rutherford was born in the State of New York,
October 20th, 1840. He was educated in the public
schools of New York, and entered the army Aug. 19th,
1861, volunteering in the 7th New York. He was pro-
moted to Captain and Lieut. Colonel in the 9th New York,
known as the 83rd Volunteers. He was also commis-
sioned Lieut. Colonel of the U. S. Veteran Corps, 22nd
Regt. He was appointed Lieutenant and became Cap-
tain in the Regular Army of the United States, resigning
from it May 1st, 1870. Gen. Rutherford was breveted
Colonel and Brig. General whilst in the Regular Army
for meritorious conduct on the field of battle, and also
bears two honorable wounds received in action. Gen.
Rutherford is of Scotch descent, and one of his ances-
tors was Gen. Rutherford, of North Carolina, an officer
of the Revolution, after whom Rutherford county, Ten-
nessee, and Rutherford county, North Carolina, were
named.

THOMAS J. SHRYOCK, State Treasuer :
Hon. Thomas J. Shyrock, State Treasurer of Maryland,
was born in Baltimore, Feb. 27, 1851, to Henry S. and
Ophelia Shields Shryock, members of prominent Vir-
ginia families. One of his ancestors fought in the Revo-
lution, and was a member of the Constitutional Conven-
tion that ratified the Constitution of the United States.
Mr. Shryock's father was an original Lincoln man. Mr.
Shryock was educated in the public schools and the Light
St. Institute. At the age of sixteen, ho entered the
lumber business, forming a partnership with his elder
brother. At the age of twenty-one he became sole pro-
prietor of the business, and later on was made president
of a company which owns one hundred thousand acres
of white pine land. At the age of thirty-four Mr.
Shryock was Grand Master of Masonry, and has held the
position ever since. He has been an extensive traveller.
He has been married twice and has six children. He has
always been an active Republican, but never went before