George Washington University Law School - Class Book Yearbook (Washington, DC)

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CLIFFORD T. CURRY. Clifford Tichenor Curry was born at Owingsville, Bath County, Kentucky, May 18, 1873, where he resided until the Spring of 1891 , when his parents moved to Lebanon, Warren County. Ohio, taking him with them. Was educated in the public schools of Owingsville and Cincinnati and the National Normal University at Lebanon. In politics he is a Republican 3 in religion a Presbyterian. Will practice law in Ohio. GEORGE W. DALZELL. George Walton Dalzell was born in Wad- dington, St. Lawrence County, New York, in 1877. Has lived in Washington since I88O, attending private and public schools here. Entered the Washington Central High School in I8Q2, graduating with the class of'95 Qacademicy, and from the fourth or supplemental year with the class of '96. Is connected with the oftice of a firm of Washington lawyers. 44 ,,,,1, . .- K -,, . by-5.,,:-a X, . . sf' ,N , K ' f 1 , 3 ,, -, j ,, . I I

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WILLIAM M. CROOK. William McKissack Crook, of Groveton, Texas, was born in Maury County, Ten- nessee, December 25, 1874. He was edu- cated in the public and academic schools, . and attributes his greatest mental discipline to close application outside the school room. Compelled to climb a ladder of his own making, he realizes the toil and privation attendant upon material progress. Taught for three years in the public schools of Texas, his adopted State, which, in 1894, awarded him her highest Teachers' Certiiicate for proiiciency. In that year the disabili- ties imposed by minority were removed, and he was appointed District Clerk, jam lem, for Trinity County. In 1895-6 he was a member of the Junior Law Class at Vanderbilt University, Nash- ville. The deserved fame of Columbian attracted him, and he was pleased to enroll himself as a candidate for its degree of Bachelor of Laws. Mr. Crook will locate at Houston. FRED C. CROXTON. Fred C. Croxton was born May 3, I87I, on a farm near Huntsville, Illinois, where he resided until he reached his majority. Attended the public schools and the Gem City Business College, of Quincy, Illinois. Taught two years in the county schools of his native state. Took the Civil Service Examinatidn in I8Q2, and received an ap- pointment to the Government Service in November of that year. Was married in December, 1894, to Miss Mattie M. Stocks. of Washington, D. C. ' 43

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SAMUEL DALZELL. Samuel Dalzell, of Pittsburg, son of Con- gressman Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, was born at Pittsburg, April 22, 1873. Like his father he is a pronounced Republican, and upon graduation will return to Pittsburg for the practice of law. JOSEPH A. DEMPF. Joseph A. Dempf was born in Wasliington, D. C., April 19, 1860. Attended Washington Schools and the Corcoran Scientific School in 1892-3. Mr. Dempf was sixteen years in the United States Navy, during which period he circumnavigated the globe three times and visited every principal port in the world. He is a 320 A. F. and A. M., past-chancellor and present captain in the Uniform Rank of the Knights of Pythias. 45