Biographical review; this volume contains biographical sketches of Livingston and Wyoming counties, New York .. . Presidentof the American ]\Ierino Sheep Breeders As-sociation, and held the office till 1884. In1876 he was elected Secretary of the NationalWool Growers Association, holding that officeuntil 1883, and was re-elected in 1894. Theseassociations are all important ones; and, asrepresenting the interests of the wool growersof the country, Mr. Markham conducted theargument for them before the Tariff Commis-sion in 1883. Before this time, however, theinterests of other countries in the w
Biographical review; this volume contains biographical sketches of Livingston and Wyoming counties, New York .. . Presidentof the American ]\Ierino Sheep Breeders As-sociation, and held the office till 1884. In1876 he was elected Secretary of the NationalWool Growers Association, holding that officeuntil 1883, and was re-elected in 1894. Theseassociations are all important ones; and, asrepresenting the interests of the wool growersof the country, Mr. Markham conducted theargument for them before the Tariff Commis-sion in 1883. Before this time, however, theinterests of other countries in the way of ex-portation had engaged his attention. In 1879he selected two hundred thoroughbred sheepfor the Japanese government, and deliveredthem in person; and in connection with thistrip, at the suggestion of General Grant,whom he met in Japan, and from whom he re-ceived letters of introduction to the Viceroy,Li Hung Chang, he visited China, India,Italy, France, Germany, England, and Aus-tralia, in the interests of sheep husbandry. Mr. Markham, from his long and excep-tional experience, has frequently been ap-. JAMES E. CRISFIELD. BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW 223 pointed to act as judge of cattle and sheep atthe principal fairs of the country, and was thejudge of American merino sheep in the classof delaine merinos, at the Columbian Fair inChicago in 1893. His exhibition of Ram-bouillet sheep from Prussia was regarded asthe principal feature of the merino sheep exhi-bition at that fair. The introduction of newvarieties is a stimulant in any market, and thesheep grower is wise who has found the truthof this. William Guy Markham was married in 1880to Miss Josephine Foote, the daughter of War-ren Foote, of Rush, and late of Brooklyn,Long Island. Their one child is named Markham is a member of the MasonicOrder, the Knights Templars. He has alwaysbeen a member of the Republican party inpolitics. ?^/Tr ERLETT C. BEEBE, a resident of\fp Arcade, is an extensive buyer of but-^ ter and che
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