Record Group 48: Records of the Office of the Secretary of the Interior, 1826 - 2009 Series: Central Office Appointment Papers, 1849 - 1907 File Unit: Howard, Oliver O. - Commission to Negotiate with the Five Civilized Tribes (The Dawes Commission)
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Howard, Oliver Otis, 1830-1909
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Oliver Howard was born in Leeds, Maine, the son of Rowland Bailey Howard and Eliza Otis Howard. Rowland, a farmer, died when Oliver was 9 years old. Oliver attended Monmouth Academy in Monmouth, North Yarmouth Academy in Yarmouth, Kents Hill School in Readfield, and graduated from Bowdoin College in 1850 at the age of 19. He then attended the United States Military Academy, graduating in 1854, fourth in his class of 46 cadets, as a brevet second lieutenant of ordnance. He served at the Watervlie...
