century association biographical archive

Earliest Members of the Century Association

View all members

John M. Schofield

Army Officer/U.S. Secretary of War

Centurion, 1877–1899

Full Name John McAllister Schofield

Born 29 September 1831 in Gerry, New York

Died 4 March 1906 in Saint Augustine, Florida

Buried Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia

Proposed by George S. Greene, Quincy A. Gillmore, and Henry L. Kendrick

Elected 5 May 1877 at age forty-five