Rank: Private
Unit: K Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: October 23, 1839 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was 22.
Date of birth: Oct 1817
Hometown: Sanford, Maryland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Ostler
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 27 March 1840
Cause of death: Accidentally shot himself
Location of fatality: Fort King, Florida (Ocala, Florida)
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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