Rank: Private
Unit: F Trp, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: April 24, 1885 in Newport, Kentucky. He was 26.
Date of birth: 1859
Hometown: Seymour, Connecticut
Occupation prior to enlistment: Bricklayer
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 2 October 1886
Age at death: 27 or 28
Cause of death: Typhoid fever
Location of fatality: Fort Walla Walla, Washington Territory
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Place of interment: Fort Walla Walla Military Cemetery in College Place, Washington
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Note: He stood 5’7¼” with grey eyes, sandy hair, and ruddy complexion.