Rank: First Lieutenant
Unit: 2d Dragoons
Commissioned: United States Military Academy class of 1839 and appointed from Pennsylvania.
Hometown: Pennsylvania
Campaign: Mexican American War
Died: 25 July 1847
Age at death: 28
Location of fatality: Puebla, Mexico
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Place of interment: West Laurel Hill Cemetery in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
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Notes: 31st in his class of 31 graduated cadets.
Second Lieut., 2d Dragoons, July 1, 1839.
Served: on Recruiting service, 1839.
Florida War, 1839‑40; on Recruiting service, 1840; and back to the Florida War, 1840‑41.
First Lieut., 2d Dragoons, Oct. 8, 1841.
On frontier duty at Ft. Washita, I. T., 1842‑45.
Military Occupation of Texas, 1845‑46
War with Mexico, 1846‑47, being engaged in the Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, and Skirmish of Puente del Medio, Mar. 24, 1847.
His death is noted in the book A complete roster of the regular and volunteer troops in the war between the United States and Mexico, from 1846 to 1848, compiled from official sources. Written By William. Hugh Robarts in 1887.