Rank: Private
Unit: E Co, 2d Cavalry
Enlisted: December 3, 1873 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was 32.
Date of birth: 1841
Hometown: Donegal, Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Miner
Campaign: Plains Indian War (post Civil War)
Died: 30 January 1876
Age at death: 34 or 35
Cause of death: Encephalitis
Location of fatality: Fort Sanders, Wyoming Territory
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Place of interment: Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska
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Note: He stood 5’6” with blue eyes, dark hair, and fair complexion.
Originally buried at Fort Sanders Cemetery in Laramie Wyoming, and reinterred in 1891 at Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell, Nebraska.