Rank: Private
Unit: I Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: October 11, 1837 in New York, New York. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1816
Hometown: Essex, New Jersey
Occupation prior to enlistment: Shoemaker
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 9 August 1838
Cause of death: Mortification of leg
Location of fatality: Fort White, Florida
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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