Rank: Private
Unit: K Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: April 6, 1840 in Fort Heileman, Florida. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1819
Hometown: Windsor, , Nova Scotia
Occupation prior to enlistment: Sailor
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 24 August 1840
Cause of death: Chronic diarrhea
Location of fatality: Fort Heileman, Florida (Middleburg, Florida)
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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