Rank: Private
Unit: H Co, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: September 30, 1839 in Fort Columbus, New York. He was 21.
Date of birth: 1818
Hometown: Bellville, New Jersey
Occupation prior to enlistment: Farmer
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 5 August 1840
Cause of death: Congestive fever
Location of fatality: Fort Fanning, Florida (Fanning Springs, Florida)
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Place of interment: Saint Augustine National Cemetery in Saint Augustine, Florida
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