Rank: Quartermaster Sergeant
Unit: Field & Staff, 2d Dragoons
Enlisted: October 26, 1839 in New York, New York. He was 27.
Date of birth: 1812
Hometown: Wexford, , Ireland
Occupation prior to enlistment: Musician
Campaign: Second Seminole War
Died: 28 October 1840
Cause of death: Disease of the lungs
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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