| Birth | 4 Sep 1798 | Gorham, Ontario County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | | apprenticed with James D Burns a printer & book & newspaper publisher - Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York | | | |
| Military | Abt 1813 | running away and enlisting in the Navy serving on Lake Ontario until the close of the war - Ontario County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | 1819 | manager of a branch of the printing business of a Mr. Bemis - Rochester, Monroe County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 1821 | & publisehd the first newspapers west of Rochester called The Spirit of the Times - Batavia, Genesee County, New York | | | |
| Marriage | 4 Feb 1821 | Rochester, Genesee, New York, United States - Nancy FILER | | | |
| Election | 1823 | to the State legislature for his district - Batavia, Genesee County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 1825 | & partner in Day, Follett & Haskins that published the Buffalo Journal - Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 6 Dec 1830 | Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 25 Jul 1832 | New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 26 Jul 1832 | New York | | | |
| Marriage | 22 Nov 1832 | Eliza Gill WARD | | | |
| Residence | 1834 | after purchasing a large land estate jointly with others - Sandusky, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 27 Jan 1834 | Albany, Albany County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 17 Nov 1834 | Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 1837 | & built a stone house where he lived until his death - Sandusky, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 1840 | editor of the Columbus Journal - Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 29 Dec 1842 | Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 1844 | editor of the Columbus Journal - Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 12 Aug 1844 | Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 10 Mar 1849 | Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 1854 | editor of the Columbus Journal - Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 1855 - 1858 | president of the Board of Public Works for the state of Ohio - Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 20 Jan 1862 | Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Death | 14 Oct 1894 | after a long illness - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |