| Birth | 1823 | Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 1834 | with his parents - Sandusky, Huron County, Ohio | | | |
| Graduated | 1836 | Kenyon College - Gambier, Knox County, Ohio | | | |
| Graduated | 1838 | Harvard Law School - Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 14 Aug 1847 | admitted to the Ohio Bar - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 17 Aug 1847 | Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 8 Sep 1849 | Portland Township, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 5 Mar 1850 | attorney & partner with his brother John with their office in the Old Custom House - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 15 Apr 1850 | life insurance agent for New York Life Ins Co for risks traveling to California by land or water - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Marriage | 22 Oct 1850 | New London, New London County, Connecticut - Frances Maria "Fanny" PERKINS | | | |
| Residence | 2 Nov 1850 | Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 9 Nov 1850 | in the Wm H Caswell home & was a lawyer - Portland Township, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 21 Jan 1852 | insurance agent with brother John - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 27 May 1852 | Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 11 May 1853 | Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 21 Jul 1859 | Buffalo, Erie County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 25 Aug 1859 | Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Marriage | 29 May 1860 | Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio - Elizabeth F "Lizzie" OSBORN | | | |
| Residence | 11 Jun 1860 | & was a lawyer - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Military | 1861 - 1865 | paymaster in the Volunteer Army | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 23 May 1868 | Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 13 Jul 1870 | & was retired - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1877 | special agent of the US Treasury appointed by President Hayes at various places | | | |
| Residence | 14 Jun 1880 | on Venice Road & was in the US Service - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 1886 | on west side Tiffin Ave south of Venice Road & was an attorney at 636 Market - Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | Abt 1890 | Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | Bef 20 Apr 1900 | at 843 Fairmont & was an attorney - Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio | | | |
| Death | 21 Apr 1900 | at home of Bright's Disease - Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States | | | |
| Burial | 23 Apr 1900 | Oakland Cemetery, Sandusky, Erie County, Ohio | | | |