| Birth | 5 Jan 1809 | at 38 Cherry St, New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 19 Feb 1816 | New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 1819 | with his mother & sisters - Harlem, New York County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | Bef 1829 | merchant - New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Marriage | 1829 | New York - Evelina CANDLER | | | |
| Residence | 1832 | Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Graduated | 1838 | Cincinnati College law dept with a degree of bachelor-of-laws - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 1839 | partner with Salmon P Chase in Chase & Ball - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 1843 | with his family - Millcreek Township, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1849 | appointed by the General Assembly as a director of the Ohio Medical College - Ohio | | | |
| Election | 1851 - 1855 | mayor - Clifton, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1854 | was appointed a seat on the Supreme Court of Ohio which he declined - Ohio | | | |
| Election | 1856 | mayor - Clifton, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1858 | dissolved the partnership after Chase went into public service, they remained life long friends - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Occupation | 1861 - 1869 | US Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio appointed by Lincoln - Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1867 | appointed U.S. Register in Bankruptcy by Chief Justice Salmon Chase | | | |
| Election | 1869 - 1871 | mayor - Clifton, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Marriage | Jan 1873 | Elizabeth PARMALEE | | | |
| Death | 20 Jan 1885 | at home from a hemorrhage of the brain - Glendale, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |
| Burial | Aft 20 Jan 1885 | Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio | | | |