| Birth | 1814 | Warren County, New Jersey | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1835 | moved with his family to Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 16 Feb 1849 | boarded a vessel en route around the Horn to California - New York, New York County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 26 Sep 1849 | arrived - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1850 | a gold miner - Hawkins Bar, Trinity County, California | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1852 | sold his mine and returned by steamer via Panama and New York, to Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1853 | retuned by the Isthmus to San Francisco and travelled to Oregon, Arizona and New Mexico | | | |
| Occupation | 31 Aug 1860 | stock drover - Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas | | | |
| Residence | 31 Aug 1860 | with his sister Sarah - Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas | | | |
| Residence | Abt Sep 1861 | Sacramento, Sacramento County, California | | | |
| Marriage | 1868 | Elizabeth MCCASLAND | | | |
| Residence | Aft 1868 | Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara County, California | | | |