| Birth | 3 Oct 1838 | Carmi, White County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 17 Sep 1850 | with his father & step-mother & attended school - District 13, White County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 24 Aug 1860 | with his father and brothers and sister, - Carmi, White County, Illinois | | | |
| Military | 9 Jun 1861 | enlisted in Union Army as a private in Co F, 1 IL Cavalry - Alton, Madison County, Illinois | | | |
| Military | 5 Jul 1862 | was mustered out at Benton Barracks - Missouri | | | |
| Military | 2 Aug 1862 | enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant in Co. C, 87 Ill Infantry - Emma, White County, Illinois | | | |
| Military | 15 Jun 1865 | and was discharged at close of war | | | |
| Marriage | 1868 | Carmi, White County, Illinois - Eliza Ann Gooch | | | |
| Residence | 1 Sep 1870 | with his wife and son, - Prarie Precinct, White County, Illinois | | | |
| Occupation | 1 Sep 1870 | Farmer, - Prarie Precinct, White County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 11 Jun 1880 | with his wife and children - Hawthorn, White County, Illinois | | | |
| Occupation | 11 Jun 1880 | Farmer, - Hawthorn, White County, Illinois | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 14 Feb 1881 | applied for a Civil War Pension as an invalid | | | |
| Residence | 1890 | and had rheumatism - Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 23 Nov 1892 | paid in full 160 acres he purchased from the Land Office in Township 30, Range 51 - Chadron, Dawes County, Nebraska | | | |
| Residence | 16 Jun 1900 | with his wife and children, - Emerson, Dawes County, Nebraska | | | |
| Occupation | 16 Jun 1900 | Farmer, - Emerson, Dawes County, Nebraska | | | |
| Residence | 14 May 1910 | by himself - School District 6, Custer County, South Dakota | | | |
| Occupation | 14 May 1910 | Prospector Miner, - School District 6, Custer County, South Dakota | | | |
| Occupation | Bef 8 Jan 1913 | and was a miner and a widower - Custer County, South Dakota | | | |
| Residence | 8 Jan 1913 | Hot Springs, Fall River county, South Dakota | | | |
| Description | 8 Jan 1913 | 5'8", fair complexion, blue eyes, gray hair - Hot Springs, Fall River county, South Dakota | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 8 Feb 1913 | was discharged from the sanitarium - Hot Springs, Fall River county, South Dakota | | | |
| Death | 13 Sep 1915 | South Dakota State Soldier's Home at Hot Springs - Custer, Custer, South Dakota, United States | | | |
| Burial | Aft 13 Sep 1915 | at Crawford Cemetery - Crawford, Dawes County, Nebraska | | | |