| Birth | 9 Jun 1837 | Burlington, Chittenden County, Vermont | | | |
| Residence | 15 Aug 1850 | with his parents - New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 23 Jun 1860 | with his parents - New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | 15 Mar 1865 | appointed the assistant secretary of Legation to France - New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 23 Jan 1866 | the Senate confirmed his appointment as assistant secretary of Legation in Paris | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 10 Oct 1867 | applied for a pasport - New Jersey | | | |
| Description | 10 Oct 1867 | 5' 10 1/2", blue eyes, chestnut hair, long chin and face, fair complexion and aquiline nose - New Jersey | | | |
| Occupation | 27 Jun 1870 | student - Chatham, Morris County, New Jersey | | | |
| Occupation | 1871 | assistant secretary of legation for the United States - France | | | |
| Occupation | 1876 | assistant secretary of legation of the United States - France | | | |
| Marriage | 10 Jun 1880 | Paris, France - Helen Hutchinson COWLES | | | |
| Marriage | 10 Jun 1880 | Paris, France - Helen Hutchinson COWLES | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 18 Aug 1880 | and his wife arrived from Paris - New York City, New York County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 5 Sep 1880 | and was the former secretary of legation in Paris - Madison, Morris County, New Jersey | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 5 Sep 1880 | and his wife were visiting his mother - Madison, Morris County, New Jersey | | | |
| Residence | 1882 | as a boarder at 3158 Wabash Avenue and was a bookkeeper - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 20 May 1886 | was named reciever of the failed John B Jeffery Printing Company to manage until it was sold - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 29 Oct 1886 | was named receiver of John B. Jeffery Printing Company in a creditors' bill filed - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Occupation | Bef 1887 | U. S. consul general - Cairo, Egypt | | | |
| Will | 24 Feb 1887 | Paris, France | | | |
| Residence | Abt 27 Oct 1887 | and was a capitalist - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Death | 12 Nov 1887 | at 245 Ohio Street of apoplexy - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Burial | Aft 12 Nov 1887 | in Lake View Cemetery, section 12, lot 11-0 - Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio | | | |
| Probate | 1887 | Cuyahoga County, Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 3 Mar 1888 | had his estate ordered for inventory and child's award approved - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |