| Birth | 2 Nov 1833 | Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 1840 | [probably] with his parents - Ottawa Township, Putnam County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 17 Aug 1850 | with his parents , was a clerk & attended school - Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio | | | |
| Education | 1851 - 52 | at Oberlin College in preparatory course - Oberlin, Lorain County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 1851 - 52 | Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio | | | |
| Marriage | 9 Nov 1856 | Allen County, Ohio - Justine Magdelene CROWELL | | | |
| Occupation | 22 Jun 1860 | lawyer - Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 25 Apr 1861 | Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio | | | |
| Military | 1 May 1861 | enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant commissioned in Company D, 21st Infantry Regiment Ohio | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1861 | served 3 months during the Civil War prior to his death | | | |
| Military | 18 Jul 1861 | joined Co. D, 21st Ohio Vol Infantry, Union Army during the Civil War | | | |
| Death | 18 Jul 1861 | of a gunshot wound in the battle of Scarey Hill - Scary Creek, West Virginia | | | |
| Burial | Aft 18 Jul 1861 | in Pomeroy Cemetery - Ottawa, Putnam County, Ohio | | | |