| Birth | 6 Jun 1841 | Illinois | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1841 | kept a daily diary from 1841 to 1927 | | | |
| Residence | 23 Sep 1850 | with his father & step-mother & attended school - Millville, Jo Daviess County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 1855 | [probably] with his father and stepmother - Center, Bureau County, Illinois | | | |
| Military | | was a member of Company D, 7th Kansas Cavalry also known as Jennison's Jayhawkers in the Civil War - Kansas | | | |
| Military | | later he was a quartermaster sergenat of the 7th Regiments Kansas Cavalry - Kansas | | | |
| Marriage | 29 Nov 1865 | Bureau County, Illinois - Mary P TOMPKINS | | | |
| Occupation | 26 Jul 1870 | farmer - East Grove, Lee County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 1874 | at Clementina near Sumner and was a helper with Will & Finck - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | | | |
| Occupation | 18 Jun 1880 | Minister - Tampico, Whiteside County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 1889 | Libertyville, Lake County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 1894 | at 239 E Twenty-ninth and was employed in the real estate & insurance industry - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1895 | at 239 E Twenty-ninth and was a retired clergyman - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1896 | at 239 E 29th and was a clergyman - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Residence | 6 May 1910 | Burbank, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1915 | transcribed the portion of his diary that was during the Civil War an gave copies to his sons - California | | | |
| Residence | 12 Sep 1918 | at 473 24th Street - Oakland, Alameda County, California | | | |
| Residence | 22 Jan 1920 | at 1031 Grandview St., - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1921 | Burbank, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Occupation | 1921 | deputy County Fire Warden - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1922 | at 1031 Grand View and was deputy County Fire Warden - Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California | | | |
| Death | 1926 | California | | | |
| Burial | 1926 | at Grand View Memorial Park, section F, lot 310, grave 1 - Glendale, Los Angeles County, California | | | |