| Birth | 21 Oct 1841 | Mishawaka, Saint Joseph County, Indiana | | | |
| Residence | 16 Sep 1850 | with his parents & attended school - Mishawaka, Saint Joseph County, Indiana | | | |
| Residence | 1855 | with his parents - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1860 | with his parents - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Education | 1861 | at the University of the Pacific - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Military | 28 Aug 1861 | San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | | | |
| Description | 28 Aug 1861 | 5'5", fair complexion, blue eyes, light hair - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | | | |
| Occupation | 28 Aug 1861 | machinist - California | | | |
| Military | 30 Apr 1863 | promoted to 2 Lieutenant and attached to Co C, 1 Inf, CA Volunteers - Fort West, New Mexico | | | |
| Military | 14 May 1863 | mustered in and joined post commissioned as 2nd Lieut by Governor of CA - Franklin, Texas | | | |
| Military | 7 Nov 1863 | on special duty as adjutant of new gold mine expedition - Arizona Territory | | | |
| Military | 18 Feb 1864 | on detached service to Salt River Valley on scout duty - Arizona Territory | | | |
| Military | 17 Mar 1864 | returned from detached service within this district - Fort Whipple, Arizona Territory | | | |
| Military | 1 Aug 1864 | Fort Whipple, Arizona Territory | | | |
| Military | Oct 1864 | received an honorable discharge as a first lieutenant and returned to California - California | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Aft 1864 | was appointed deputy in the county clerk's office - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Marriage | 1866 | Santa Clara County, California - Lizzie O PUTNEY | | | |
| Military | Bef Jul 1867 | was a lieutenant in the California Volunteers - California | | | |
| Military | Jul 1867 | was a lieutenant stationed - Fort Whipple, Arizona | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 9 Nov 1869 | was elected count clerk - Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Occupation | 19 Aug 1870 | bookkeeper - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 27 Apr 1880 | was elected a Comrade of the California Volunteer Society as a Lieutenant of the First Infantry - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | | | |
| Occupation | 7 Jun 1880 | clerk in a grocery store - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Residence | 7 Jun 1880 | on Seventh Street - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1881 | involved in the abstract business - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Marriage | 1887 | California - Belle Peoria CUNNINGHAM | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1891 | merged the Pomeroy & Howes Abstract Co. with the Pittman & Howard to form San Jose Abstract - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Occupation | 1891 | was secretary of the San Jose Abstract Company - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Occupation | 12 Jun 1900 | searcher of records - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Residence | 12 Jun 1900 | at 17 Sherman St - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Occupation | 28 Apr 1910 | searcher of records - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Residence | 28 Apr 1910 | on Minnesota Ave. - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Residence | 19 Jan 1920 | with his son and daughter-in-law at 629 Capital - Vallejo, Solano County, California | | | |
| Death | 17 Jan 1923 | Saratoga, Santa Clara County, California | | | |
| Burial | Aft 17 Jan 1923 | at Oak Hill Cemetery Park - San Jose, Santa Clara County, California | | | |