| Birth | 13 Sep 1817 | Whitehall, Washington County, New York | | | |
| Residence | Abt 1822 | with his parents - Mentz, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1832 | teacher - Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | Abt 1834 | teacher - Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Education | 1835 | by home study and reciting twice weekly at the academy - Auburn, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | From 1837 to 1841 | clerk of the Court of Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction in Hon. William H. Seward's law office - Auburn, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1837 and 1841 | deputy clerk of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York - Auburn, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Education | From 1842 to 1843 | at Yale law school and finished all the studies in the course in one year - New Haven, New Haven County, Connecticut | | | |
| Occupation | From 1843 to 1845 | lawyer - Port Byron, Cayuga County, New York | | | |
| Residence | 21 Sep 1845 | Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | Dec 1845 | and worked in the lumbering camp - Sheboygan County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Aft Dec 1845 | met Orman Coe who requested him to apply for the Port Washington school as a teacher - Hamburg, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Occupation | Aft Dec 1845 | teacher at the first school - Port Washington, Washington County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | Aft Dec 1845 | Port Washington, Washington County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 7 Apr 1846 | was on the poll-list for the first town election held - Port Washington, Washington County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Election | 7 Apr 1846 | Justice of the Peace at the first town meeting - Port Washington, Washington County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 7 Apr 1846 | was the clerk for the first town election - Port Washington, Washington County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Occupation | Bet 1846 and 1849 | surveyor - Port Washington, Washington County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Illness | Abt Jul 1847 | inflammation of the eyes and was unable to do business until the following December - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Marriage | 18 Oct 1848 | Port Washington, Washington County, Wisconsin - Mary Elizabeth COE | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt Mar 1850 | purchased land on the Milwaukee River, built a saw-mill and started the village - Waubeka, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Occupation | 12 Sep 1850 | lawyer - Port Washington, Washington County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | 1855 | Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Aft 1858 | was a contributor to the "What Not" and "Allspice" literary journals - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | 5 Jun 1860 | and was a lawyer - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Occupation | 1862 | appointed District Attorney - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 16 Feb 1864 | was listed as a witness on Orman Coe's specification for Letters Patent No. 41,603 - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 23 Aug 1864 | wrote a letter to Alexander W. Randall, Esq. describing Orman Coe's Civil War experiment - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Bet 1866 and 1879 | formed a law partnership with Hervey L. Coe - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1869 | started the town of Foscoro with Hervey L. Coe and George A. Rowe - Foscoro, Door County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 3 Jul 1870 | was appointed U.S. Postmaster - Ozaukee, Washington County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | 10 Aug 1870 | and was a lawyer - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Affiliation | 1873 | was listed on the roster of the Old Settlers' Club of Ozaukee County - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 20 Mar 1876 | wrote the obituary for his father-in-law, Orman Coe, - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | May 1879 | and recuperated from a nervous system breakdown - Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | 10 Jun 1880 | on South Street and was a lawyer - Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | Oct 1880 | after having recovered from a nervous system breakdown - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Death | 6 Feb 1895 | Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Burial | Aft 6 Feb 1895 | in Union Cemetery, plot 121, grave 12, - Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin | | | |