| Birth | 2 Dec 1841 | Genoa Junction, Walworth County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | 18 Sep 1850 | with his parents and attended school - Bloomfield, Walworth County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Military | From 1861 to 1865 | enlisted and served in Co. H, 37th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers during the Civil War - Wisconsin | | | |
| Marriage | 6 Jan 1869 | Ozaukee County, Wisconsin - Amelia Sophia COE | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 1869 | started the town of Foscoro with Harvey L. Coe and George W. Foster - Foscoro, Door County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Marriage | 9 Nov 1876 | Chicago, Cook County, Illinois - Mary E ANDREWS | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Bef 1880 | went through a horrible forest fire and lost all he had invested in his lumber business - Wisconsin | | | |
| Residence | 7 Jun 1880 | at 2745 Sheffield Avenue and was a clerk in a store - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | Abt 1880 | Elgin, Kane County, Illinois | | | |
| Occupation | 5 Aug 1880 | foreman for David C. Cook Publishing Co. - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Occupation | 1881 | treasurer of David C. Cook Publishing Co. - Chicago, Cook County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 2 Jun 1900 | on 856 Center and was a treasurer for a publiishing company - Elgin, Kane County, Illinois | | | |
| Affiliation | 23 Nov 1900 | was mustered in the Grand Army of the Republic, Veteran Post No. 49, - Elgin, Kane County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 26 Apr 1910 | at 856 Center Street and was treasurer of a publishing company - Elgin, Kane County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 2 Jan 1920 | at 856 Center Street and was a night fireman at a pumping station - Elgin, Kane County, Illinois | | | |
| Occupation | Bef 26 Apr 1924 | treasurer of DC Cook Publishing Company - Illinois | | | |
| Death | 26 Apr 1924 | Elgin, Kane County, Illinois | | | |
| Burial | 29 Apr 1924 | in Hillside Cemetery - Genoa Junction, Walworth County, Wisconsin | | | |
| Religion | | was a member of the Baptist church since childhood | | | |