| Birth | Abt 1830 | Erie County, New York | | | |
| Occupation | Bef 1849 | employee at his father-in-law's furtniture store Ashley & Williston on S. Salina Street - Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Abt 1849 | and friend Timothy Jerome went to California during the gold rush | | | |
| Marriage | Bef 1850 | Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York - Charlotte A ASHLEY | | | |
| Occupation | 5 Jul 1870 | employee of the U.S. Sub. Treasury, - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | | | |
| Residence | 5 Jul 1870 | with his family, with real estate valued at $200,000 and personal estate valued at $150,000 - San Francisco, San Francisco County, California | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Bet 1885 and 1889 | served the Fifth District of California in congress | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 19 Mar 1891 | was elected to the US Senate by the California Legislature - California | | | |
| Residence | Abt 1903 | Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California | | | |
| Residence | 1911 | Menlo Park, San Mateo County, California | | | |