| Birth | Aug 1836 | Springfield, Clark County, Ohio | | | |
| Residence | 27 Aug 1850 | with his parents, was a farmer & attended school - Menard County, Illinois | | | |
| Marriage | 19 Sep 1855 | Fulton County, Illinois - Polly Ann DOWNING | | | |
| Residence | 2 Jul 1860 | and was a brick maker - Township 17, Menard County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | Bef 2 Aug 1861 | & was a farmer - Athens, Menard County, Illinois | | | |
| Military | 2 Aug 1861 | enlisted in the Union Army as a private, Co F, 28th IL Infantry - Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Description | 2 Aug 1861 | 5'10", black hair, dark complexion hazel eyes - Petersburg, Menard, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Military | 19 Aug 1861 | and was mustered in - Camp Butler, Illinois | | | |
| Military | 2 Dec 1862 | discharged on surgeon certificate of disability - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee | | | |
| Residence | Jun 1863 | & was a farmer - Athens, Menard County, Illinois | | | |
| Miscellaneous | Jun 1863 | registered for the Civil war draft - Menard County, Illinois | | | |
| Military | 24 Nov 1863 | enlisting in Co F, 113th Infantry - Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 24 Nov 1863 | & was a farmer - Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States | | | |
| Description | 24 Nov 1863 | 5'10", black hair, hazel eyes, dark complexion - Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois | | | |
| Military | 30 Nov 1863 | & was mustered in to 113th IL Infantry - Camp Yates, Illinois | | | |
| Military | 13 Jun 1865 | was mustered out & transferred to Co K, 120th Infantry | | | |
| Military | 10 Sep 1865 | & was mustered out of 120th Infantry - Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 2 Feb 1880 | applied for a Civil War Pension as an invalid | | | |
| Will | 26 Jan 1898 | Adams County, Illinois | | | |
| Residence | 8 Jun 1900 | at the Soldiers & Sailors Home and was a widower - Riverside Township, Adams County, Illinois | | | |
| Miscellaneous | 23 Feb 1907 | filed for a Civil War Pension as an invalid | | | |
| Residence | Bef 13 Jul 1907 | Quincy, Adams County, Illinois | | | |
| Death | 13 Jul 1907 | Quincy, Adams County, Illinois | | | |
| Burial | Aft 13 Jul 1907 | Sunset Cemetery, Quincy, Adams County, Illinois | | | |