Born in Albion, Kennebec County, Maine. Enlisted in the 1st New York Marine Artillery for three years at New York City. Mustered in as a Private in Company H on 20 Aug 1862. Discharged at New Berne, North Carolina. A member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. On 10 Aug 1912 admitted to the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio and on 11 Nov 1912 transferred to another National Home. On 21 Feb 1913 transferred back to the National Home at Dayton, Ohio where he died.