Born in Lebanon, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. A resident of Bovina, Outagamie County, Wisconsin when he enlisted in the 21st Wisconsin Infantry. Mustered in as a Corporal in Company D. Promoted to Sergeant (date unknown). Captured at Chickamauga, Georgia on 20 Sep 1863. A member of Custer Post No. 6 of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington. Elected by the Post as an Alternate to the 1916 Encampment of the Department of Washington and Alaska, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR). Died in Tacoma, Washington.