Class of 1846

Born Oct. 3, 1824, Reading, PA.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1842, to July 1, 1846, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, July 1, 1846.

Served: in garrison at Ft. Columbus, N. Y. 1846‑47; in the War with

(Second Lieut., 4th Artillery, Feb. 16, 1847)

Mexico, 1847‑48, at Tampico, 1847‑48, and Puebla, 1848; in garrison at

(First Lieut., 4th Artillery, Sep. 13, 1847)

Ft. Wood, La., 1848‑49; on Commissary duty at New Orleans, La., 1849; in Florida Hostilities against the Seminole Indians, 1849‑50; and on frontier duty at Ft. Brown, Tex., 1850, — Quartermaster at Indianola Depot, Tex., 1851, — and Ft. Brown, Tex., 1851‑52, — Ringgold Barracks, Tex., 1852, — and Ft. Brown, Tex., 1852‑53.

Died, Nov. 25, 1853, at Sea: Aged 29.

Buried at Sea.
Cenotaph, St. James Episcopal Church Cemetery, Lancaster, PA.