Class of 1839

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1835, to July 1, 1839, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 1st Artillery, July 1, 1839.

Served: on the Northern Frontier, at Rouse's Point, N. Y., 1839‑40, during Canada Border Disturbances; on Maine Frontier, at Houlton, pending the "Disputed Territory" controversy; and in garrison at Ft. Sullivan, Me., 1840.

Resigned, Dec. 31, 1840.

Civil History. — Counselor at Law, Savannah, Ga., 1843‑61. President of Savannah and Augusta Railroad, Ga., 1849‑54. Alderman of the City of Savannah, Ga., 1854. Lieutenant, Georgia Militia, 1849‑52, — and Colonel, 1852‑61. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Georgia, 1855‑56, — and of its Senate, 1859‑60. President of the Georgia Democratic Convention, 1860.

Joined in the Rebellion of 1861‑66 against the United States.a

Civil History. — Counselor at Law, Savannah, Ga., since 1866. Member of the Senate of the State of Georgia, 1874‑75; and of the Democratic National Convention for nomination of President, 18 and 1884. Vice-President of the Georgia Constitutional Convention, 1877. President of Augusta and Savannah Railroad Company, 1878‑87; and of the American Bar Association, 1883. Minister Plenipotentiary from the United States to Austria-Hungary, July 1, 1887, to May 15, 1889. Residence, Savannah, Ga.

Vol. IV
p52 Died July 2, 1896, at Clifton Springs, N. Y.: Aged 78.

See Annual Association of Graduates U. S. M. A., 1897, for an obituary notice.

Buried, Bonaventure Cemetery, Thunderbolt, GA.