Class of 1841

Born Jan. 18, 1820, Woodford County, KY.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1837, to July 1, 1841, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, July 1, 1841.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Atkinson, Kan., 1841‑42, Ft. Gibson,

(Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Apr. 12, 1842)

I. T., 1842, — Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1842‑43, — Scouting on the Plains, 1843, — Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1843, 1844‑45, — Ft. Washita, I. T., 1845, — March to Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1845‑46, — and Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1846; in the War with Mexico, 1846‑48, being engaged in the Battle of

(First Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Dec. 6, 1846)

 p109  Buena Vista, Feb. 22‑23, 1847; on frontier duty at Ft. Gibson, I. T.,

(Bvt. Capt., Feb. 23, 1847,
for Gallant and Meritorious Conduct in the Battle of Buena Vista, Mex.)

1848, — March to Santa Fé, N. M., 1848, — Socorro, N. M., 1848‑49, — Doña Ana, N. M., 1850‑51, — and Ft. Fillmore, N. M., 1851‑52, being engaged in a Skirmish on Puerco River, N. M., Aug. 26, 1851; at the Cavalry School for Practice, Carlisle, Pa., 1852‑53; at the Harrodsburg

(Captain, 1st Dragoons, July 15, 1854)

Branch Military Asylum, Ky., 1853‑54.

Resigned, Oct. 22, 1854.

Civil History. — Farmer, near Versailles, Woodford County, Ky., 1854‑61. President of the Richmond and Danville Railroad, Va., 18––– to 18–––.

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

Civil History. — Farmer, Versailles, Ky., 1866‑84. Member of the Legislature of the State of Kentucky, 1879.

Died, June 9, 1884, at Danville, Ill.:​b Aged 64.

Buried, Washington Street Cemetery, Lexington, KY.