Class of 1846

Parmenas Taylor Turnley: Born Sep. 6, 1821.

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., 2d Infantry, July 1, 1846.

Served: in the War with Mexico, 1846‑47, at and about Monterey,

(Second Lieut., 1st Infantry, Oct. 31, 1846)

1846, — Siege of Vera Cruz, Mar. 9‑29, 1847, remaining in garrison there till Nov., 1847; on Recruiting service, 1847; in the War with Mexico, 1847‑48, at the City of Mexico and Cuernavaca; in garrison at East Pascagoula, Mis., 1848; on frontier duty at Austin, Tex., 1848‑49, — Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1849‑50, — Quartermaster and Commissary of Train to

(First Lieut., 1st Infantry, June 10, 1850, to Feb. 11, 1856)

Ft. Bliss, Tex., 1850, — Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1850‑51, — commanding Escort to Ft. Duncan, Tex., 1851, — Ft. McIntosh, Tex., 1851‑52, — Ft. Terrett, Tex., 1852, — and as Quartermaster, 1st Infantry, Mar. 1 to July 1, 1852, being engaged in Opening Road and Transporting Supplies to New Mexico; on Recruiting service, 1852‑54; in Quartermaster-General's Office at Washington, D. C., Sep. 27, 1854, to Mar. 2, 1855; on

(Captain, Staff — Asst. Quartermaster, Mar. 2, 1855)

Quartermaster duty at Cincinnati, O., 1855, — Sioux Expedition, 1855, — Ft. Pierre, Dak., 1855‑57, — Oregon, 1857, — Ft. Brown, Tex., 1857‑58, — and as Chief Quartermaster of the forces Operating in Utah Territory, 1858‑60; and on leave of absence, 1860‑61.

Served during the Rebellion of the Seceding States, 1861‑65; in Superintending the repairs of Railroad between Harrisburg, Pa., and Baltimore, Md., Apr. to May, 1861; as Chief Quartermaster, at Perryville Depot, Md., May, 1861, — Annapolis Depot, Md., May to July, 1861, — St. Louis Depot, Mo., July to Dec., 1861, — Cairo Depot, Ill., Jan. to July, 1862, — and Memphis, Ten., July to Sep., 1862; on sick leave of absence, "with permission to go beyond the seas," Sep. 25, 1862, to

Retired from Active Service, Sep. 17, 1863, for Disability resulting from Long and Faithful Services and Disease Contracted in the Line of Duty)

 p288  Feb. 21, 1865; and as Chief Quartermaster of the District of the Plains, headquarters Denver City, Col., Mar. 22 to Dec. 31, 1865.

Resigned, Dec. 31, 1865.

Civil History. — Engaged in Mining Operations in Colorado and Montana Territories, — in Farming in East Tennessee, and Banking business at Chicago, Ill., 1865‑74, — Mayor of the City of Highland Park, Ill., since 1888.