Class of 1815

Born 1798.

Military History. — Cadet of the Military Academy, May 28, 1813, to Mar. 2, 1815, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Third Lieut., Corps of Artillery, Mar. 2, 1815.

Served: in garrison at Greenbush, N. Y., 1816‑19; as Quartermaster,

(Second Lieut., 2d Infantry, June 17, 1816)

2d Infantry, Dec. 9, 1819, to June 1, 1821; on Quartermaster duty at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., 1819‑20, — and Plattsburg, N. Y., 1820‑22; in garrison at Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., 1822; on Quartermaster duty at

(Asst. Quartermaster, Oct. 25, 1822, to July 10, 1823)

Green Bay, Wis., 1822, — Ft. Brady, Mich., 1822‑23, — and Ft. Smith,

(First Lieut., 2d Infantry, Jan. 8, 1823)

Ark., 1823; as Aide-de‑Camp to Major-General Scott, July 12, 1823, to

(Transferred to 6th Infantry, July 30, 1823)

Apr. 17, 1826; on Quartermaster duty, Apr. 17, 1826, to Oct. 15, 1830;

(Asst. Quartermaster, Apr. 17, 1826, to Oct. 15, 1830)

(Captain, 6th Infantry, July 7, 1826)

on frontier duty at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 1830‑32; in the "Black Hawk" War, 1832, being engaged against the Sac Indians in the Battle of Bad Axe River, Aug. 2, 1832; and on Engineer duty, Jan. 26, 1833, to Nov. 16, 1836.

Resigned, Nov. 16, 1836.

Civil History. — Civil Engineer in the service of the United States, superintending Harbor Improvements on Lake Erie, 1836‑40. Member of the House of Representatives of the State of Michigan, 1837 and 1840. Disbursing Agent in the Indian Department, 1838. Major-General, Michigan Militia, 1841‑46. Mayor of Monroe, Mich., 1846.

Military History. — Re-appointed in the Army with the rank of

Major, Staff — Quartermaster, Mar. 3, 1847.

Served on Quartermaster duty at Detroit, Mich., 1847, — and in the War with Mexico, at Vera Cruz, 1847.

Died, July 24, 1847, at Vera Cruz, Mexico.

Buried, Woodland Cemetery, Monroe, MI.