Class of 1874

Born Brecksville, OH.​a

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, Sep. 1, 1870, to June 17, 1874, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Second Lieut., 11th Infantry, June 17, 1874.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Sill, I. T., Oct. 1, 1874, to Feb. 10, 1876 (escort duty, Oct. 17 to Nov. 29, 1874, and witness before Civil Court at Ft. Smith, Nov. 8, 1875, to Jan., 1876), — Ft. Brown, Tex., Feb. 24 to Aug. 13, 1876, — Cheyenne Agency, Dak., Aug. 26, 1876, to May 23, 1877 (leave of absence, Dec. 18, 1876, to May 23, 1877), — and Scouting, and at Ft. Custer, Mon., July 24, 1877, to Aug. 1, 1878; on leave of absence in Europe, Aug. 1, 1878, to July 30, 1879; on frontier duty conducting recruits to Department of Dakota, and at Ft. Custer, Mon., to Oct. 6, 1880 (sick leave of absence, to Apr. 25, 1881), and to July 31, 1882, — Ft. Buford, Dak., to Jan. 10, 1884; in garrison at David's Island, N. Y., to Apr., 1884; on Recruiting Service, to Oct. 13, 1884; on sick leave of absence, Oct. 21, 1884, to May 8, 1885; on frontier

(First Lieut., 11th Infantry, Oct. 5, 1885)

duty at Ft. Buford, Dak., to Nov. 27, 1885, — Ft. Sully, Dak., to June 3, 1886, — Ft. A. Lincoln, Dak., to July 20, 1886, — and Ft. Yates, Dak. (sick leave of absence, Nov. 24, 1886, to May 24, 1887), to July 29, 1887; in command of Ft. Wood, N. Y., to Aug. 11, 1887; and on sick leave of absence, to –––––.