Class of 1829

Born Feb. 15, 1806.

Military History. — Cadet at the Military Academy, July 1, 1825, to July 1, 1829, when he was graduated and promoted in the Army to

Bvt. Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, July 1, 1829.

Second Lieut., 5th Infantry, July 1, 1829.

Served: on frontier duty at Ft. Brady, Mich., 1829‑33, — and Ft.

(Second Lieut., 1st Dragoons, Mar. 4, 1833)

Dearborn, Ill., 1833‑34; on Engineer duty, Jan. 10, 1834, to Oct. 15,

(First Lieut., 1st Dragoons, May 31, 1835)

1836; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1837; on Engineer

(Captain, 1st Dragoons, June 30, 1837)

duty, Apr. 10, 1837, to Dec. 28, 1838; on frontier duty at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., 1839‑40, — Pottawatomie Country, 1840, — Ft. Leavenworth,  p443 Kan., 1840‑42, — Ft. Gibson, I. T., 1842, — March to Ft. Atkinson, Io., 1842, — Ft. Sanfordº, Io., 1842, — Raccoon Fork, Io., 1843, — Ft. Des Moines, Io., 1843‑44,​a — Raccoon Fork, Io., 1844, — Ft. Des Moines, Io., 1844‑45, — Expedition to Lac Qui Parle, 1845, — and Ft. Des Moines, Io., 1845‑46; and in the War with Mexico, 1846, as Lieut.‑Colonel, commanding Mormon Battalion of Missouri Volunteers, on the march to New Mexico, July 16, to Aug. 23, 1846.​b

Died, Aug. 23, 1846, at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan.: Aged 40.

Buried, Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, KS.