- Branch of Service
- Army
- Rank
- Corporal
- Unit
- 2nd Mass. Infantry, Co. K
- Conflict / Era
- Spanish American War
- Years of Service
- 08/05/1898
- Date of Birth
- 02/12/1873
- Date of Death
- 08/05/1898
- Hometown
- UNKNOWN, OH
- Burial Location
- Paris Twp: Oakdale
- Monument Paver
- No
- Township (entering service)
- UNKNOWN
- Township (current / at death)
- UNKNOWN
- School
- UNKNOWN
- Status
- Killed in Action
- When
- 08/05/1898
- Where
- Santiago, Puerto Rico
- Record Authenticated
- Yes
Biography
School: UNKNOWN. born in Marysville, graduate of MHS; no records found in Mass. Rosters for Spanish American War; cemetery records list DOB as 1874, DOD as 5/5/1894; died of fever, accompanied by acute dysentery; buried in Santiago, Puerto Rico body was disinterred and returned home on United States funeral ship, Roumania (see Marysville Tribune, 5/3/1899); buried in Oakdale, Section C, Row 1, Gr. 3, on 5/5/1899
Source: Marysville Tribune, 8/24/1898; Union Co. Cem. Rec., Vol. 5, p. 142; 1880 U.S. Federal Census; History of Union County Ohio (Curry), p. 569-70; Spanish American War Centennial Website