b. 25/07/1847 Huron County, Ohio.  d. 06/02/1924 Erie, Pennsylvania.

 

DATE OF MOH ACTION: 09/08/1877 Big Hole, Montana.

 

Indian Campaigns Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the US Army at Newark, Ohio. He attained the rank of Ordinance Sergeant. He served as a Sergeant in Company I, 7th US Infantry. He was awarded the CMOH for action on August 9, 1877 at Big Hole, Montana.

 

MOH CITATION:

 

Gallantry in forming company from line of skimishers and deploying again under a galling fire, and in carring dispatches at the imminent risk of his life.

 

BURIAL LOCATION: ERIE CEMETERY, ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA.

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