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1847, Sept. 25 | Born, Madison, Wis. |
circa 1861 | Attended Christian College, Columbia, Mo. |
1862 | Clerkship, United States Post Office Department, Washington, D.C. |
1866 | Contracted for statue of Abraham Lincoln |
1871 | Statue of Abraham Lincoln unveiled |
1875 | Contracted for statue of David Glasgow Farragut |
1878 | Married Richard L. Hoxie, Lieutenant, U. S. Army |
1914, Nov. | Died, Washington, D.C. |
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1844, Aug. 7 | Born, New York, N.Y. |
1861-1864 | Bugler, private, and corporal, First Iowa Cavalry |
1864 | Cadet, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. |
1868 | Second lieutenant, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
1878 | Married Vinnie Ream (died 1914) |
1895 | Major, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
1898-1907 | Member and Engineer Secretary, U.S. Light-House Board, Washington, D.C. |
1907 | Colonel, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
1908 | Retired as brigadier general |
1917 | Married May Ruth Norcross |
1930, Apr. 30 | Died, Miami, Fla. |