Date | Event |
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1858, Sept. 12 | Born, Springfield, Ill. |
1878-1897 | Haberdasher and furrier, Springfield, Ill. |
1884 | Married Sarah J. Thompson (died 1905) |
1897-1901 | City comptroller, Springfield, Ill. |
1901-1920 | Assistant postmaster, Springfield, Ill. |
1907 | Married Margaret McManus |
1917 | Founding member, Springfield Home Guard (local adjunct to Illinois State Council of Defense) |
1920-1931 | Postmaster, Springfield, Ill. |
1926 | Established first regularly scheduled airmail delivery for Springfield, Ill., with the assistance of Charles A. Lindbergh |
1939, Aug. 21 | Died, Springfield, Ill. |