Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
Date | Event |
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1833, Aug. 23 | Born, Truxton, N.Y. |
1853-1854 | School instructor, Erie County, N.Y. |
1854 | Relocated to Will County, Ill. School instructor, Crete, Ill. |
1856 | Attended Bell's Commercial College, Chicago, Ill. |
1860 | Admitted to the Indianapolis, Ind., bar before returning to Will County, Ill. Married Lydia Melissa Wood (died 1912) |
1862 | Enlisted as a private in Company F, 8th Illinois Cavalry Regiment, United States Army |
1863 | Promoted to first lieutenant; transferred to Company C, 1st Colored Infantry Regiment, United States Army |
1865 | Promoted to captain Acting superintendent, United States Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands, Elizabeth City, N.C. Mustered out of the Union army |
1868 | Prosecuting attorney, Will and Grundy counties, Ill. |
1888 | Member, United States House of Representatives for Illinois; defeated for reelection in 1890 |
1897-1900 | Assistant attorney general, Illinois |
1902, May 29 | Died, Joliet, Ill. |