Born in Albany County, New York, March 19, 1827, and died at Camanche, Iowa, August 26, 1919. On reaching. young manhood he removed to Michigan and later to Illinois. He was a locomotive engineer on the line that afterwards became the Chicago & Northwestern. In March 1851, he was married to Miss Emma P. Cooley, born in Hartford, CT. In 1852 he quit railroading and located in Center Township, Clinton· County, Iowa, and engaged in farming. He was a member of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors when it was first organized, which was just previous to the war. He recruited Company A, Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, and was appointed its Captain October 17, 1861. The Sixteenth became a part of the famous "Crocker Brigade." As commander of his company he participated in several very important battles, and was cited for bravery and skill on different occasions. On February 18, 1865, he was promoted to major, and on May 11, 1865 to lieutenant-colonel. He was in the grand review at Washington, and soon thereafter resigned his commission, returned home, sold his farm and engaged in the grain business at Camanche. He was elected senator in 1865 and served in the Eleventh and Twelfth General Assemblies. Public life did not appeal to him. For a while he was an assistant United States assessor.

Born in Albany County, New York, March 19, 1827, and died at Camanche, Iowa, August 26, 1919. On reaching. young manhood he removed to Michigan and later to Illinois. He was a locomotive engineer on the line that afterwards became the Chicago & Northwestern. In March 1851, he was married to Miss Emma P. Cooley, born in Hartford, CT. In 1852 he quit railroading and located in Center Township, Clinton· County, Iowa, and engaged in farming. He was a member of the Clinton County Board of Supervisors when it was first organized, which was just previous to the war. He recruited Company A, Sixteenth Iowa Infantry, and was appointed its Captain October 17, 1861. The Sixteenth became a part of the famous "Crocker Brigade." As commander of his company he participated in several very important battles, and was cited for bravery and skill on different occasions. On February 18, 1865, he was promoted to major, and on May 11, 1865 to lieutenant-colonel. He was in the grand review at Washington, and soon thereafter resigned his commission, returned home, sold his farm and engaged in the grain business at Camanche. He was elected senator in 1865 and served in the Eleventh and Twelfth General Assemblies. Public life did not appeal to him. For a while he was an assistant United States assessor.