b. 05/05/1844 Tarentum, Pennsylvania. d. 02/03/1910 Cleveland, Ohio.
DATE OF MOH ACTION: 02/04/1865 Petersburg, Virginia.
Civil War Medal of Honor recipient for service during the Civil War. Served in Company C, 61st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, enlisting as a Private in Pittsburgh on August 1,1861. He was awarded the CMOH for his bravery during the final Union Army assaults on Petersburg, Virginia on April 2, 1865. He was promoted to corporal for his deed. His Medal was awarded to him on May 10, 1865. He was one of eight 61st Pennsylvania Infantry soldiers to be awarded the Medal of Honor for bravery during the Civil War (the others being 1st Lieutenant Charles H. Clausen, Corporal Joseph Fisher, Corporal John C. Matthews, Private Milton Matthews, Captain George W. Mindil, Major Robert L. Orr, and Sergeant Sylvester D. Rhodes).
MOH CITATION:
Capture of flag of the Tennessee Brigade (C.S.A.).
BURIAL LOCATION: WOODLAND CEMETERY, CLEVELAND, OHIO.
SECTION 21, LOT 45.
LOCATION OF MEDAL: BELIEVED TO BE FAMILY.
