He was a member of Alfred Sully Post No. 3 of Dayton, Columbia County, Washington. In 1884 he served as Post Commander and in 1888 as Post Officer of the Guard.
Illinois State Archives Civil War Detail Report: (Age 20, married, farmer, nativity - Salem, Indiana)
Report of Adj. General of the State of Illinois - Page 674
United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans: 1925-1949
The American Civil War Research Database - residing at Belle Plain, Illinois
U.S. Census of Veterans & Widows of the Civil War - 1890
U.S. Veterans Adm. Pension Payment Cards: 1907-1933
Interment.net (Dayton, Washington - buried on 22 Jan 1926)
Variations of wife's name per 1880, 1900, 1910 and 1920 Census - wife died in 1922 - see Find-a-Grave Memorial # 37904764
Find-a-Grave Memorial # 42730797