He was a native of Massachusetts and arrived in Lawrence Kansas in 1854. He engaged in the real estate business in Lawrence, and from 1858 until his death he held the office of county clerk. He also served as city cerk for several years. Captain Frank B. Swift, James C. Horton, Edward D. Thompson, and Caleb S. Pratt, led a large company from Lawrence to the Bickerton farm, where "Old Sacramento" - a cannon captured by Colonel Doniphan at the battle of Sacramento, brought by the Border-Ruffians into Kansas, and from them captured by the Free-State men-was buried. They dug up this cannon and carried it to Lawrence, where it was fired all night in honor of the admission of Kansas. On June 3 1861, he was mustered into the federal service and became second lieutenant of Company D First regiment of Kansas Volunteer infantry. He fell at the battle of Wilson creek, August 10, 1861.
On April 10th 2004 a ceremony for the Interment for Unknown Union Soldiers in Springfield National Cemetery.
On April 10th 2004 a ceremony for the Interment for Unknown Union Soldiers in Springfield National Cemetery.
He was a native of Massachusetts and arrived in Lawrence Kansas in 1854. He engaged in the real estate business in Lawrence, and from 1858 until his death he held the office of county clerk. He also served as city cerk for several years. Captain Frank B. Swift, James C. Horton, Edward D. Thompson, and Caleb S. Pratt, led a large company from Lawrence to the Bickerton farm, where "Old Sacramento" - a cannon captured by Colonel Doniphan at the battle of Sacramento, brought by the Border-Ruffians into Kansas, and from them captured by the Free-State men-was buried. They dug up this cannon and carried it to Lawrence, where it was fired all night in honor of the admission of Kansas. On June 3 1861, he was mustered into the federal service and became second lieutenant of Company D First regiment of Kansas Volunteer infantry. He fell at the battle of Wilson creek, August 10, 1861.
On April 10th 2004 a ceremony for the Interment for Unknown Union Soldiers in Springfield National Cemetery.
On April 10th 2004 a ceremony for the Interment for Unknown Union Soldiers in Springfield National Cemetery.
