| 1847 |
Born in Edinburg, Scotland. |
| 1849 |
Came to the United States and the family home was
established in Ohio. |
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Educated in the public schools of Ohio. |
| 1862 |
Enlisted for service as a private of Company I, 103rd
Regiment of Ohio Volunteers. |
| May 14, 1864 |
Participated in the battle at Resaca, Georgia. |
| July 8, 1864 |
Led his company across the Chattahoochee. |
| June 12, 1865 |
Mustered out of service. |
| ca. 1865-1867 |
Attended Mennonite College, Wadsworth, Ohio. |
| Spring 1867 |
Came West. |
| Fall 1867 |
Left government employ at Ft. Lyon. |
| Fall 1867 |
Elizabethtown mines, New, Mexico. |
| 1868 |
Denver, employed by Holladay to drive a stage line
from Denver to Cheyenne. |
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Expert in bridge building for Northern Pacific
Railroad Company. |
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Returned to Ohio. |
| 2 years |
Officer at Ohio State penitentiary. |
| 1882-Fall 1885 |
Captain of Indian police and chief of scouts,
Mescalero Apache Indian Reservation. |
| 1886 |
Head detective, Texas Pacific Railroad. |
| Aug. 1886 |
Gen. Bradley sent telegram asking to start a campaign
against Geronimo. |
| Fall 1886 |
After Geronimo capture, left service at Ft. Stanton. |
| Fall 1886 |
Arrived in Las Cruces, raised bees for honey and gold
mining in Sierra County. |
| June 1, 1897 |
Married Alice B. Montgomery. |
| Nov. 1892 |
Militia that was to protect the polls, led by
Republicans W.H.H. Llewellyn and Capt. Branigan, retreats
under threat of overwhelming forces led by Democratats
Albert Bacon Fall and Oliver Lee. |
| Feb. 1896 |
Participated in the search for Albert Jennings and
Henry Fountain. |
| 1899-1900 |
Republican, elected to Doņa Ana assessor;
Commissioner, Las Cruces Ditch Association (also
secretary and treasurer); Appraiser on Board of the Doņa
Ana Bend Colony Grant. |
| ca. 1907 |
Las Cruces School Board. |
| Fall 1925 |
Died. |
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