Civil War veteran; b: Todd Co KY; d: Lawrence Co IL; m: Anna Marie Bell (1840-1918 buried Clark Co IL); ch: Georgianna (1861 IN-1944 IN; m: Pracker) & Mary Joan (1865-1951 buried Crawford Co; m: James William Rush) & Charles Elliott (1870-1937 buried Iroquois Co IL; m: Catharine Stevenson)