Traveled from Illinois to California, starting in 1850 and returning about 3 years later. He wrote an account of his travels entitled “Scenery of the Plains, Mountains and Mines: or a Diary Kept upon the Overland Route to California.”

Census Tracking:
* 1830 - Madrid, St. Lawrence Co., NY
* 1850 - Placerville, El Dorado Co., California
* 1857 Minnesota Territorial Census of Winona Co., Township 106
* 1860 - Winona Co., Minnesota
* 1865 State Census of St. Charles, Winona Co., Minnesota