Born in Boston in 1809 and later moved to Arkansas where he joined the U.S. Army. He served as Captain and fought in the Mexican-American War. Politically active, he voted against secession and wanted to take a
The 21-year Army veteran was an avid cyclist and reg- ularly commuted by bike from his Alexandria home to the Pentagon. He was survived by his wife Pat, an Air Force doctor that he met when he fell ill at the Jungle Warfare School in Panama. Other survivors included his parents ...