Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - I whānau a Ginley ki Ireland, ā, i uru atu ki te mahi ki Woodside, Queens, i New York City. I whakawhiwhia ki a ia te Tohu Whakahonore, mo te toa nui i whakaatuhia i Dinwiddie County, Virginia, mo te maia i te mahi i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Teihana Ream
, i a ia e mahi ana hei tangata takitahi ki te Kamupene F, 2nd U.S. Artillery. I whakawhiwhia tana Tohu Whakahonore i te Oketopa 31, 1890.