Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - An haife shi a cikin Simcoe County, Kanada ta Yamma a 1848, ɗan baƙi na Irish, kuma ya yi karatu a Barrie. Daga 1864 zuwa 1866 ya kasance mai koyar da horo na masu sa kai na Simcoe kuma yana cikin aikin Fenian.
a matsayin babban jami'in rundunar sojoji na wucin gadi na kamfanoni daga arewa da aka tara a Toronto.