Kammala jumla mai zuwa: An haife shi a Newport, New Hampshire, an nada Belknap a matsayin Midshipman a 1847. Ya umurci mai sa ido a lokacin hare-haren a kan
Yaƙin Fort Fisher, da kuma Sloop-of-war a lokacin Formosa Expedition na 1867. Shi ne babban jami'in da ke nan a lokacin tashin hankali bayan zaben David Kalākaua a matsayin Sarkin Hawaii a 1874.