Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A họpụtara ya site na Pennsylvania gaa United States Military Academy na West Point, gụsịrị akwụkwọ na 1822, nke 26 na klas ya nke 40. Ọrụ ya kpọgara ya Florida, karịsịa n'ógbè Pensacola. Ọ nwere obi ụtọ oge ya na Pensacola, na-ede ugboro ugboro banyere ndụ ya ebe ahụ dị ka onye nke abụọ. E buliri ya n'ọkwa 1st Lieutenant mgbe afọ asaa gachara, na 1846, ruo ọkwa onye isi. E kenyere ya na 1st U.S. Infantry mgbe ahụ 4th U.S. Infantry tupu ọ rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye enyemaka nke General Edmund P. Gaines na mmalite nke Agha Seminole nke Abụọ. O gosipụtara onwe ya n'oge agha Mexico na America n'okpuru Zachary Taylor, na-enweta nkwalite brevet ka ọ bụrụ onye isi maka ịdị uchu na
Palo Alto na lieutenant Colonel maka Resaca de la Palma. Ndị a ma ama nọ na Filadelfia ji ekele nye ya mma agha mgbe ọ lọghachiri n'obodo ahụ na 1847. N'August 30, 1851, mgbe ọ dị afọ 49, ọ lụrụ Elizabeth McMurtrie. Alụmdi na nwunye ha bụ nke obi ụtọ, ọ dịkarịa ala, ha mụrụ ụmụ nwoke abụọ na otu nwa nwanyị. Ọ lara ezumike nká na afọ iri atọ na otu dịka onye isi ndị agha na onye nyocha nke ndị agha na 1853.