Ia tusi se faaauauga o lenei palakalafa - Na fanau Jarvis iā Iuni 27, 1845 i Aferika, i Ohaio. I le taimi o le American Civil War, sa tautua ai o ia i le 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment o le Union Army. Na auai o ia i taua e aofia ai le Taua i le Fagaloa Tele
, o le Taua i Port Gibson, o le Taua i Jackson, Misisipi, o le Taua i Champion Hill, o le Taua i Big Black River Bridge, o le Siege o Vicksburg ma le Taua i Spanish Fort.