A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . ~^!aMts„,jij,^,jjrSt!>^- a, yth Dtst.\ REPRESENTATIVE MEA OF INDIAAA. 259 He was graduated in 1834, standing fourth in a classof thirty-six. He was then breveted as a second lieu-tenant of the 1st Artillery in the regular army. Afterabout one years service at Fort Monroe, Virginia, andFort King, Florida, he was sent by the War Depart-ment to assist Major Ogden, of the engineer corps, inconstructing the national road in Indiana and Illino
A biographical history of eminent and self-made men of the state of Indiana : with many portrait-illustrations on steel, engraved expressly for this work . ~^!aMts„,jij,^,jjrSt!>^- a, yth Dtst.\ REPRESENTATIVE MEA OF INDIAAA. 259 He was graduated in 1834, standing fourth in a classof thirty-six. He was then breveted as a second lieu-tenant of the 1st Artillery in the regular army. Afterabout one years service at Fort Monroe, Virginia, andFort King, Florida, he was sent by the War Depart-ment to assist Major Ogden, of the engineer corps, inconstructing the national road in Indiana and Illinois,and had charge of the division between Richmond andIndianapolis, Indiana. This was the first turnpike-roadin the state. After a year he resigned from the UnitedStates service and was resident engineer in the Indianastate service. During that time he had charge of theconstruction of the Central Canal. From 1841 to 1847he was chief engineer of the Madison and IndianapolisRailroad, and built it after it had been abandoned bythe state at Vernon, from that point to was the first railroad in the state. From 1847 to1852 he was chief
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