|birth_place=Colchester, McDonough County<br>[[Illinois]], USA
|death_date=February 8, 1909 (aged 41)
|death_place=[[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]], [[Alabama]]<br>|resting_place=Crowley Cemetery in Last residence: Crowley, [[Louisiana]]|resting_place=Crowley Cemetery
|residence=Crowley, Louisiana
|spouse=Leola Belle White Nixon (married 1895-1909, his death)<br>