He has born in Vincennes, Indiana in 1865, and came to New York City in about 1889 after studying art for a year in Cincinnati, Ohio.

He was particularly effective in decorative work, often making the pictures fantastical.

The work "A Young Girl Dancing" (1893, Pen and Ink) captures his whimsical skill.

He was engaged to be married to the actress Elita Proctor Otis, before he died at his apartment in the Union Square Hotel of brain fever on July 3, 1896, after an illness of ten days.

His wife (one "Miss Gallagher") had died two years earlier, with whom he had a daughter named Gladys born 1887-1891.