 Kọkọ parí gbólóhùn tó wà nísàlẹ yìí: Wọn bí Jarvis ní June 27, 1845 ní Africa, Ohio. Nigba Ogun Abẹle Amẹrika, o ṣiṣẹ pẹlu 23rd Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment ti Union Army. Àwọn ìjà tí ó kópa nínú wọn ni Ogun Grand Gulf, Ogun Port Gibson, : Ogun ti Jackson, Mississippi, Ogun ti Champion Hill, Ogun ti Big Black River Bridge, Ogun ti Vicksburg ati Ogun ti Spanish Fort. 