Bio

• Born at Trenton, Ontario, Canada. Married to Amanda Howell on January 26, 1854. He and partners sold their interest in a gold mine for a small sum in 1859. Later this was the richest mining strike in American history known as the “Comstock Lode.”

  He died broke by suicide near Bozeman, Montana.

Date of birth

• 1820

Date of death

• 1870-09-27

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