Apprenticed to a saddler in New York at 15, later a bookkeeper in Williamsport, Penn.
Married Louisa Atherton Nov. 17, 1840.
Farmed at Huntsville, Luzerne Co., Penn. seven years, then commission business at Wilkes-Barre.
Came to Norwalk, Huron Co., Ohio 1856.
Farmed in Ridgefield township.
Opened a store in North Monroeville 1860, sold 1881.
Democrat then Republican.
Served four years in Ohio State Legislature and six years as county commissioner.
Congregational Church member.
Died Jan. 26, 1892, buried North Monroeville cemetery.
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