Reared on the home farm, educated in a log schoolhouse.
Learned the tinner's trade under cousin Jacob Painter at Congress, Wayne county, Ohio.
Managed tin shops in Pittsburg and Lattsburg, Ohio.
In March 1851 established tinning and hardware business in Rowsburg.
Married Catherine McHose May 1, 1850.
Wife died June 5, 1900, buried at Rowsburg.
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