He then conducted business as a merchant in Jamestown and was a manufacturer of pearl ashes starting in 1824 and then in Mayville beginning in 1825.
[1] He married Mary Ann Davis in 1832 and they had three children, including Elizabeth, Arthur, and Samuel.
[2] He served in the 56th New York State Legislature in 1833 alongside Nathaniel Gray, representing Chautauqua County.
He was appointed Postmaster for Jamestown on June 8, 1841, in which he had to resign when he was elected County Clerk, serving until December 5, 1843.
[1] On August 4, 1871, the steamboat Chautauqua was to land at Mayville when the boiler exploded and killed 8 people.