He moved to Guernsey County, Ohio, in 1832 and settled on a farm near Cambridge.

He served as secretary of the Guernsey County Board of School Examiners 1841-1844.

During the Civil War served as chairman of the Guernsey County Military Committee.

Internal revenue collector for the sixteenth Ohio district, by appointment of President Lincoln from 1862 to 1869.

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