During the Civil War he served in the Confederate States Army in Company E, Third Virginia Cavalry.

He was graduated from the law department of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, in 1867.

He was admitted to the bar the same year and commenced practice at Nottoway Court House, Virginia.

He retired to his plantation, "The Old Place," near Blackstone, and engaged in agricultural pursuits until his death there August 24, 1910.

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