He and Eli Noyes were moved from Calcutta and stationed at Majurbhanj, Orissa, where the Baptists from England had already started their work among the Odia.
In 1839, he married Mary Ann[e] Grimsditch, second wife from Serampore, but she fell sick and died of fever in August 1940 at Midnapore - now in West Bengal state.
[1][2][3] He came to India as a missionary to the Santals— aboriginal tribes predominant in Orissa, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, and Jharkhand.
He also produced a grammar and dictionary that combined with schools ultimately resulted in village transformation.
[1][2] He returned to the United States in 1855 due to ill-health, and settled on a farm in Midwest - USA.