He received left school early in order to go to work, and at age 21 he emigrated to America.

Elliott), Ethel R. (Mrs. Searle), Harry S., Walter N. and Samuel C.[1][2] His wife was treasurer of a Boyle Heights women's suffrage club in 1896.

[1] He died in Los Angeles on October 24, 1914, after an illness of "several months, ... attributed to liver trouble.

He then entered into business with Robert E. Wirsching: They did general blacksmithing and built wagons "in a large shop on Aliso Street."

The firm sustained losses of $15,000 in the floods of 1884, but it rebounded and became successful, moving to larger quarters on Los Angeles Street, where it sold "modern agricultural implements.