Closing the factory in fall of 1869, he returned to Pendleton, New York to farm for two years.

He returned to Canada in the fall of 1863 to operate a business in lumber and shingles until the end of reciprocity treaty in March 1866.

He married Helen C. Wood, daughter of noted oldest Flint resident, H.C.

[7] He was elected as the twenty fourth mayor of the City of Flint in 1882 serving a 1-year term.

[7] He purchased a partnership share of Flint Woolen Mills in 1876 which would later be known by the name of Stone, Atwood & Co.[8] He further purchased a share in Wood & Atwood Hardware Company in 1884 and maintained holdings in the First National Bank and Genesee County Savings Bank.