Then he became a partner in the Monmouth House in Spring Lake, New Jersey, then the largest beach resort on the Atlantic coast.

[citation needed] On October 23, 1899, he married Harriet E. Brooks,[2] retired from the hotel business, went to live in Rochester, New York.

In 1905 he bought a large estate in nearby Churchville, New York, his wife's home village.

There he became a large stockholder in the Flour City National Bank; engaged in the construction of infrastructure, like telephone, electricity, roads and bridges; and also engaged in farming on his 200-acres estate.

He died on September 3, 1921, at his home near Churchville, New York,[1] and was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester.