Was born at Windom, Ontario, Canada, March 28, 1813. He came with his parents to Michigan in 1822, who settled in Macomb county, about three miles east of the village of Rochester. As a young man, he was a teacher, and afterwards became a merchant at Avon. In 1842 he removed to Clarkston, where he was a successful merchant for twenty-five years. He was Representative in the Michigan House in 1850, and was a member of the Constitutional Convention of 1850. He was a Democrat in politics, and eminently a leader. As a business man he contributed largely to the prosperity of Clarkston. He died September 16, 1886.

Contributed by Barb Z - Source: Early History of Michigan with Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and Legislators: With Biographies of State Officers, Members of Congress, Judges and LegislatorsBy Stephen D. BinghamPublished by Thorp & Godfrey, state printers, 1888