Career
About 1830, he removed to Murray, Orleans County, New York, and was among the founders of the village of Hindsburgh (now Hinsburg). During the administration of Governor William H. Seward, he was appointed Superintendent of Canal Repairs for a section of the Erie Canal. He was one of the first three Canal Commissioners elected under the New York State Constitution of 1846, and drew the three-year term, being in office from 1848 to 1850.