Career
He represented Liverpool township from 1820 to 1830 and Queens County from 1830 to 1836 and from 1840 to 1843 in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly. He was born in Horton (later Wolfville, Nova Scotia), the son of Elisha DeWolf and Margaret Ratchford. He established a company there with his father-in-law and two other partners.
From 1825 to 1840, he operated his own business.
He died in Liverpool in 1855.