Career
The family removed to New York City when John was still a child. He left school aged twelve years, worked as an office-boy in a law office for two years, and then became a printer. While working he attended evening grammar and high schools.
Later he was Assistant Commissioner of Public Works in the Bronx.
He died on February 22, 1941, at his home at 441 East 136th Street in the Bronx.
