Education
He was educated in the public schools and at Bethany College, at Bethany, Virginia.
He was educated in the public schools and at Bethany College, at Bethany, Virginia.
He died September 18, 1881 in Topeka, Kansas. He was for several years secretary of Bethany College, when the celebrated preacher, Alexander Campbell, was its president He moved from Illinois to Kansas in 1855, and settled at Hyatt, now Garnett.
During much of his tenure he acted as governor.
Upon the expiration of this service he was again appointed Indian agent of the Utes and Jicarilla Apaches in the New Mexico Territory. He represented New Mexico at the Centennial Exposition, at Philadelphia, in 1876.