Career
He removed to West Troy about 1841, and in 1843 opened a grocery and provision store and Livery yard there. In 1850, he added storage and forwarding to his business, and later also owned canal boats. He was President of the Village of West Troy in 1853.
And in 1855 became a director of the Union Bank of Troy.
He was the first Supervisor of the Town of Colonie, elected in 1895. He died of pneumonia, and was buried at the Albany Rural Cemetery in Menands, New New York