Born in Ohio November 26, 1843. He came with his parents to Keokuk County, Iowa, when a boy and when the call came he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-third Iowa Infantry, and served three years. He graduated from Keokuk Medical College in 1876 and commenced practice at Greencastle, near the present town of Mingo, Jasper County, where he attained success in his profession. He removed to Colfax in 1890 and thereafter remained a resident of that place. In 1899 he was elected representative and was re-elected two years later, serving in the Twenty-eight and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies. He was postmaster at Colfax from 1908 to 1913.

Born in Ohio November 26, 1843. He came with his parents to Keokuk County, Iowa, when a boy and when the call came he enlisted in Company E, Thirty-third Iowa Infantry, and served three years. He graduated from Keokuk Medical College in 1876 and commenced practice at Greencastle, near the present town of Mingo, Jasper County, where he attained success in his profession. He removed to Colfax in 1890 and thereafter remained a resident of that place. In 1899 he was elected representative and was re-elected two years later, serving in the Twenty-eight and Twenty-ninth General Assemblies. He was postmaster at Colfax from 1908 to 1913.