A native of North Reading, Middlesex County, Mass., and was born February 4, 1832; in that State. He learned the trade of stone mason. After reaching manhood, he emigrated to Iowa, and came to Clinton in 1855. He remained a short time, then lived in Davenport and in Durant, Cedar County, until the fall of 1858, when he located in Clinton and engaged in building. He has erected some of the best buildings in the city and also did considerable contracting and building for the C. & N. W. R. R., here and on the line of the road at Boone and Dunlap. He has held the office of City Alderman, and was elected Mayor of the city in March, 1878 and re-elected in March, 1879. He represented Clinton County in the Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies, 1882 and 1884.

A native of North Reading, Middlesex County, Mass., and was born February 4, 1832; in that State. He learned the trade of stone mason. After reaching manhood, he emigrated to Iowa, and came to Clinton in 1855. He remained a short time, then lived in Davenport and in Durant, Cedar County, until the fall of 1858, when he located in Clinton and engaged in building. He has erected some of the best buildings in the city and also did considerable contracting and building for the C. & N. W. R. R., here and on the line of the road at Boone and Dunlap. He has held the office of City Alderman, and was elected Mayor of the city in March, 1878 and re-elected in March, 1879. He represented Clinton County in the Nineteenth and Twentieth General Assemblies, 1882 and 1884.