One of the earliest settlers and most prominent citizens of the county of Monona, in his day, came here in February, 1856. He was a native of Huron County, Ohio, born near Norwalk, July 25, 1822. He received his education in the common schools, and at the Michigan State University, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, being graduated from the law department of the latter noble institution, about 1847. He then engaged in the practice of law at Chicago, Illinois, where he attained some eminence, but seeking a larger scope for his abilities and energies, in 1856, he came to Monona County and settled. He was one of the leading attorneys in this section of the State, and took an active part in the politics of the county and district, and represented this district in the Lower House in the Twelfth General Assembly, in 1868-69.