Born in Jennings County, Ind., May 15, 1822. When a small boy, with his parents he moved to Rush County and afterward to Kosciusko County of the same state, where he grew to manhood. On July 19, 1843, he was married to Jane Edgar. On April 12, 1849, he was married to Eliza Ann Tramel and in 1852 moved with his family to Jasper County, Iowa. For over forty-seven years he was a resident of Jasper County and engaged in farming. He was prominent in the early history of Jasper County and was always highly esteemed by everybody on account of his upright character and honest, sturdy manhood. He represented Jasper County in the lower house of the Iowa Legislature for four years and has at different times occupied places of trust at the hands of his fellow citizens. He was a good man always and the influence of his life work will live forever.