In Ohio he was the Captain of a company of state malitia. He drilled for the Mexican war but was not called out.
He taught school in Mercer county and was a leader in the Presbyterian Church.
"In politics, he was a whig, abolitionist, and republican. He cast the only abolition vote cast in Ohio Grove township at one election. He was honest, straightforward and of strong convictions. This made him perhaps second to none in influence among men." (History of Mercer and Henderson Counties)
Married 1843 to Polly Hayes.
Cause of death: Consumption
He taught school in Mercer county and was a leader in the Presbyterian Church.
"In politics, he was a whig, abolitionist, and republican. He cast the only abolition vote cast in Ohio Grove township at one election. He was honest, straightforward and of strong convictions. This made him perhaps second to none in influence among men." (History of Mercer and Henderson Counties)
Married 1843 to Polly Hayes.
Cause of death: Consumption
In Ohio he was the Captain of a company of state malitia. He drilled for the Mexican war but was not called out.
He taught school in Mercer county and was a leader in the Presbyterian Church.
"In politics, he was a whig, abolitionist, and republican. He cast the only abolition vote cast in Ohio Grove township at one election. He was honest, straightforward and of strong convictions. This made him perhaps second to none in influence among men." (History of Mercer and Henderson Counties)
Married 1843 to Polly Hayes.
Cause of death: Consumption
He taught school in Mercer county and was a leader in the Presbyterian Church.
"In politics, he was a whig, abolitionist, and republican. He cast the only abolition vote cast in Ohio Grove township at one election. He was honest, straightforward and of strong convictions. This made him perhaps second to none in influence among men." (History of Mercer and Henderson Counties)
Married 1843 to Polly Hayes.
Cause of death: Consumption
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