Born in
Wallingford, Connecticut, he moved to New York about 1802 and settled in
Catskill. He engaged in mercantile pursuits; and was elected as a
Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress, holding office from March 4, 1811 to March 4, 1813. He was elected president of what is now the
Catskill National Bank in 1813 and took the oath of office as
justice of the peace on September 2, 1818. He engaged in the water
freighting business in 1823 and was also interested in agricultural pursuits. He became one of the incorporators of the
Catskill & Canajoharie Railway on April 19, 1830 and was a member of the
New York State Assembly in 1838 and 1839. He died in Catskill in 1853; and was interred in
Catskill Village Cemetery. ==References==