Born: Ipava, Illinois, 1851.
Died:
Received such education as the common schools afforded. After his baptism by Dr. J. H. Brinkerhoff in 1867, he served as a lay preacher. Then he traveled with some of the strong preachers of that time, by whom he was instructed in the things pertaining to the kingdom of God. He served the churches at New Philadelphia, Bryant, Cuba, La Harpe, Barry, Mason City, Pekin and Astoria. He was a single-purposed, guileless and industrious preacher whose service was always constructive. He moved to Iowa in 1900.