Representative from Lapeer county in 1877–9, was born in the county of Beauharnois, Parish of Ste. Martine, Canada East, March 29, 1835. He received a common school education, and resided in Canada until the year 1856, when the family emigrated to the United States, with the intention of settling in Kansas; but owing to the political disturbances in that state at the time, they retraced their steps and settled in Goodland, Lapeer county, Michigan, where he engaged in lumbering and farming. His present occupation is farming. He has held the office of township clerk, supervisor and other minor offices. In politics, a Republican.

Early History of Michigan (1888) by Stephen D Bingham p. 29