His first work in Atchison was hauling one hundred cords of wood from Sumner to Atchison for John F. Ingalls. For awhile he hired out as a clerk to John M. Crowell who had a grocery store. He also sold produce at the old market.
In the later 1860s he married Miss Mary Held and a short time later started a restaurant. In the 80s he built a building at Tenth and Main streets and did well. He had eight children but death came and his wife and seven of his children died within three years.
--Old Secesh
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