He held, at various times, the following offices: served as Treasurer of Harmony Township, Justice of the Peace, he was one of the delegates to the first Free-Soil Convention, which was held at Madison. He was an ardent advocate of the temperance cause, always and ever striving to do good; he died Nov. 26, 18^ ; his wife died Aug. 26, 1869. Charles E., the subject of this sketch, received a good education, and learned farming thoroughly; he succeeded his father on the old homestead ; he was heir to eighty acres, which he still owns and lives on and works successfully ; he also has the management of forty acres ; his farm is well stocked, with a full-blooded Ayrshire bull, half Jersey and Durham grade catlle, Berkshire and Poland-China hogs, and he takes much pride in raising stock.