sentences:  He was employed as a bank clerk and learned bookkeeping in Catskill.He moved to Boonton, New Jersey in 1845 and was employed as a bookkeeper and paymaster.He later engaged in mercantile pursuits, was postmaster of Boonton from 1849 to 1853, was a member of the town committee from 1852 to 1856 and was Justice of the Peace from 1856 to 1861.