sentences:  He served as a Justice of the Peace in 1862 and then moved to Canyon City, Oregon, where he was engaged in the general mercantile business from 1863 to 1864.There he served as postmaster at the same time, and then from 1864 to 1866 he served as clerk of Grant County.In 1866, he served as delegate to the Union-Republican convention of Oregon, and was elected that year to the Oregon House of Representatives from Grant County.