Biography
He was born on February 7, 1865 in Milford, Pennsylvania. In 1894 he was with the Carlin hunting party which left its cook, George Colgate behind to die. He purchased land in Stockholm, New Jersey and in 1907 completed a fireproof house made of stone. He died in 1936.
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