He was also a practical land surveyor, and at one time fulfilled a contract for the official survey of some townships for the Government.

He was a native of Kentucky, but his boyhood and young manhood were spent in central Missouri. I do not recall, if I ever knew, at what institution or college he obtained his education.

He died, at a ripe old age, in the early nineties. His impress for good still abides and will until the generation that knew him shall have passed away.