Member of Tennessee House, 28th, 31st, and 36th General Assemblies, 1849-51, 1855-57, 1869-71; representing Greene County in 28th Assembly; counties of Greene, Hancock, Hawkins and Jefferson in others; Unionist. Born September 29, 1804, in Greene County; names of parents not found. Farmer at Romeo, Greene County. Maiden name of wife, Melissa, not found; children, if any, unidentified. Died at an undetermined date in 1884; buried near Romeo, Greene County.

Sources: Reynolds, Greene County Cemeteries; U. S. Census, 1870, Greene County.

Transcribed by Mildred Collins from published biographies of Tennessee Legislators, compiled and printed by the TN State Library & Archives.