At a very early age, he began working in the oil fields and spent six years with the U. S. Oil Company in West Virginia, before moving to Ohio and then following his brother to Saratoga, Texas in 1904.
From an early age, the individual began work in oil fields and worked for U. S. Oil Company in West Virginia for six years prior to relocating to Ohio and subsequently joining his brother in Saratoga, Texas in 1904.