He opened a store there in 1856. He was the president of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and helped found the Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Company, later Clarica Life Assurance, in 1868.
He began operating a business there in 1856. In 1868, he was the president of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company and helped establish the Ontario Mutual Life Assurance Company, which later became Clarica Life Assurance.