He was President of the Lockport Bank, and the local agent for the Albany Land Company, a group of investors who had bought large tracts of lands in Niagara and Orleans counties and in the northern parts of Genesee and Erie counties.
As head of the Lockport Bank, he also served as the local agent for the Albany Land Company, a collective of investors who had purchased extensive territories in Niagara, Orleans, Genesee, and Erie counties.