He then moved to Philadelphia to work as an apprentice to a carriage-maker, and later to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, where he married before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked for two years as a steward on an old river steamer.
He relocated from one location to another, first working as an apprentice to a carriage-maker in Philadelphia, then marrying in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, before moving to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he worked as a steward on an old river steamer for two years.