J. P. Root: "He removed to Providence in March 1812. Business interests soon after led him to the State of Georgia, where he remained a few years. Returning to Providence, he married March 28, 1816, Rhoda Peck, and established himself in the shoe trade, and by his industry, energy, and integrity built up a solid and lucrative business. His dwelling-house, now occupied by his daughters, was built about 1826. He was not an aspirant for the favors of public life, choosing the serener circles of home and of common industry, though he was once an efficient officer of the militia, and always a generous supporter of the fire department and the various benevolent institutions of the city. In him the poor and needy had an unfailing friend. He made a profession of religion in connection with the old First Baptist Church, that he might help the new organization, he returned to his first church home, and was ever respected for his sterling character, his active piety, and his genial ways."
J. P. Root: "He removed to Providence in March 1812. Business interests soon after led him to the State of Georgia, where he remained a few years. Returning to Providence, he married March 28, 1816, Rhoda Peck, and established himself in the shoe trade, and by his industry, energy, and integrity built up a solid and lucrative business. His dwelling-house, now occupied by his daughters, was built about 1826. He was not an aspirant for the favors of public life, choosing the serener circles of home and of common industry, though he was once an efficient officer of the militia, and always a generous supporter of the fire department and the various benevolent institutions of the city. In him the poor and needy had an unfailing friend. He made a profession of religion in connection with the old First Baptist Church, that he might help the new organization, he returned to his first church home, and was ever respected for his sterling character, his active piety, and his genial ways."
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