Listed in 1881 census as being orn 1869 (age 12).

He is listed as a farmer living in Hagarty at the time of his marriage to Catherine/Katherine. Witnesses were James Wilson and Mary Potter, both of Hagarty.

He is living on Main Street, Cobden in the 1921 census, along his 2nd wife (Mary Elizabeth), and 3 of his kids (William, Harrison, Ida), and 3 step kids (Beulah, Florence and Katie).