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He was born in Ireland, and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He attended the local public schools and afterwards came to America, settling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he followed the trade of a mechanic throughout his life. Politically, he was a Whig and subsequently a Republican, but never sought office. In the religious sphere, he was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian church.

He was born in Ireland and in that country became a follower of the cabinet-maker's trade, in which he served a regular apprenticeship and in which he became a skilled workman. About 1830 he and his family emigrated, coming to the United States and settling in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he learned and followed the pattern-maker's trade, the demand for work of that nature being greater than for that in the line of which he was already master. His mechanical genius was innately strong, and he was able to earn journeyman's wages in his new craft soon after engaging in it, without enduring the dreary and profitless years of an apprenticeship. Pattern-making remained his business throughout his active years, his death occurring when he had reached an advanced age.