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Note: R A TIME, EMPLOYING HIS LEISURE HOURS IN STUDING LAW. LATER HE READ LAW IN THE OFFICE OF VAN SCHAACK AND BEALE, IN KINDERHOOK, AND WITH AC BENTONOF VALATIE. IN 1863 WAS ADMITTED TO THE BAR AND BEGAN THE PRACTICE OF HIS PROFESSION IN THE VILLAGE OF CHATHAM WHERE HE ALWAYS WAS A PROMINENT FIGURE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS. HE PREPARED THE CHARTER OF CHATHAM VILLAGE AND SERVED AS THE FIRST POLICE JUSTICE. HE WAS ALSO A NEW YORK SENATOR IN 1895
Note: AS A BOY HE ATTAENDED DISTRICT SCHOOLS AND WORKED IN HIS FATHERS SHOP. HE TAUGHT SCHOOL FO
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