 He was interested in the coal commission business and slate quarrying in 1868 at Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.He served as secretary and treasurer of a concern engaged in the manufacture of railroad equipment at Milton, Pennsylvania, from 1880 to 1899.He was interested in banking at Mauch Chunk, Sunbury, and Bethlehem, and in 1897 became president of the First National Bank at Milton, in which capacity he served until his death.