 He was member of the board of education of Grand Rapids from 1923 to 1926 and a member of the city commission from 1926 to 1928.In the early 1880s, he invested in the Sweet Ranch in Dickey County, North Dakota.He is listed as the founder of Fullerton, North Dakota which was named in honor of his father-in-law and owner of the Carroll House Hotel in Fullerton which is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.