 After the war, he helped his father develop Llewellyn Park and later settled in San Francisco, California in 1877, where he engaged in furniture manufacturing, and also In mining and oil development.He married Emmeline "Emma" A. Gllmore (1849–1925) on June 4, 1868, at Llewellyn Park, in an open air ceremony.The couple had two sons Llewellen F. (born January 9, 1870) and Olcott (born February 13, 1873).