He was educated at Washington College, Lexington, Virginia, and at the famous Law School of Judge Brokenbrough in the same town.  He served with the Greenbrier Rifles in the Confederate Arm, and resumed practice in Lewisburg after the war closed.  In 1882 he was appointed to the State Supreme Court to fill out the unexpired term of Judge James F. Patton.  Later, he was elected for the full term.

 

 

(information from Historical Booklet, Greenbrier County, 1938)