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Came to Sopchoppy from Rock Island, Illinois. Bought the old Lee plantation and built a home on the south side of the river on a cliff. Bought and operated a sawmill and commissary and started a newspaper (Sopchoppy Argosy) in 1910. As Sopchoppy's only Republican, he served as postmaster during T. Roosevelt's administration. Owned and operated Oaklawn Poultry Farm with over 1000 hens and pullets. He died in 1941 and had five children: Julius, Henry, Gertie, Dorothy and Walter.
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