He married Eliza Ann Wainwright (1819–1891), and they had three children.

About 1844, he was Inspector of Boats on the Canals, at Whitehall. In 1849, he was employed by the Saratoga and Whitehall Railroad Company.

He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Washington Co., 2nd D.) in 1855.

He was a member of the New York State Senate (13th D.) in 1856 and 1857.

He and his wife were buried at the Boardman Cemetery in Whitehall.

• The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 137, 145, 249 and 297; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)
• The New York State Register (1843; pg. 329)
• The New York State Register (1845; pg. 357)
• Pen and Ink Portraits of the Senators, Assemblymen, and State Officers of New York by G. W. Bungay (1857; pg. 61)

• Justin A. Smith at Find a Grave