He was born at Utica, New York, to English immigrant parents who were among the first settlers of Utica.[2] His family moved to New York City in 1812.[1]
Beginning in 1814 and continuing for the next seven years, he was an apprentice pupil of John Wesley Jarvis in New York City, along with John Quidor.[3][4]
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