He is listed in the 1917 Chandler City Directory as a farmer and in the 1918 Chandler City Directory as a
co-owner of Hicks Bros., a second-hand goods store. The other owner is Ira Hicks.
In the 1919 directory he appears as a farmer, married to Mary Hicks. The 1920 directory said he was a rancher and gives Mary as his wife.