Poet and correspondent. Born in Campsie, Stirlingshire. Worked as an engraver for
calico printing. Contributed to the *Stirling Observer*. Correspondent for the *Glasgow
Daily Mail*. Author of *Poems and Songs. Chiefly in the Scottish language* (1877)
and *Songs for the Bairns; and, Miscellaneous Poems* (1884). Biographical information:
Reilly, *Late Victorian Poetry*, p. 348. (CC)