Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mụrụ Charles E. Boyle na Uniontown, Pennsylvania. Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ ndị nkịtị, na kọleji Waynesburg dị na Waynesburg, Pennsylvania. Ọ gụrụ akwụkwọ iwu, a nabatara ya n'ụlọikpe n'ọnwa Disemba 1861 ma na-arụ ọrụ. A họpụtara ya onye ọka iwu mpaghara maka Fayette County, Pennsylvania, na 1862. Ọ rụrụ ọrụ dịka onye otu Pennsylvania State House of Representatives na 1865 na 1866. Ọ bụ onye isi oche nke mgbakọ Democratic State na 1867 na 1871, na onye nnọchi anya na Democratic National Convention na 1876 na
Afọ 1880.