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"John White"

JOHN WHITE, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Fulton; born in Scotland in 1803; he came to Wisconsin
in September, 1842, and settled in Porter Township, Rock Co., where he engaged in farming. He married in Scotland, May 8, 1832, Miss Jane STEWART, a native of Scotland; he has five children. Mr. WHITE and his sons - Alexander, James S. and Charles - own 950 acres of land, and in 1869, his sons bought the Fulton Mills, conducting it since then under the firm name of WHITE Brothers. Alexander WHITE was born in Scotland Feb. 5, 1836; he married in Madison, Wis., April 19, 1865, Miss Amelia PYRE, a native of New York; two children. Charles WHITE was born in Scotland Aug. 18, 1837; he married in Janesville, Dec. 10, 1865, Miss Mary A. TAYLOR, a native of Rock Co., Wis.; six children.
 
Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis." (c)1879, p. 872.
 
Courtesy of Carol

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