Aged 87 when written (~1906), 63 years spent in Ohio.
Came to the family farm in Ohio at age 12 after being reunited with his immigrant peddler father at Philadelphia.
Built the family home in 1880.
Democrat, township trustee ~15 years, Presbyterian (former trustee at New Bedford).
His father (surname White) was an immigrant peddler who bought land near Middlesex, Mercer County, PA and later 100 acres in what was then Trumbull County, Ohio.
Died 1872, wife survived to 1881 dying at age 97.
His sister Mary married Thomas Mayers.
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