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Farragut, Ia. At the time of his marriage he was a druggist at Farragut but in about three years he moved to a farm about nine miles southeast. In 1889 he decided to go further west. He filed on government land in the southwest county of South Dakota and moved his family there in the spring of 1890. This was considered "the far west" in those days, and the following letter shows some of the situations of that time. The letter is to his father-in-law.

Jan. 11, 1891. Oelrichs, S. D.

C. W. Robbins, Farragut, Ia.
Dear Sir: I was at Hot Springs this last week on duty as county commissioner, but am home again now and will answer you regarding, the "Adams" place. * * * *

I don't think the Indians will burn any hay for us nor get our stock. We have lots of Government guns and I have a new six-shooter, and if they get our stock they will have to fight for it. Lt. Casey was brought to Oelrichs past our ranch a few days ago. He had been shot about 35 miles northeast of here. I saw 21 Indians over east of Brookfields about a week ago.

Respectfully yours,
J. H. White.

He accumulated a large tract of land in Fall River County, S. D., owning at one time 14,000 acres. When his children began to need better school advantages than provided in that locality he established a home in Chadron, Nebr., about thirty miles from the ranch. There he became interested in mercantile life and also in the banking business, being vice-president of the Chadron State Bank.

His wife, Annie Maria Robbins was born August 15, 1862, at Union Star, Ky., and moved to Farragut in 1878. Following are some of her lines of ancestry: Daughter of

Chas. Warren Robbins and Mary Louisa Watlington, daughter of

James Cox (in War of 1812) and Mary Elizabeth Seaton. daughter of

Wm. Seaton and Judith Tolliver, daughter of

"Capt". Tolliver, a wealthy slave owner in Virginia.


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Chas. Warren Robbins (above) was son of Josiah Robbins and Mahala York, born April 13, 1813, daughter of Thomas and Mary York of Rockland, Maine.

Josiah Robbins was son of Lewis and Phebe Robbins, also of Maine.

Children of J. H. White and Annie Maria Robbins:

*1	Maude Egbert White, born May 18, 1882.
*2	Edith Mary White, born September 14, 1884.
*3	Charles Halstead White, born March 8, 1886.
*4	Edward Franklin White, born November 4, 1887.
*5	Bernice Emma White, born September 29, 1889.

CHARLES E. WHITE (Egberl White⁹) was born December 28, 1860, near Kewanee, Ill. Married October 28, 1885, at Kent, Ohio, Maggie Laura Rouse. Children:

*1	Jessie Lynn White, born December 5, 1887.
*2	Harrison Rogers White, born June 11, 1889.

CHARLOTTE ANN WHITE (Egbert White⁹) was born June 13, 1863, near Kewanee, Ill. Married February 3, 1887, Christopher C. Blevins of Fairfax, Mo., where they lived until about 1897. In later years he was director of the Bankers Life Insurance Co., with headquarters in Des Moines, Ia., being superintendent of all agents. He was with this company twenty-five years and died October 24, 1925, at Lincoln, Nebr. Our subject lives (1927) at 1277 West 23 St., Los Angeles, Calif. Children:

*1	Harrison Halstead Blevins, born October 2, 1887, at Lincoln, Nebr.
*2	Eleanor Cline Blevins, born March 27, 1892, at Lincoln, Nebr.

GEORGE BROWNELL WHITE (Egbert White⁹) was born near Kewanee, Ill., Nov. 24, 1865. He came to, Fremont County, Ia., with his parents when a small child. As a young man he played professional base ball for three years, mostly in Kansas, then he farmed eleven years in Gage County, Nebr. There he married March 5, 1890, at Odell, Mary Ann Cerveny whose father, Mates Cerveny, was born near Prague, Bohemia, February 24, 1840, and died January 16, 1922, at Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, and whose mother was Barbary Vonasek, born at Prague December 4, 1840, and died October 9, 1916, at Ponoka, Alberta, Canada. They were married in 1867 in Pittsburg, Pa. Five children were born to this union. Mary Ann


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was born at Pittsburg November 21, 1868. The others, William, August, Vanntine and Fannie, were born in Gage County, Nebr.

George White and family moved to Ponoka, Alberta, Canada, in 1900 where they farmed for seven years, then he operated a fruit ranch at Deer Park, on Arrow Lake, in British Columbia, and in 1927 has an apartment. house in Prince Rupert. Children:

1	Julius G. White, born December 7, 1890, at Diller, Nebr. Not married. Has A. B. degree from Edmonton University, 1912, and studied law four years. Address; Franklin and Sutten Sts., San Francisco.
2	Isaac Cline White, born June 12, 1895, at Odell, Nebr. Married March 30, 1917, Marabeth Arnold of Seattle in Everett, Wash. She is a daughter of Carlos Frances Arnold of Kentucky, who claims descent from the Jackson family. of which Andrew Jackson was a member, and his wife, Marguerite Right of Pennsylvania. Marabeth Arnold was born May 26, 1898, at San Francisco. Children: Marjorie Alica, born March 29, 1918, at Seattle; Lyle Alexander, born August 10, 1920, at Los Angeles; residence in 1926, 7515 Tabor St., Palms, Calif.

THOMAS H. WHITE (Leonard T⁹) was born July 1, 1849. Married February 6, 1871, Francis M. Griffin. They lived in East St. Louis, Ill., where he was associated with the National Stock Yards. He was later appointed postmaster by President Roosevelt. In 1926 his widow was living at No. 77 Gibb St, New Haven, Conn. Children:

1	Arletta White, born September 23, 1874: died January 16, 1877.
2	Clarence E. White, born January 16, 1881. Married Minnie Green. Have one daughter, Adelaide. Address 816 Baugh Ave., East St. Louis.
3	Ethel A. White, born July 2, 1892; died February 11, 1906.

EUNICE ANN WHITE (Leonard T⁹) was born July 31, 1851. Married January 29, 1870, at Dover Plains, N. Y., Joseph Phelps of Vermont. Living in 1926 at Trenton, Nebr. Children:

1	Charles Phelps, born January 16, 1871, at Dover Plains, N. Y. Married Rebecca Cowman, born in Butler County, Ia. Living in 1926 at Brookfield, Mo. Children: Stella, Editb, Hasel, Guy and Arthur and Ardis , twins, all born at Maywood, Nebr.
2	Jennie Maude Phelps, born November 29, 1883, at Shenandoah, Iowa. Married July 4, 1907, Fred W. Mallory of Trenton, Nebr. (born in Eldora, Mo.) Children: Alice E., Joseph F., Ethel M., Eunice R. and Mandy M., all born at Maywood, Nebr., Howard E., born at Culbertson, Nebr., Robert C., born at Maywood, Arthur L. and Ruby H., both born at Tren-


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ton, Nebr., Jennie A., born at Walker, Mo., and Marvin E., born at Liberal, Mo., where the family was living in 1925.

SARAH ELIZA WHITE (Leonard T⁹ ) was born January 10, 1853, at Beekman, N.Y. Married Albert Dippert November 12, 1878, son of William Dippert. He followed the harness and carriage business in Des Moines, Ia., for many years. He was born in Strossberg, Germany. From Des Moines the family moved to Crawford, Nebr., later moving to South Dakota, living at Bixby and Chance. Sarah Eliza White Dippert writes under date of November 8, 1924: "I was quite young when my parents died. I was born in 1853. My mother died in 1857 and my father in 1860. There were seven of us and we were raised by relatives and friends. Eliza Wright Mayhew of Kewanee, Ill., gave me a home. I was so far from the place where I was born and from the rest of my family that I know very little concerning them. I always had the impression that my father was a cousin of Egbert White for Eunice Baldwin and Cline White both called me "cousin". They also told me that my grandfather was named Leonard T. White, same as my father. My grandfather married a second time, a woman named Doty. Though quite young I remember her distinctly at the funeral of my father." Children:

1	Mamie Dippert, born at Des Moines, Ia., June 24, 1880; died in July 1923. She married and had two sons. Roger, the elder, died in February, 1924, at Chance, S. D. The younger boy lives with his grandmother at Chance, S. D.
2	Ed Dippert, born October 17, 1882, at Des Moines, Ia.
3	Josie Dippert, born April 27, 1884, at Des Moines.
4	Bob Dippert, born May 22, 1887, at Crawford, Nebr.
5	Albert Dippert, born October 17, 1889, at Crawford, Nebr.
6	Will Dippert, born March 18, 1893, at Crawford, Nebr Living with his mother at Chance, S. D.
7	Hallie B. Dippert, born April 24, 1896, at Crawford, Nebr.

MARY C. WHITE (Leonard White⁹) born February 22, 1855, at Beekman, N. Y. She was only three when her mother died and she was given a home by her cousin, Eunice White, who had married James Baldwin and moved to Kewanee, Ill. Here she grew to womanhood and married March 11, 1876, Michael C. Quinn. He was interested in farming and had a grocery


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store and was in the elevator business. Living in 1927 at 507 Church St, Kewanee, Ill. Children:

*1	Mertie Quinn (twin) born May 4, 1877.
*2	Matie Quinn (twin) born May 4, 1877.
*3	Leonard Quinn, born December 23, 1879.
4	James Quinn, born November 15, 1887; died in 1916. No children.

BENJAMIN K. WHITE (Leonard White⁹) born October 3, 1857, near Beekman, N. Y. Died May 14, 1912. Buried at Stanfordville, N. Y. His parents died when he was very young and Dr. D. A. Knapp of North Clove, N. Y., took him and kept him until he was grown. At the age of twenty-one he went to his cousin, Egbert White, at Farragut, Fremont County, Ia., and a little later took up 160 acres of government land near Beatrice, Nebr. On disposing of this he went to St. Louis, Mo., where he was employed with his brother Thomas in the National Stock Yards for more than two years. He was taken ill and returned to Dutchess Co., N. Y., where he rented a farm at Union Vale for a year and in 1884 purchased a farm at Stanfordville where he lived until he died. Married January 13, 1880, to Frank Mary Traver, born November 14, 1856, daughter of Fyler Traver, born July 30, 1819; died October 8, 1856, and his wife Mary T. Devine, born May 27, 1821; died May 2, 1887. Fyler Traver was a son of Noah Traver, born August 23, 1794; died in June, 1862, and his wife Elenor Traver (but no relation) born January 28, 1793; died May 24, 1861. Both are buried at Washington, near Millbrook, N. Y. Children:

*1	Frederick Traver White, born August 3, 1890.
2	George FyIer White, born May 2, 1904, at Stanfordville, N. Y. After graduating from Millbrook High School in June, 1923, he was in the employ of the Fallkill National Bank at Poughkeepsie as a clerk and bookkeeper.

GERTRUDE WHITE (Isaac W. White⁹ and Mary Hall White¹⁰) was born October 12, 1879, at Dover Plains, N. Y. Married July 1, 1916, Edward J. Rowe, an attorney, at Brooklyn, where they lived at 1391 Dean St., and where he died January 17, 1920. One child:

Barbara.

MARY ELIZABETH WHITE (Edward White⁹) was born August 30, 1877, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in "Putnam Hall", now a part


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of Vassar College. Married June 7, 1905, Charles Oscar Miller, jr., of 79 South Ave., New Canaan, Conn. She is a graduate of Byrn Mawr College. In 1927 she was capably managing the C. 0. Miller department store at Stamford, Conn., Mr. Miller having died in 1922. This business was established in 1868. Residence; 61 Urban St., Stamford, Conn. Children:

1	Elizabeth White Miller, born May 14, 1906; died December 19, 1914.
2	Charles 0. Miller 3rd, born August 30, 1909; died December 28, 1914.
3	Mary Louise Miller, born December 24, 1911.
4	Edward White Miller, born August 24, 1917.

WILLARD CORNELL VAIL (Lavina Cornell⁹) was born May 17, 1856; died August 4, 1910, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Married January 14, 1885, Gertrude Bradley Flagler, who lived in 1926 at 98 South Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Children:

1	Lavina Cornell Vail, born in 1888. Married January 7, 1914, Dr. James Taylor Harrington, physician and surgeon of the Vassar Hospital of Poughkeepsie. Two children: Jocelyn and Willard.
2	Elias Cornell Vail, born September 23, 1889, at Moores Mills, Dutchess County, N. Y. Educated at Riverview Millitary Academy and Haverford School in Pennsylvania. Married October 7, 1916, Alice Lucile Jaquith who was born August 4, 1894, at Omaha, Nebr. She was educated at Brownell Hall in Omaha and at Dana Hall at Wellesley, Mass. E. C. Vail is associated with the Pouvailsmith Corp. Manufacturing Co. at Pougbkeepsle, living on South Road. Children: Joann and Eleanor.

JAMES WHITE BRONSON (Philena Horton White⁹) was born June 20, 1842, at Westchester, N. Y. Died at Wyoming, Ia., August 19, 1898. Married there in 1867 Augusta Brainard. Surviving him and living in 1926 at Wyoming, Ia. He served in the Civil War in the 24th Iowa Infantry. Children:

1	Benjamin A. Bronson, born February 7, 1869; died April 30, 1892.
2	William W. Bronson, married Katherine Franks and lived in 1925 at Wyoming, Ia., where he is a veterinary surgeon. Has two sons.

FREDERICK ASAHEL BRONSON (Philena Horton White⁹) was born March 31, 1860, at Wyoming, Ia. He married Laura Margretta Dixon at Milwaukee, Wis., and now resides at 511 Laurel Drive, Everett, Wash. Occupation: traffic manager for lumber manufacturers. Has no children. His wife was born in Chicago, daughter of Thomas Dixon, born in Cirencester, England, and Maryett Wood of Wisconsin, who were married in Chicago in 1865. Thomas Dixon was a son of James Dixon and


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Ann Brinn, both of Cirencester, England, married at Bath, England, and immigrated to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1848.

BENJAMIN THOMAS WHITE (Thomas White⁹) was born in Wisconsin February 2, 1861, according to the obituary at the time of his death in Omaha, Nebr., in 1911. He was taken to the Pacific Coast, overland, in a covered wagon when a small child by his parents, who were seeking to improve the failing health of his father. Both parents died, however, leaving him hardly more than an infant, among strangers. At the close of the Civil War his uncle, Benjamin Horton White, went to California, by the Isthmus route, to get him. He found him in a Mexican or Spanish family where he had forgotten his baby knowledge of English and understood Spanish only. He took his small nephew back to Binghamton, N. Y., to his grandparents. There and at Elmira, N. Y., he received his education and then joined his uncle at Wyoming, Ia., where he lived a few years, going then to Nebraska, where he studied law, was admitted to the bar and established a practice at Norfolk, Nebr., where he married January 1, 1888, Alice A. Schwenk. Late that same year he moved to Omaha and became assistant to the General Attorney of the, then, Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley R. R., later merged with the Chicago and Northwestern, and in 1897 he became General Attorney for the C. & N. W. lines west of the Missouri River. He died at the early age of fifty of neuralgia of the heart. He was one of the best known men in Omaha where his standing was very high. He was survived by his widow and five children, who moved to California. Children:

1	Gwendolin White married John 0. Pegrau, an army officer.
2	Ruth C. White, living in 1925 at 20th and Florida Ave., Washington, D. C. Not married.
3	Katherine White, a librarian, also living in Washington, D. C. (1925)
4	Kirk White, stationed in 1925 at Fort Benning, Ga. Was in World War.
5	Horton Vail White, a lieutenant, graduated from West Point in 1921. Married August 31, 1925, a daughter of Mrs. A. L. Gustetter, 420 Crawford St., Nogales, Ariz., and went to the Phillipines.

Additional data concerning Benjamin Horton White, page 260, April, 1926, issue. He had five sons and two daughters. His wife was Charlotte Allen of Trempeleau, Wis., a teacher in the schools of Wyoming, Ia.

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5	John, born in England; died October 20, 1642, in Haverhill, Mass.
6	Deborah, born November 15, 1642, in Haverhill, Mass.; died there December 8, 1642.
7	Mary, born February 10, 1645, in Haverhill, Mass.; died September 30, 1717, in Nantucket; married in 1662 Nathaniel Starbuck, son of Edward Starbuck and Katherine Reynolds. Nathaniel Starbuck was born in 1639 and died June 6, 1719, in Nantucket. They were the parents of the first white child born in Nantucket.
8	Lieutenant John, born October 30, 1647, in Haverhill, Mass; died 1711 in Edgartown, Mass.; married Deborah Austin, daughter of Joseph Austin and Sarah Starbuck and granddaughter of Edward Starbuck.
9	Stephen, born May 10, 1652, in Newbury, Mass.; died May 18, 1784; married Mary Bunker, daughter of George Bunker and Jane Godfrey.

(Contributed by Mrs. U. H. Wescott, Plattsmouth, Nebraska.)

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Cemetery Inscriptions

OAK GROVE CEMETERY, BRISTOL STATION, KENDALL CO., ILLINOIS.
(Lot 20, Block 3.)

Nathaniel Y. Austin, died December 29, 1877, aged 33 years, 6 months.
Jennie, daughter of N. Y. and S. J. Austin, born August 15, 1871, died February 19, 1872, aged 6 months.

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ELMWOOD CEMETERY, YORKVILLE, KENDALL COUNTY, ILLINOIS

E. H. Austin, born January 17, 1809, died August 16, 1886.
Miriam J., his wife, born June 12, 1827, died February 26, 1907.
J. N. Austin, born May 23, 1807, died March 19, 1892.
Sarah P., his wife, born January 18, 1823, died April 6, 1907.
Edward Floyd, son of F. H. and E. A. Dunn, born November 2, 1896, died January 26, 1897, aged 3 months.

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SPRING LAKE CEMETERY, AURORA, ILLINOIS
(Lot West, 84-c east; 83-c east.)

Joab Austin, died May 25, 1875, aged 69 years, 5 months,
Sarah Ann, wife of Joab Austin, died September 16, 1877, aged 68 years.

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Jane M. Stevens, wife of J. Austin, died January 29, 1841, aged 25 years, 1 month.
George Austin died and was buried at Young's Point, January 31, 1863, aged 24 years, 9 months.
Theodore Austin died and was buried at Parkersville, Virginia, June 18, 1865, aged 26 years, 2 months.
Silas S. Austin, died January 17, 1868, aged 27 years, 10 days.