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Below is a family biography included in The History of Warrick County, Indiana published by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co. in 1885.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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ARTHUR M. WHITE is a native of the township where he now resides, born January 4, 1863, the ninth in a family of eleven children— David, Captain of Company I, Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (deceased), Mary G., Robert B., James A., Jennie M., Charles W., William T., Clark P., Arthur M. and two that died in infancy—born to Robert W. and Lydia J. (Ferguson) White, natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married February 18, 1841. The following spring they came to Warrick County, settling on Section 27 in Skelton Township, with a capital of $400. He improved a farm of 300 acres, and at his death, which occurred January 27, 1865, by the falling of a tree, he was the owner of over 700 acres of land. Mrs. White’s birth occurred February 18, 1822, and she now resides on the old homestead. She and husband were members of the Old School Presbyterian Church. Arthur M. was raised on the farm and received a good common school education, December 25, 1883, he married Miss Emma Johnson, who was born February 17, 1864, a daughter of Squire and Nancy J. (Tennison) Johnson, and to them one child— Clyde C. —has been born. Mr. White turns his attention principally to stock-raising and farming, owning sixty acres of good land. He is a Democrat in politics, and an esteemed and respected citizen.

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This family biography is one of 274 biographies included in The History of Warrick County, Indiana portion of the book: History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties Indiana published in 1885 by Goodspeed, Bros. & Co.  For the complete description, click here: Warrick County, Indiana History and Genealogy

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