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JOHN G. WHITE, justice of the peace, Joplin township, was born in West Virginia May 13, 1826. His parents, Henry and Harriet (Lanham) White, were also natives of West Virginia. His father was born in Pendleton county about the year 1779 and died in the winter of 1844; his mother was born in Monongalia county about 1798, and died in the fall of 1864. Our subject was raised on a farm and educated in the schools of Lewis county. After he had grown to maturity he went to Harrison county, same state, and engaged on the public works for about five years. He then came west to Galena, Ill., and engaged in a saw-mill for three years. In the spring of 1859 he was elected city marshal for Galena and served in that capacity one year. In Nov., 1861, he came to northeast Missouri, and for eight years engaged there in farming. He then moved to Lawrence county, this state, locating near Pierce City, and commenced the butcher business and continued it about two years, and then went to Granby, Newton county, and followed the same business near two years. He was then elected police judge for the city of Granby and served one year; then went to Short Creek, Kan., and remained for a time. He came to Joplin in the spring of 1880, and engaged in mining until Dec, 1882. Having been previously elected justice of the peace for Joplin township he took the oath of office on Nov. 20th and assumed the responsibilities. Justice White was married in Harrison county, West Va., Jan. 12, 1852, to Miss Julia A., daughter of R. T. and Harriet Saulsbury, of Virginia. Mrs. W. was born June 25, 1836, in Pennsylvania. From this union there have been seven children: Martha J., born Nov. 16, 1852; George G., born June 3, 1854; R. Taylor, born April 26, 1857; Harriet A., born March 3, 1859; Henry Douglas, born Feb. 14, 1863; Mary M., born Sept. 23, 1864; and Clara M., born Oct. 3, 1871. Mrs. W. is a member of the Baptist Church, and Mr. White a member of the I. O. O. F. and Masonic orders.