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GEORGE W. WHITE, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Allen’s; was born in Champaign Co., Ohio, Feb. 22, 1834, and is a son of George and Mary (Anderson) White; George was brought up to agricultural pursuits, and was educated in the district schools; in 1855, he started in life for himself by engaging in the saw-mill business, which remained his occupation for fourteen or fifteen years, during which time he was favored with the general patronage in the vicinity where he labored, and many bills of lumber were filled; soon after retiring from the milling business, he purchased his present farm, of 217 acres, in Secs. 2 and 3 Brown Township, Miami Co., where he is now located, and has a farm second to none in the township, in quality of soil and in various improvements; his farm is arranged so that stock can be watered in each field, either by spring or by the wind-engine, which he has erected over a well on the highest summit of the farm; Mr. White takes particular pride in keeping a good class of stock, as well as in keeping up and cultivating his farm, on a systematized plan; on his farm is a young orchard, of five acres, of good selections of fruits of various kinds. He also takes an active part in all public interests of the county. Sept. 6, 1856, he married Lucinda McKinley, who was born in Champaign Co., Ohio, July 12, 1838; they have eight children, viz., William P., Samuel H., Rosa, Rhoda F., Clara M., Mollie, Nora and Grant.