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RICHARD WHITE, post office, Pawnee, was born in Tennessee, October 15, 1830. His father, Craig White, was born in January, 1800, in Tennessee. At the age of eighteen, he married Sally Lane, of North Carolina, and they had thirteen children. They came to this country in 1830. They had but little money, and bought land at second hand. Richard was but a few weeks old when his parents settled here. In March, 1866, he married Hannah Ward, who was born in Virginia, March 20, 1845. They had two children: William, who died in infancy, and Lilly Elizabeth, born October 16, 1869. Mr. White owns one thousand acres of land, valued at $40 an acre, and is engaged in general farming.