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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Robert WHITE, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Lockport; was born in Cambridgeshire, Eng., March 
19, 1833; he came to America in 1854; he farmed up to his coming to this county; he 
settled in, Yankee Settlement, Homer Township, the same year, and worked for Robert 
BENTLEY; in 1865, he moved to Orland, Cook Co., IL., remaining there seven years farming, 
when he returned to this township and settled where he now resides; has fifty-one acres. 
He enlisted in Co. F, 100th Regiment IL. Inf., and served during the war, being mustered 
out with his regiment June 13, 1865; he was wounded through the thighs at Kenesaw 
Mountain, on June 27, 1884.    Has been School Director seven years. He married Mrs. 
Francis VANDEWATER (widow of Daniel VANDEWATER) in Homer Township, March 14, 1861; they 
have eight children, three by Mr. VANDEWATER - Hannah (now Mrs. Martin O'BRIEN), born 
March 17, 1852; Sarah Jane, Sept. 3, 1855, and William D., Aug. 29, 1857; five by Mr. 
WHITE - Robert J., born Dec. 31, 1861; John Thomas, Dec. 8, 1866; Elizabeth Ann, Jan. 
25, 1869; Charles H., July 1, 1871, and George W. R., Nov. 29, 1873.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.