Butler County KS Archives Biographies.....Pace, L. M. June 16, 1858 - 
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Source: History of Butler County, Kansas
Author: Vol. P. Mooney

From 'History of Butler County, Kansas' by Vol. P. Mooney 1916

     L. M. PACE, a prominent hardware merchant of Whitewater, was a pioneer 
railroad agent of Kansas.  Mr. PACE was born in Weldon, Ill., June 16, 1858, 
and is a son of Robert A. and Isabelle (MASON) PACE, both natives of 
Cumberland County, Kentucky.  Robert PACE was a son of John and Lucy 
(ALEXANDER) PACE, natives of Henry county, Virginia.  The PACE family are of 
old Virginia stock, and was founded in the colony of Virginia in 1665, and is 
of English origin.  John PACE was the founder of the PACE family in Virginia, 
and so far as known, all members of the PACE family in America are descendants 
from him.  John PACE, Jr., son of John PACE, the founder of the family in this 
country, was employed in the early days in Virginia as an overseer of slaves 
on a plantation.  Three of the descendants of John PACE served in the 
Revolutionary war.
     L. M. PACE, the subject of this sketch, first came to Butler county in 
charge of the commissary during the construction of the Missouri Pacific 
railroad, which was .....
     Mr. PACE was married at Towanda, Kans., October 12, 1887, to Miss 
Florence WAIT, a daughter of Clark and Hannah (PUTNAM) WAIT, natives of New 
York, and early settlers of Towanda, Kans.  The PUTNAM branch of the family 
traces its ancestry back to Gen. Israel PUTNAM of Revolutionary fame.  Clark 
WAIT died in 1903, and his wife preceded him in death a number of years, she 
having passed away in 1875.
     To Mr. and Mrs. PACE have been born one child, Walter, born in 1893, 
Enterprise, Dickenson county, Kansas.  Walter was only three years old when 
the family came to Whitewater, so for all practical purposes, Whitewater, ...

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