BIOGRAPHIES:  Minnard R. WHITE, Arland Township, Barron County, WI

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Minnard R. White, a well known and respected citizen of Arland Township,
where he is profitably engaged in the leading industry of the township-
farming and dairying-was born near Wells, Minn., Sept. 6, 1870, son of 
Alvin M. and Mary (Millard) White. The father was a native of New Brunswick 
and the mother of Wisconsin. In the late sixties Alvin M. White went from 
his native province to the state of Maine, and thence came west to Minnesota. 
There he spent most of his time until he enlisted in the Fortysecond 
Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, as a private, in which he did patriotic 
service during the Civil War. In 1872 he came to Barron County and bought 
eighty acres of wild land in Maple Grove Township. As the township was then 
but thinly settled, he may be numbered among its pioneers. In course of time 
by continued industry he cleared his land and developed a very good farm, 
on which he resided until 1908, when he rented it and went to Missouri. 
After a short residence there he came back and on his return was taken sick 
and passed away March 12, l909. His widow is still living and resides in 
Barron. Minnard H. White acquired his education in the district school in 
Barron County. He worked for his father until 21 years old and then learned 
the carpenter's trade, which he followed for six years or more. Then he 
entered into the cement contract business, which he followed for six years, 
building silos, bridges, etc., throughout Dunn and Barron Counties. In 1903 
he settled on 40 acres in section 26, Arland Township, which tract he had 
bought several years previously. He erected a good set of buildings himself 
and cleared twelve acres of the land, residing thereon until 1919, when he 
sold it and erected a set of buildings on a 120-acre tract in section 24. 
This is his present farm, on which he has 40 acres of the land cleared.
His barn measures 34 by 62 feet and is provided with the "Humane" equipment.
Mr. White follows mixed farming and dairying, keeping Holstein cattle with a
pure bred sire, and is making good progress along financial lines. He was
married July 4, 1903, to Elsie Stow, who was born in Easton, Minn., June 28,
1883, daughter of Cecil and Jennie (De Ford) Stow. He and his wife are the
parents of five children, who were born as follows: Janet M., March 5, 1905;
Cecil A., Oct. 12, 1906; Ruby C., July 30, 1909; Myrtle E., Aug. 27, 1911, 
and Marian E., Nov. 11, 1914.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 915.