Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....White, Ward C. 1810 - 
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Author: Western Historical Society (1879)

     WARD C. WHITE, farmer, Sec. 17; P. O. Pleasant Prairie; born Jan. 18, 1810,
in Berkshire Co., Mass.; kept store there seven years, and was also a farmer;
moved into Tompkins Co., N. Y.; bought a farm and worked it for six years; in
1857, came to Pleasant Prairie and bought a farm of 240 acres; he now owns 390
acres; he built the house, barns, etc., himself, there being but few
improvements on his arrival; Mr. White was the first man in Southern Wisconsin,
if not in the State, to go into the dairy business, being much pitied at the
time for what was deemed his rashness, but which proved to be the keenest
foresight, and was the cause of the development of one of the largest and most
lucrative industries in the Stare; Mr. W. at present keeps eighty-four head of
cattle for dairy purposes, and thirty head of young Ayrshires for that and for
sale; in addition, he raises a large quantity of corn and oats for home
consumption; he was the first to introduce the cattle-stable with the cattle
ranged on each side, and a road through the center for cleansing purposes; the
measurement of his farm buildings are: Horse barn, 34x48 feet; cow barn, 38x114
feet; stock barn, 24x116 feet; shed, 22x42 feet; cheese-h 20x46 feet, and an L
22x30 feet; wagon shed 24x32 feet; hen-house, 12x24 feet; Mr. White has
completed a handsome homestead on a principle of his own, to gain the greatest
amount of fresh air sunlight; the furniture is unique and elegant. Mr. White has
seven children.

Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN,

CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT,
RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR
IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC.,
ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY
SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION
OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN,
MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY.
MDCCCLXXIX.
(1879)


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