Biographies - Elmira Township

Hewes White, one of the pioneers, was the father of Wells White, born at Mansfield, Pa., June 7, 1836, came with his parents, Hewes and Anna (Williamson) White to Illinois in 1837 and settled at Osceola in 1838-9.

Hewes White carried on blacksmithing there until 1847, when the family moved to Toulon. Here the father died in 1863 and the mother in 1876, leaving three sons and five daughters.

Wells White carried on the wagon, carriage and blacksmith business which his father established at Toulon.

He married a Miss Hill, of. Michigan, to whom a son and a daughter have been born.

This son, Frank, is also the head of a family, his wife being Miss Mary, daughter of John Johnson, of Toulon.