This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0gB.2ACI/175.1 Message Board Post: The Thomas J. WHITE who patented in 1876 in Minnehaha Co., 101 - 50, S ½ 28 SE, might have been a relative, but there are so many men with that name! The one who matches your information was of Monroe, Monroe, IA, 1880, in this household: WHITE, Allen, 65, VA VA VA; wf. Elizabeth, 60, NC NC NC; dau. Seann, 29, b. IN; & ch. b. IA: Thomas, 24; Mary, 18; & Isaac, 14. Indiana Marriages, online, has an Allen WHITE, who m. 6 May 1841, Hancock Co., IN, Elizabeth BALDWIN. Good Luck!