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WILLIAM RICE WILHITE Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 19:51:45 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable again from A HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY HONOROABLE WILLIAM RICE WILHITE is a practical farmer. Possessing many= of the characteristics of a leader, he naturally became the representative of that worthy, influential and powerful class of citizens who, collectively, form the bulk of our population. This too without any special effort of h= is own in that direction. The farmers showed excellent judgment in selection= of Mr Wilhite, a man worthy of the honors conferred and capable of dischargin= g the trust almost unanimously imposed. As a member of the legislature, Mr Wilhite was not brilliant. His speeches were few, and never eloquent. He= did not talk for the sake of talking. Such demagoguery is foreign to his natu= re. He strove to ascertain his official duty and then went earnestly to work t= o to accomplish his purpose. His career in the State Legislature won the estee= m of every honest, conscientious representative in that body. His integrity, h= is devotion to principle, and withal, his excellent judgment, made him a usef= ul member; useful not only to his constituents, but to the state a large, an= d to the party whose principles he represented. Mr Wilhite was born in Boone County Missouri, April 13 1830, and is at this writing about 52 years old,= but looks much younger. His father was a native of Kentucky, but came to Miss= ouri in 1818, when our state was yet a territory. The elder Wilhite was a farm= er, and Wm. Rice Wilhite was brought up in that business. His chances for acquiring an education were poor, but he made the best use possible of eve= ry opportunity that presented itself, and when in after years he was called f= rom the farm to represent his county in the legislature he was prepared to discharge the duties of that office in the most acceptable manner. Mr Wil= hite was married in 1853, but had the misfortune to lose his wife in three year= s after their marriage. Their union was blessed with one child. a daughter,= who grew up to womanhood and was married, but died in the first year of her we= dded life. In 1851 Mr Wilhite purchased a farm in Howard County, to which he removed, but soon returned to his fathers old home in Boone County. In 18= 55 he bought a farm near Rocheprot, on which he resided for abbout three yeer= s. He then purchased his present farm, near Woodlandville, consisting of 540 acres of very fine land. He has resided on this farm since 1864. It is admirally improved and in a high state of cultivation. In 1874 Mr Wilhite= was chosen to represent his county in the 28th general assembly. While a memb= er of the legislature he was chariman of the committee on State University; a= lso ways and means, penetentiary, agriculture and scientific and benevolent institutions. He was re-elected in 1876 without opposition, an endorsemen= t without a parlallel in the political history of Boone County. Sinse servi= ng his last term in the legislature Mr Wilhite has remained quietly on his fa= rm, looking after his interests in that quarter, taking no part in politics whatever, He has frequently been solicited to again become a candidate fo= r the legislature, but he seems rather to prefer the quiet home life of a we= ll- to-do farmer to the anxiety and turmoil of political strife. Mr Wilhite i= s a member of the Baptist church at Walnut Grove, and has always contributed liberally to the suport of the gospel. -------------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#fffff0> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>again from A HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>HONOROABLE WILLIAM RICE&nb= sp; WILHITE is a practical farmer. Possessing many of the characteristic= s of a leader, he naturally became the representative of that worthy, influential= and powerful class of citizens who, collectively, form the bulk of our population. This too without any special effort of his own in that direction. The farmers showed excellent judgment in selection of Mr Wilhite, a man worthy of the honors conferred and capable of discharging t= he trust almost unanimously imposed. As a member of the legislature, Mr= Wilhite was not brilliant. His speeches were few, and never eloquent. He did not talk for the sake of talking. Such demagoguery is foreign to his nature. He strove to ascertain his official duty a= nd then went earnestly to work to to accomplish his purpose. His career= in the State Legislature won the esteem of every honest, conscientious representative in that body. His integrity, his devotion to principl= e, and withal, his excellent judgment, made him a useful member; useful not only to his constituents, but to the state a large, and to the party whose principles he represented. Mr Wilhite was born in Boone County Missouri, April = 13 1830, and is at this writing about 52 years old, but looks much younger.&n= bsp; His father was a native of Kentucky, but came to Missouri in 1818, when ou= r state was yet a territory. The elder Wilhite was a farmer, and Wm. R= ice Wilhite was brought up in that business. His chances for acquiring a= n education were poor, but he made the best use possible of every opportunit= y that presented itself, and when in after years he was called from the farm to represent his county in the legislature he was prepared to discharge the duties of that office in the most acceptable manner. Mr Wilhite was married= in 1853, but had the misfortune to lose his wife in three years after their marriage. Their union was blessed with one child. a daughter, who gr= ew up to womanhood and was married, but died in the first year of her wedded life. In 1851 Mr Wilhite purchased a farm in Howard County, to which= he removed, but soon returned to his fathers old home in Boone County. = In 1855 he bought a farm near Rocheprot, on which he resided for abbout three= yeers. He then purchased his present farm, near Woodlandville, consisting of 540 acres of very fine land. He has resided on this farm since 1864. It is admirally improved and in a high state of cultivation.&n= bsp; In 1874 Mr Wilhite was chosen to represent his county in the 28th general assembly. While a member of the legislature he was chariman of the committee on State University; also ways and means, penetentiary, agricult= ure and scientific and benevolent institutions. He was re-elected in 187= 6 without opposition, an endorsement without a parlallel in the political history of Boone County. Sinse serving his last term in the legislature Mr Wilhite has remained quietly on his farm, looking after his interests in that quar= ter, taking no part in politics whatever, He has frequently been solicite= d to again become a candidate for the legislature, but he seems rather to prefe= r the quiet home life of a well-to-do farmer to the anxiety and turmoil of polit= ical strife. Mr Wilhite is a member of the Baptist church at Walnut Grove= , and has always contributed liberally to the suport of the gospel.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --part0_912475051_boundary--