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This old tin-type still resides in a case of black leather and red velvet. The jewelry in the original is retouched with gold paint. Pleasant White was a farmer in Pike County, Arkansas. He also owned a general store and was considered well-to-do by his neighbors. He was born in 1818 in Tennessee and came to Arkansas Territory in 1829 with his father, John White. Nancy Ann Rose White was born in 1829 to John and Mary H. Rose in Clark Co., Arkansas Territory. Her father was a cotton planter and Justice of the Peace who had fought in the War of 1812, died when she was three. She was raised by a neighboring family.
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