Wilder,  George,  restaurant.
Williford,  S.,  retired.
Whitford,  Lot,  lawyer.
White,  George,  carpenter.
White,  0.  IL

White,  W.  L.,  tinner.
WHITING,  JOHN  H.,  Cashier
of  the  National  State  Bank,  born  in
Painted  Post,  Steuben  Co.,  N.  Y.,  Dec.
6,    1834;  attended    bchool   there    and


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in  Lima,  N.  Y.;  then  entered  the  Wes-
leyan  University  at  Middletown,  Conn.,
and  graduated  in  1855  ;  he  engaged  in
teaching  one  year  at  Paul  Wing's  Boys'
Boarding-School ;  came  to  Iowa  in  the
spring  of  1857,  and  entered  the  bank  of
Brazelton  &  Co.;  when  the  State  Bank
was  organized,  he  held  the  position  of  As-
sistant Cashier ;  upon  the  organization  of
the  bank  under  the  National  Banking-
System,  he  was  elected  Cashier,  and  sinec
then  has  held  that  position  in  the  man-
agement of  the  bank ;  he  has  held  the
office  of  City  Treasurer,  also  School
Treasurer  of  Mt.  Pleasant.  Married
Miss  Julia  May,  of  Bath,N.Y.,in  Sep-
tember, 1858;  they  have  three  children —
May,  James  T.  and  Harry  C.
