They are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church of White City. This is the name of a small village in the southeastern portion of the county and located on the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Railway. It has a population of between 100 and 150, and carries on quite a business. The place has two or three stores and a grist and saw mill. The place is named after Joseph Dunlap, the founder of the town and the first white settler in Valley Township.
Colored people form a large per cent of the population.
Makes butter and eggs a specialty, a large quantity of each bought and sorted and shipped to all portions of Southern and Western markets. The brand under which all butter is shipped, Neosho Valley Creamery, being well and favorably known. When about nine years old went with his parents to Moline, Ill., where he remained several years. Was married at Maquoketa, Iowa, in 1873, to Mrs. Nancy Oake. He early espoused the principles of the Republican party and has since continued a firm adherent and supporter of that party.