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The Ancestral File gives Lavina's first husband as Daniel White, born 1775, died 1829. That year was two years before the first child was born to Lavina and Robert Irwin.

No Benjamin White was in the census in Schuyler Co in 1840.

Benjamin F. White married Nancy Corban, 24 Jan 1847, Schuyler Co, IL - found in the Illinois Statewide Marriage Index online.

1850 Census. BuenaVista Twp, Schuyler Co, IL, Hh 89
Benjamin White, age 25, Cooper, b. KY
Nancy, 19, b. KY
William J. age 2. James H. age 4 months

1860 Census. Rushville P.O., BuenaVista Twp, Schuyler co, IL Hh 897
Benjamin F. White, age 37, b. PA
Nancy C., age 29, b. KY
children all born in Illinois
Wm J. age 12. James H. 10. Elizabeth [Elizabeth Jane] 9. Mary F. [Mary Frances] 6. Samuel H. 3

1870 Census. Rushville P.O., BuenaVista Twp, Schuyler Co, IL, Hh 125
Benjamin White, age 50, b. KY [b. about 1820]
Nancy C., age 38, b. KY
children all born in Illinois
Samuel 15, Francis 16 [female], Jane 19, Susan 10, Amanda 7, Margret 4, and Malisa, age six months.

1880 Census. Prairieville Twp, Pike Co, MO, Hh 121
Benjamin White, age 60, b. KY, father b. VA, mother b. KY
Nancy C., age 56, wife, b. IL, parents b. KY
Margaritte, age 14, daughter, b. IL
Malissa, age 12, daughter, b. IL
Dora W., 7, daughter. b. IL
Samuel White, age 23, son, b. IL
Hh 121
William White, age 32, b. IL
Lavina, age 36, wife, b. IL
John J. 13, son.

There was a Missouri death certificate, #5550, for James Henry White, born 1 Jan 1850, Schuyler Co, Illinois, died 26 Feb 1922, Hannibal, Marion Co, MO. His wife was Mary Jane; the informant was R. A. White of Hannibal. His father was listed as Benjamin White; his mother as Nancy Corbin. He was buried Palmyra Cemetery, Palmyra, MO.

I found a Missouri death certificate, #31875, for Samuel H. White. He was born 20 Feb 1863, Rushville, Illinois, and died 30 Nov 1922, Hannibal, Marion Co, MO. His father was named as Benjamin White; his mother as Nancy Korbin. He had a stroke and hit his head on the street. Buried Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal. His wife was Mary Elizabeth White and she was the informant.

Birth	Ca 1820	Kentucky
Marriage	24 Jan 1847	Schuyler County, Missouri - Nancy Corbin
Death	1889	Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri

Spouse	Nancy Corbin (1824 - 1890)
Child	James Henry White (1850 - 1922)

Father	Daniel White (1775 - 1829)
Mother	LAVINA Hill (1797 - 1872)