The trip was long and hard from Utica, New York. Mott White and Martha
     Main were married in Albany, New York, in 1881. Mott worked in a rasp
     factory for two years. He had been raised on a farm and liked country
     living and the fresh air.
       Mott and Martha came to Kansas from Utica, New York, in the fall of
     1883. They homesteaded 3 miles east and 2 1/2 miles north of Sharon,
     Kansas. Mott's family consisted of 2 brothers and 6 sisters. His father
     was a farmer. Martha's family consisted of one brother. Her father was
     a factory worker. Mott and Martha had one child when they came to Kansas
     and 4 more children were born. Their family consisted of 2 boys and 3 
     girls: Clara, married Charley Peck. They had 3 children, Erma, Syble and
     Annell. Erma lives in El Paso, Texas. Annell lives in Pecos, Texas. Ethel
     married Arthur Newsom; they had 3 children, Randall, Maurine and Theda.
     Randall lives in Wichita, Kansas. Theda lives in Independence, Kansas. 
     May, married Harry Robbins; they had 3 boys, Calvin, Glenn and Wayne. 
     Glenn lives in Attica, Kansas. Wayne lives in Hutchinson, Kansas. Chester,
     married Prudence Holley; they had 2 boys and 5 girls. Chester and Prudence
     live in Wichita, Kansas also. Blossom, Von B., Twila, Neoma, Jolly and
     Florine live in Wichita, Kansas. Delores lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
     Floyd marrid Velma Butler; they had 1 daughter, Colleen. She lives in
     Hays, Kansas.
       Mott hauled lumber from Harper, Kansas, to build their house and the
     Nine Cottonwood United Brethern Church, 4 miles east of Sharon, Kansas.
     He also helped build the Joint Rural School House where their children
     went to school, walking the 1 1/2 miles, most of the time. Mott also had
     a drilling rig and drilled water wells in Barber and Harper Counties. 
     Their doctor was a lady, Doctor Sara Wisner, who lived 2 miles west of
     their farm.
       They lived on the homestead 17 years then moved to Harper County. When
     they were coming west out of Attica and saw the Nine Cottonwood Valley,
     which was all grass, they thought it was the prettiest valley they had
     ever seen. Mott and Martha lived in Barer and Harper County, the rest of
     their lives.
                
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas, pg. 485 
     Submitted by: Randall Newsom, grandson