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- In the White family were eleven children, six daughters and five sons, and at this writing, six of that number are living, namely, John, whose name initates this review; Elizabeth, the widow of Thomas McCombs, of West Virginia; Jane the widow of Ezekial Caldwell, of Peoria County, Illinois; Ellen, the widow of David Lutz, of West Virginia; Amanda, the wife of Jerrie Null, of Marshall County, West Virginia; and Alfred, of Clyde, Kansas.
The senior John White was a farmer and teamster, and for many years drove a team from Baltimore tho Pittsburgh and Wheeling, West Virginia, making regular trips. The last two years of his life were spent in Peoria County, Illinois, where he died at the age of 75 years. His wife's death occurred in West Virginia, six years before his. They were Presbyterians in faith.
Williamm White, paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Virginia who moved to Kentucky in the early history of that state. He had a small family. The maternal grandfather of our subject was William Carper. He was of Dutch decent and the father of two sons and three daughters and died in his native state, Virginia, when past middle life.
When John White, the direct subject of this review was ten years old his parents removed with their family from the eastern part of Virgnia to what is now known as West Virginia, where he lived until 1850. That year he came to Illinois making this journey by way of the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and landing at lLacon, Illinois. He first located nine miles east of Lacon, where he rented land for six years. The next four years he rented land in Osage Township, LaSalle County, and following that were five years on a rented farm in Goveland Township. In the spring of 1866 he bought his present home farm, 160 acres in Groveland Township, which he has since occupied, carrying on general farming operations. In 1839 Mr. White married Miss Mary Ann Whetzel, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Darnell) Whetzel, whose life was happily blended with his from that time until 1883 when she died at the age of 63 years. She was a consistent member of the Christian Church as also is Mr. White. To them were born 11 children, three sons and eight daughters, all of whom reached adult age except two who died in infancy, and the grandchildren of this worthy sire now number 40, and the great grandchildren 20. Off Mr. White's charen we record that Rachel, the widow of Egbert Dresser, has six children, Chauncy Orris, Fred, Elmer, Charles, and Cora; Margaretta, the wife of George Studivian lives in Compton, Newton County, Arkansas and their six children are Sylvester, Sene, John, Lucinda, Ellis and Grant; Elizabeth, the wife of Henry Bane of Eurreka, Kansas is the mother of six children, Ida, Alvin, mary, Nellie, John and Frank; Jane, wife of James Bane of dana, Ill, has ten children, Austin, Anna, Arthur, Herbert, Charles, Henrietta, Edward, Roy, and Clinton and Gilbert; Mary Ann, wife of Daniel Winans of Dana, Illinois, has three children living, Cassie, Dial, and Curtis; James who married Carrie Austin and has one child, Henry; Richard, who married Julia Winans, has eight children, ernest, chloe, Ethel, Pearl, Harvey, and Leo, Lila and Leala (triplets); and Frank, who married Dora ohe, and has one child, roy.
Politically Mr White is a Democrat.
According to military record, John White, Jr. mustered on the 25 Aug to November 24th, 1814, for a total term of service of 23 days. He was furloughed 30 September for 20 days - sick. His pay per month was $8, total amount of pay $6.13.
He was in Taylor's Regiment 1, Virginia Militia.
- (Research):See attached sources. [2]
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1785 - 1858 (73 years)
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