Hi Susan,
I did not find any of the Whites you mentioned, however you should check my
index as several Whites are listed
http://www.rootsweb.com/~inclinto/chris.html. I am sending this to the Clinton
County mail list. Maybe someone will recognize one of your names. ;-)
Here is an article on George White.
GEORGE W. WHITE, one of the leading farmers of Perry township, Chnton county,
Ind., is descended from German ancestry and was born in Butler county, Ohio,
April 2, 1841 His great-grandfather came from Germany and settled in Virginia
in the time of the colonies, and later, about 1816, moved to Berks county, Pa.
He fought in the war of the Revolution and did valiant service for his adopted
country. The subject's grandfather, Jacob White, a native of Berks county,
Pa., married a Miss Fiddler and reared the following children: Jacob,
Benjamin, Mary, Henry, and Elizabeth. Jacob White, Sr., left his native state
a number of years ago and emigrated to Butler county, Ohio, thence moved to
Indiana, settling first in Wayne county and later in the county of Clinton.
His son, Henry White, father of George W., was born September 23, 1818, went
to Ohio when thirteen years of age, and, in Butler county, that state, married
Mary Kauffman, daughter of Joseph and Christena (Kayler) Kauffman, by whom he
had the following children : George W., Catherine, Harriet, Jacob, and
Joseph. Henry White resided near Dayton when that flourishing city was but a
mere village, but, for a number of years has been a well known and popular
citizen of Clinton county, residing at the present time in the township of
Perry. Both he and his wife, though well advanced in age, are still quite
active and bid fair to live many years longer. They are devout members of the
Lutheran church, in which Mr. White has held the office of deacon. Joseph
Kauffman, father of Mrs. White, served in the war of 1812 and became a citizen
of Clinton county, Ind., in 1857.
George W. White was reared to manhood on a farm, and after his marriage, which
oc-curred October 19, 1862, with Hannah J., daughter of Henry and Elizabeth
(Nihard) Peters, engaged in agricultural pursuits in Carroll county, Ind., on
a farm of 100 acres, where he lived for some years, and in 1883 came to the
county of Clinton and purchased his present home in Perry township, owning, at
this time, 176 acres of valuable and highly improved land. He is an
enterprising and intelligent man, a public-spirited citizen, and possesses the
confidence of a large circle of friends in Clinton county, throughout which he
is well and favorably known. He is a member of the United Brethren church, in
which he holds the office of trustee, and is liberal of his means in the
support of his home congregation, and also uses his influence toward the
furtherance of all movements of a moral and religious character.
Politically Mr. White is a democrat, and, as such takes an active interest in
the leading
public questions of the day. Mr. and Mrs. White are the parents of the
following children: Ida A.; Perry, deceased; Frank; Lenora; Salena,
deceased; Charles; Fanny, deceased; Eliza; and Zelpha, deceased. The father
of Mrs. White was a farmer of Clinton county and one of its well known early
settlers. He came to Indiana in 1831 and developed a farm in Ross township,
and died in 1880; his wife died in 1845. The following are the names of his
children : Daniel, Franklin, Eli, Susannah, Edward, Matilda, Owen, Leah and
Hannah J. Henry Peters was an industrious, energetic man, and the greater
part of his life was spent as a member of the Lutheran church. His father was
a native of Pennsylvania, married a Miss Kern, and came to Indiana short after
its admission to the Union, having been a pioneer of the counties of Clinton
and Tippecanoe.
Transcribed by Chris Brown from pages 889-890 of "A Portrait And Biographical
Record of Boone and Clinton Counties, Ind.," published in 1895 by A.W. Bowen &
Co. Chicago.
In a message dated 1/17/99 10:46:47 PM Eastern Standard Time,
mcatee1(a)prodigy.net writes:
<< Chris, I just think it's wonderful that you have done all this. my g
grandfather, Daniel E. White, lived in Frankfort, I think. According to
family stories, he owned a small weekly newspaper for a time . my g
grandmother used to submit her poetry for publication and that's how they
met and fell in love. Mom said that Daniel was also a school teacher of some
sort and owned White's Hardware Store for some period of time. I have no
actual documentation for any of this. I wonder if you have come across any
information regarding any of this, or anything at all concerning the Whites
of Clinton County. There was a Dr. William White, Who is in my line, but I
don't know if he practiced in Clinton County. Thank you, Susan McAtee
mcatee1(a)prodigy.net >>