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Surnames: White, Miller, Hays, Margeson or Margison, Ruhlan
Classification: Query
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Looking for information on James M. WHITE b. 08 October 1834 Chester Co., PA, d. aft. 1917
(probably in Knox, IN) Son of Seneca and Sarah (MILLER) WHITE.
m. to Margaret Jane MORGESON (? spelling) 06 March 1867 Porter County, near Hebron, Ind.
Daughter of Isaac and Mary (LEMMON) MARGESON.
Margaret WHITE b. 04 August 1849 in Decatur County, Indiana. d. 14 March 1917 in Knox,
Starke County, IN, b. in Oak Park Cemetery. Knox, IN.
In 1991 the WHITE’S came to Knox (from Porter Co., IN) and established a tin and hardware
store which he conduced until 1904, when he retired.
Home address: corner of Shields and New York streets.
Religion: Methodist
Children:
1. Charles Leslie WHITE, a hardware merchant of Westville, married Mabel G. PAUL, and had
two daughters, Gertrude B. and Lillie M. In 1917 (Margaret WHITE’S obit) Charles Leslie
WHITE lived in Argo, ILL
2. Lillie May WHITE, the wife of Ruhlan D. HAYS, of Knox and the mother of two children,
Dorothy Dean, born December 10, 1912, and James Leslie, born May 2, 1914.
In 1917 (Margaret WHITE’S obit) the Hay’s recently lived in City Point, VA.
Seeking death date, burial place, obit information of James M. WHITE
Any additional information on this family would be much appreciated.
Nancy