White, Henry Kirke – White, Moses Clark
White, Henry Kirke
lawyer, was born Feb. 14, 1864, in Afton, Va., in sight of Stratford, the home of the Lees, and not far from Wakefield, the birthplace of Washington. He received a thorough education in the university of Texas, and in 1887 commenced the practice of law in Birmingham, Ala., and has since attained prominence as one of the foremost lawyers of the south.
White, Horace
journalist, author, was born Aug. 10, 1834, in Colebrook, N. H. He was editor of the Chicago Tribune in 1864-74, and since 1883 one of the editors of The New York Evening Post. He is the author of The Silver Question; The Tariff Question; Coin's Financial Fool; Money and Banking Illustrated by American History; and The Gold Standard.
White, Horatio Stevens
educator, lawyer, author, was born April 23, 1852, in Syracuse, N. Y. Since 1876 he has been professor of German language and literature and dean of the faculty of Cornell university.
He is the author of Lessing's Prose and other works. He was admitted to the bar in New York state as attorney in 1878 and as counselor in 1879. He is the author of Selections from Heine's Poems, and also of Selections for German Prose and Composition.
White, Howard Ganson
journalist, state legislator, was born May 5, 1856, in Syracuse, N. Y. In 1883 he became editor of the Syracuse Standard; and in 1887 became sole owner of it. In 1889 he was elected to the New York legislature, and re-elected in 1890.
White, Hugh
soldier, legislator, was born in 1737 in Dauphin county, Pa. He was one of the first commissioners of Lycoming county, and a member of the Pennsylvania assembly in 1795, 1796, and 1803. He served as colonel of Pennsylvania troops in 1812. He died in 1822.
White, Hugh
congressman, was born in 1799 in New York. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1845 to 1851. He died Oct. 6, 1870, in Troy, N. Y.
White, Hugh Lawson
soldier, lawyer, jurist, United States senator, was born Oct. 30, 1773, in Iredell county, N. C.
In 1801 he was appointed judge of the supreme court of the state of Tennessee, and served until 1807; and in 1808 was appointed district attorney. In 1809 he was elected to the state senate; again served six years in the supreme court as judge. In 1815 he was chosen a president of the state bank of Tennessee; in 1820 he was again a member of the state senate, and about that time was appointed a commissioner to adjust the claims of our citizens against Spain. He was elected a senator in congress from 1825 to 1835, and from 1836 to 1840. At the election for president of the United States in 1836 he received all the votes of Georgia and Tennessee for that office. He died April 10, 1840, in Knoxville, Tenn.
White, Israel Charles
geologist, author, was born Nov. 1, 1848, in Monongalia county, W. Va. He was called to the chair of geology in the West Virginia university in 1877. He was the first to apply the anticlinal idea to the successful location of natural gas and oil wells, and announced his theory in 1885. He is also the author of nine volumes of the reports of the geological survey of Pennsylvania.
White, Isaac Cushing
clergyman.
He has attained success as one of the most eminent ministers of the congregational church. For many years he was pastor of Scotland church of Bridgewater, Mass.; then at Providence, R. I.; and now in Plymouth, Mass.
White, James
merchant, legislator, was born July 9, 1828, in Hinsdale, Mass.
For twelve years he was the senior member of the firm of White, Brown and Co., dry goods importers of Boston and New York. In 1876-77 he was one of Boston's representatives in the state legislature; and in 1878- 79 was a member of the state senate. He died Sept. 3, 1895, in Williamstown, Mass.
White, James
congressman, born in 1737 in Iredell county, N. C. He was a representative in congress from Tennessee from 1792 to 1794. He died in 1815 in Knoxville, Tenn. was
White, James
author, was born in 1821. He is a seventh day adventist elder who published Life Incidents of the Great Advent Movement.
White, James B
soldier, manufacturer, congressman, was born in June, 1835, in Scotland. He enlisted as a private in company I, thirtieth Indiana volunteers; and was elected captain by the company. In 1874 he was elected a member of the common council of the city of Fort Wayne, Ind.; and was elected to the fiftieth congress as a republican.
White, James Terry
publisher, author, was born July 3, 1845, in Newburyport, Mass. In 1886 he came to New York city, and is now the head of the publishing house of James T. White and Co. He is also president of the Yost Typewriting Co., and a stockholder in several of the banks and business corporations of his city. He is the author of two holiday volumes: Flowers from Arcadia, and A Bouquet of California Flowers; Captive Memories; and Christmas Greeting.
White, John
clergyman, author, was born in 1677 in Watertown, Mass. He was a. congregational clergyman, pastor at Gloucester, Mass., in 1703-60; and the author of The Gospel Treasure in Earthen Vessels; and New England's Lamentations for the Decay of Godliness. He died Jan. 17, 1760, in Gloucester, Mass.
White, John
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1805 in Kentucky. He served as a representative in congress from Kentucky from 1835 to 1845; and was speaker of the house during the twenty-seventh congress. He was judge of the nineteenth judicial district of Ken-. tucky at the time of his death. He died Sept. 22, 1845, in Richmond, Ky.
White, John Blake
artist, lawyer, dramatist, author, was born Sept. 2, 1781, near Eutaw Springs, S. C. He was the author of Foscari; Mysteries of the Castle; Intemperance; Modern Honor; and Triumph of Liberty. He died Aug. 24, 1859, in Charleston, S. C.
White, John D
lawyer, state legislator, congressman, was born Jan. 16, 1849, in Clay county, Ky. In 1874 he was elected a representative from Kentucky to the forty-fourth congress; and was again elected a representative to the fortyseventh and forty-eighth congresses.
White, John Hazen
bishop, author, was born March 10, 1849, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is episcopal bishop of Indiana at Indianapolis; and has published numerous sermons and addresses.
White, John Silas
educator, author, was born Feb. 3, 1847, in Wrentham, Mass.
He is an educator of New York city, master of the Berkeley school from 1880; and the author of Boys' and Girls' Plutarch; and Herodotus and Pliny.
White, John Staples
lawyer, lecturer, author, was born Oct. 27, 1838, in Portland, Maine. He is the author of Humanics, a philosophical and conservative criticism on men and manners; and much other literary matter-social, political and religious. A lawyer by profession, he has attained a wide reputation as an able and progressive writer and thinker.
White, John Williams
educator, author, was born March 5, 1849, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was a professor of Greek at Harvard university from 1877; and the author of Greek and Latin at Sight; First Lessons in Greek: The Beginner's Greek Book; and An Illustrated Dictionary to Xenophon's Anabasis.
White, Joseph L
lawyer, congressman, was born in Cherry Valley, N. Y. He was a representative in congress from Indiana from 1841 to 1843. He died in January, 1861.
White, Joseph M
lawyer, congressman, was born May 10, 1781, in Franklin county, Ky. He was a delegate to congress from the territory of Florida from 1823 to 1837. He died Oct. 19, 1839, in St.
Louis, Mo.
White, Joseph W
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 2, 1822, in Cambridge, Ohio. In 1845 and 1847 he was appointed prosecuting attorney for his native county; and was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-eighth congress.
White, Julius
soldier, was born Sept. 29, 1816, in Cazenovia, N. Y. He served as a general in the volunteer army during the rebellion; and in 1872 he was appointed minister resident to the Argentine Confederation. He resigned in 1874, after which he settled in Chicago, Ill. He died May 12, 1890, in South Evanston, Ill.
White, Leonard
state legislator, congressman, was born in 1767 in Haverhill, Mass. He represented his town in the legislature; and was a representative in congress from Massachusetts from 1811 to 1813. He died Oct. 10, 1849, in Haverhill, Mass.
White, Matthew
author. He is the author of Ascott Abroad; One of the Profession; and My Mysterious Fortune.
White, Michael D
lawyer, congressman, was born Sept. 8, 1827, in Clarke county, Ohio. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1854, serving two years. He was state senator for four years from 1860; and was elected a representative from Indiana to the forty-fifth congress.
White, Milo
merchant, state senator, congressman, was born Aug. 17, 1830, in Fletcher, Vt. He engaged in merchandising in Chatfield, Minn.; and was elected a state senator in 1871, 1872, 1874 and 1880.
He was elected a representative from Minnesota to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses as a republican.
White, Moses Clark
missionary, physician, author, was born July 24, 1819, in Paris, N. Y. During 1847-53 he was a missionary in China. He then established himself as a physician in New Haven, Conn. In 1857-67 he filled the chair of microscopy in Yale college. He is the author of several medical works.