Person:Thomas White (148)

According to Genealogical and Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley West Virginia, Volume II by James Morton Callahan, Professor of History, West Virginia University, 1912 p. 798:

He was born in Upshur Co., WV, July 14 1851 when that was included in old Virginia. His birthplace was on the old White homestead. He received a common school training up to ten years of age, when he ran away with Jackson's army, with which command he remained for three years, and was clothed and fed by the soldiers of the Confederacy, they taking him in as a sort of mascot. The boy-soldier came back to Clarksburg at the end of the war and worked for an uncle, George Bastable, who was a merchant of the town. He remained there until 1876. He married and purchased a farm of one hundred and ninety-seven acres, a mile and half east from Clarksburg, from which he recently sold one hundred and fifty six acres to the Fair Ground Association. He owns two meat markets, operated under his name, but run by his sons and sons-in-law, under the firm name of White Brothers & Company. These meat markets are said to be the finest in all West Virginia. The market between West Pike and West Main streets is a palace indeed and is visited by strangers who have heard of its beauty and utility. Politically Mr White is a Democrat and in church relation is a Baptist. He was married on the farm on which he now lives. His father in law owned the farm where he now lives.

1880 Census: Clark, Harrison, West Virginia Name Relation Marital Gender Race Age Birthplace Thos. C. WHITE Self M Male W 29 VA Farmer VA VA Malissa C. WHITE Wife M Female W 27 VA House Keeper VA VA Berton WHITE Son S Male W 3 W.VA VA VA Bertha WHITE Dau S Female W 1 W.VA VA VA Mattie CRITES Other S Female W 8 W.VA VA VA George WILSON Other S Male W 21 VA VA VA

1900 Census Dist 41, Clark, Harrison Co., WV White, Thomas head W M May 1851 48 M 24 WV WV White, Lizzie wife W F --- 1853 47 M24 8ch;8lvg WV WV (Malissa) White, Lillie dau W F Nov 1881 18 S WV WV WV White, Benjamin son W M Sept 1883 16 S WV WV WV White, not legible son W M Aug 1885 14 S WV WV WV (John) White, Mattie dau W F --- 18?? 11 S -- -- -- White, Pearl dau W F Sept 1891 8 S WV WV WV White, Genevive dau W F May or Aug 1893 6 S WV WV WV Douglass, ? ? W M --- 1883 16 S Virginia (it possibly says servant, but can't be sure)

1910 Census Dist 16, Clark, Harrison Co., West Virginia enumerated 26 Apr 1910 (Mattie married in June of 1910.) White, Thomas C. head M W 58 Wd WV VA WV White, John son M W 23 S WV WV WV White, Mattie dau F W 21 S WV WV WV White, Genevive dau F W 16 S WV WV WV Tyson, Pearl dau F W 18 M1 0yrs 0ch;0lvg WV WV WV Tyson, William son-in-law M W 26 M1 0yrs WV WV WV Stout, Ivan adopted M W 10 S WV WV WV

1. ↑ Butcher, Bernard Lee, and James Morton Callahan. Genealogical and personal history of the upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., 1912)
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2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 FamilySearch.org. International Genealogical Index, information extracted from church records. (FamilySearch.org).