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Below is a family biography included in The History of Sebastian County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1889. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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Master Lewis Joseph White, only son of Edward S. White, deceased, was born June 27, 1881, in Louisville, Ky. His father was a native of New York City, born October 14, 1856, and was the son of Lewis Joseph White, a very prominent and wealthy capitalist of New York, who in his younger days had been a very extensive and successful wholesale merchant in the hide and fur trade. Edward S. White came West, when a young man, to Fort Smith, and engaged in the cattle business in the Indian Nation a short time. He there met and married Miss Bessie Hurley, who was born February 19, 1860, in Ottawa, Canada, and is of Irish ancestry. Mrs. White’s parents died when she was quite young, and she married Mr. White, whom she survives. One child is the result of this union. He is named Lewis, and is the heir to a large estate, consisting of all kinds of property in New York, Louisville and Fort Smith.
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This family biography is one of 217 biographies included in The History of Sebastian County, Arkansas published in 1889. For the complete description, click here: Sebastian County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps
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