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JOHN T. WHITE, M. D., was born in Warrick County, Ind., February 3, 1845, being the third in a family of six children. His parents, Samuel A. and Martha A. (Lawrence) White, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. The former came to Warrick County as early as 1836 and entered a tract of land in Skelton Township, where he lived a farmer’s life until 1850, when he went to California as a gold seeker. There he remained until 1856, when upon his homeward journey he was taken sick on the ocean, died and was buried in the waters. His widow afterward married T. S. Adams, a prominent pioneer of Warrick County. John T. White received a fair literary education in youth. He lived at home on the farm until 1862, when he enlisted in Company I, Fifty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry, with which regiment he served until mustered out August, 1865. At the siege of Atlanta he was promoted to first lieutenant, and at the close of the campaign he was made captain of his company. After the war he returned to Warrick County and settled on a farm in Skelton Township. Having previously read medicine during his leisure hours, in 1875 he began its study with a view to making it his profession. He studied with Drs. Scales, Tyner and Hargan at Boonville, and attended two courses of lectures at the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. In 1879 he came to Grandview, where he has since practiced his profession. He is recognized as one among the first and most successful practitioners in the county. He was married December 28, 1868, to Sarah A. Finney, a native of Gibson County, Ind. They have two sons, John T. and Herbert Q. Mr. White and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is also a member of the I. O. O. F. and the G. A. R.