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Below is a family biography from the book, History of Kentucky, Edition 7 by J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin and G. C. Kniffin and published by F. A. Battey Publishing Company in 1887.  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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T. M. WHITE was born in Campbell County, Ky., in March, 1829, and is the eldest of four children born to James S. and Margaret (Dicken) White. James S. White was born in Alexandria, Campbell County, in 1806, and was a son of Jacob and Sarah (Stephens) White, natives of Virginia. He was a farmer by occupation, a man of high character, of great energy and industry, who died in 1879, in his seventy-third year. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Joseph Dicken, her mother being a Miss Blackgrove, before her marriage; they were natives of Virginia. T. M. White was reared on the farm, and in early life learned the trade of a blacksmith, which trade he followed until 1875. In 1877 he was elected sheriff of Campbell County and re-elected in 1879. He is one of Campbell County’s most efficient public servants; is a member of the Baptist Church, and of the Masonic fraternity. In 1849 he married Miss Elizabeth Bryan, daughter of Samuel Bryan, of Campbell County. Mrs. White is also a member of the Baptist Church. To their union have been born nine children, viz.: J. S., (deceased), Theodore (deceased), three who died in infancy, Missouri (deceased), Dora H., Lida M. and Charles.

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This family biography is one of 41 biographies included in the Campbell County, Kentucky section of the book, The History of Kentucky, Edition 7 published in 1887 by F. A. Battey Publishing Company.  For the complete description, click here: History of Kentucky, Edition 7

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