My Genealogy Hound

JAMES WHITE, farmer, post office Negley, was born in the house in which he now resides, in 1837, and is a son of James and Isabella (Shaw) White. His father was born on the same farm upon which he resided until four years before his death, when he moved to East Liberty and died Oct. 27, 1879, aged seventy-eight years. His widow now resides in East Liberty. Subject’s grandfather was also named James, and came here from Westmoreland county in an early day. He died in 1819. His first wife and three children were murdered by the Indians in Westmoreland county. His second wife was Margaret Brown. Our subject left home when eighteen years of age and worked in Plum township until about nineteen years of age, when he began managing his father’s farm, which he now owns. He married, in April, 1859, Mary Kirk, a native of Plum township, and a daughter of James and Mary (McConnel) Kirk. They have four children: Jennie, George, Ida and William, all at home. All the family, save George, are members of the Presbyterian Church. In politics, Mr. White is a democrat. Mrs. White’s grandfather served in the Indian war.