John White and Mary "Polly" Burns

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Husband John White ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1802 - Allegheny Co, PA 1
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         Father: Thomas White (      -1816) 1
         Mother: Jane Martin (      -1827) 1

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       Marriage: 1826 1

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Wife Mary "Polly" Burns ^{1 2 3}

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         Father: John Burns (1774/1776-1854) 1 2 4
         Mother: Jane Crooks (1781-1865) 1 2 3

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Children

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1 M Thomas M. White ¹

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2 M John Burns White ¹

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3 F Mary White ¹

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         Spouse: [Unk] Whattenburg (      -      ) 1

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4 M James White ¹

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5 M Alexander Duncan White ¹

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General Notes: Husband - John White

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He was reared in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, and at eighteen years of age left school to engage in farming. He remained at home with his mother and brother till twenty-five years of age. In 1850, he sold his homestead farm in Allegheny County, and came to Darlington, Beaver County, and purchased 300 acres of farming land, having previous to that period purchased 800 acres of coal land in the same township. For twenty years he was actively engaged on his farm and in superintending his coal lands. In 1852 the Darlington Cannel Coal Railroad Company was incorporated with Mr. White as president, a position he held for eight years. The road was later known as N. Y. P. & C. R. R. Mr. White was for ten years a justice of the peace in Allegheny County, and from time to time held other positions of trust. About 1884 he retired from active business life and was succeeded by his two sons. He was a strong Democrat in his political leanings.

1 —, History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia and Chicago: A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 737.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1414.

3 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 292.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 292, 486.