Matthew White and Frances "Aunt Fanny" Spear

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Husband Matthew White ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Franklin Co, PA
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           Died: 1812 - ? Butler Co, PA 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Alexander White (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 

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Wife Frances "Aunt Fanny" Spear ^{1 2}

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Children

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1 M Alexander White ^{1 2}

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2 F Jane White ¹

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            AKA: Betsey White,3 Elizabeth White 4
           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: David Shannon (1794-1874/1876) 5 6 7

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3 M Andrew Spear White ^{1 8}

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         Spouse: Angelina Ford (      -      ) 8

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4 F Martha White ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1883
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         Spouse: [Unk] Welsh (      -      ) 1

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5 M Edward White ^{9 10 11}

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           Born:  - Allegheny Co, PA
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           Died: 1844 12
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         Spouse: Elizabeth Sullivan (1802-1876) 11 13 14

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6 F Anna White ^{1 3 6}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1875 or 1879 6
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         Spouse: David Shannon (1794-1874/1876) 5 6 7
           Marr: 1818 - ? Butler Co, PA 15

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7 F Barbara White ¹

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           Born: 
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           Died: 1801 - ? Butler Co, PA 1
         Buried:  - Mt. Nebo Cemetery, Butler Co, PA 1

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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8 F Jemima White ¹

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           Died: Bef 1883
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9 M John White ^{1 2}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Aug 1801 2
         Buried:  - Mt. Nebo Cemetery, Butler Co, PA

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew White

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He came to Butler County, Pennsylvania, about 1800 and chose some of the best land in Connoquenessing township, his farm being the land on which the village of Whitestown was located. He was a native of Franklin County, and came to Butler County from Allegheny County. He was one of the early County Commissioners, and while attending to his duties used to walk to Butler and back. Returning home at evening, when he neared the eastern line of the township, he could hear wolves howling in the Little Connoquenessing bottom; farther on, another band would be heard near the Semiconon, and thus the dismal sound attended him all the way home.

He was a native of Franklin County, Pennsylvania, and removed with his family from the site of Wilkinsburg, Allegheny County, to Connoquenessing township, Butler County, in May, 1799. He was then the "fullest handed" settler in that locality, and a man above the average in education and intelligence. The village of Whitestown was founded by him and named in his honor.

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General Notes: Wife - Frances "Aunt Fanny" Spear

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She out-lived her husband many years.

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 187.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1182.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1115.

4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1151.

5 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 187, 329.

6 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1151, 1183.

7 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1082.

8 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1182, 1240.

9 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 187, 331.

10 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1102, 1182.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 271.

12 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1102.

13 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 331.

14 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 676, 1182.

15 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1183.