George W. White

WHITE, DUNHAM, WALKER, MIDGLEY, OSBURN, FULLER, MILLER, DARLING, CORLIS, WHITAKER

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Date: 8/22/2008 at 20:32:13

Minneapolis Messenger, Ottawa County, Kansas, April 21, 1910, page 2:

Bennington -- DEATH OF GEO. W. WHITE

Geo. W. White, one of the old settlers and best known residents of Ottawa county, died at his home near Bennington, Kansas, on Saturday morning, April 16th, 1910.

He was born Jan. 25th, 1839, in Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and at the time of his death was 71 years, 2 months and 22 days old.

He removed from Ohio with his father's family to Sabula, Iowa, when he was a mere boy. In the spring of 1872 he came to Kansas and homesteaded the farm four and one-half miles northeast of Bennington where he resided until his death.

He was married to Celestia B. Dunham of Sterling, Iowa, Jan. 20th, 1862. To this union five children were born, who all survive him, namely: Charles N. White of Bennington, Kansas; Mary R. Walker of Minneapolis, Kansas; Hiram L. White of Minneapolis, Kansas; Perley G. White of Pasadena, Calif.; and Stella Celestia Midgley of Minneapolis, Kansas. The mother of these children died April 27th, 1880, when Stella was an infant one day old.

On February 15th, 1882, he was united in marriage to Josephine Osburn of Preston, Iowa. To this union three children were born, namely: Roy P., Archie E. White and Nettie F. Miller, all of Bennington, Kansas, and these three children and his wife Josephine also survive him.

Mr. White was the youngest of six children, three boys and three girls and those who survive him are Captain N.C. White of Sabula, Iowa; and Mrs. Susan Fuller of Chicago, Illinois.

Mr. White and his wife were converted and joined the Methodist church, soon after they moved to Kansas and were honored members of this church and the Presbyterian church to which they transferred their membership.
During the thirty-eight years of his life among us, he has led an honorable and useful life and has been in high repute among a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He was an early settler, having started on his homestead with the old time dugout as a mansion, but through earnest and constant effort he soon forged to the front and won a home and a residence that ranks among the best of the county.

Mr. White was a member of the Bennington lodge, No. 154, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and of the Bennington council, No. 2, of the Sons and Daughters of Justice, and these societies, assisted by Rev. Brown of the Presbyterian church, conducted the services which were held in the Presbyterian church at Bennington, Kansas, Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, April 19th, 1910.

Relatives from a distance who were present were his son, Perley G. White, of Pasadena, Calif.; his sister-in-law, Mrs. Hannah Darling of Azusa, Calif.; his brother-in-law, Lewis Corlis of DeSoto, Kansas, and his niece, Mrs. Birdie Whitaker of Topeka, Kansas.

The funeral was attended by a large concourse of neighbors and friends and all that was mortal of our friend and brother was laid to rest in the Bennington cemetery near the remains of many of those he loved on earth.

Transcribed by: Name: Cheryl White
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