White, J. S.

WHITE

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 8/13/2008 at 13:58:45

J. S. White

(From the 1883 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, by J. H. Keatley, p.75, Belknap Twp.)
J. S. White, farmer, P. O. Carson, was born in Fulton County, Ill., June 3, 1845. He is the son of J. M. and Elizabeth (Rist) White; his father was born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1820; he is a farmer and lives on Section 22, Washington Township, this county; he came from Henderson County, Ill., in 1867, to Mills County, this State, and has lived in this county for the past two years. His (subject's) mother was born in Allegheny County, Penn., in 1823, and died in Fulton County, Ill., in 1858. In 1863, our subject joined the Union army, but was taken sick, and returned home on that account; he enlisted a second time, in Company H, Twenty-eighth Illinois Infantry. He was in the siege of Mobile, under Burnside, and at Forts Gains and Blakely. Hw as then transferred to Brownsville, Texas, under command of Steele and Canby. He was mustered out of service at this latter place on March 25, 1865. He was married in Terre Haute, Ill., June 11, 1867, to Mary Spencer, born in Perry County, Ohio, September 29, 1848. She was the daughter of Edward and Elizabeth (Fowler) Spencer, both natives of Ohio. Her father was a farmer; went to the war in 1861; he was taken prisoner at the time of Bank's retreat at Winchester, and died in Andersonville Prison in 1862; her mother died before the war. After his marriage, our subject farmed two seasons in Illinois, and then came to Mills County, this State. He has resided in this county about four years; his residence is situated in the northeast quarter Section 31, Belknap Township, where he farms 200 acres in and owns 160 acres elsewhere. He conducted a real estate office, handling land all over this county; he was once elected Justice of the Peace, but declined to serve; he has served as School Director ever since coming to this county; he has five children - John E., born May 3, 1868; William, born November 25, 1870; Mary J., born October 25, 1872; Sarah, born October 20, 1874, and Charles W., born May 12, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. White are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in politics is Independent.