Greene County PA Archives Biographies.....White, Hiram May 1, 1840 - ????
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Source: Biographical History of Greene County, Nelson, Rishforth, and Co, Chicago, 1888
Author: Samuel P. Bates

      Hiram White, farmer and stock grower, Nettle Hill, 
Penna, was born in Greene county, Penna, May 1, 1840. He is 
a son of Isaac White and Lydia Tustin White, who were of 
English descent. His father, who was a farmer, was a soldier 
in the late war, serving in the Seventh West Virginia 
Regiment. He was twice married, and there were three 
children by the first marriage. By the second marriage there 
were eight children, of whom Hiram is the fifth. He was 
reared in Wayne township, on the farm and attended the 
district school in that township. Mr White has been a 
successful farmer and is the owner of a farm of 147 acres of 
land where he resides in Jackson township. 
  
      In 1861 Mr White married Mary Ann Cole, daughter of 
Henry Cole and Elizabeth King Cole, and their children are: 
John Henry White; Elizabeth, wife of Isaac Hughes; George 
White; Thomas White; Eliza White; James M White; Zella 
White; and Lucy White.
  
      Mr White is a Democrat and in 1844 was elected county 
commissioner. In 1861 he enlisted in Company E, Second West 
Virginia Volunteer Infantry. He was a brave soldier and 
fought in many battles. In 1884 Mr White was appointed 
reporter for the Greene county Agricultural Society. He took 
an active interest in the Grange movement, and for years was 
deputy of the county. He is P C of the G A R, Post 552, 
Nettle Hill. 

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