Clarke County GaArchives Biographies.....White, Hugh Welch 1888 - living in 1923
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Author: H. J. Rowe

HUGH WELCH WHITE

   Prominent as a farmer, manufacturer, banker and civic official, Hugh Welch
White stands among the ablest and most successful young men of Clarke County.

   He was born at Whitehall, Clarke County, Georgia, September 6, 1888, the son
of John Richards White and Lilly (Paine) White. He attended the University of
Georgia, class of 1909.

   Immediately after leaving college he associated himself with his father in
the management of the Georgia Manufacturing Company and the Whitehall Yarn Mill,
two of the most successful cotton mills in the South. He was elected president
of the latter corporation in 1919.

   Mr. White is one of the large and successful farmers in the state. His
interest in agriculture and the agricultural development of Georgia is intense.
He is also vitally interested in banking and is a director of the National Bank
of Athens. His marked ability has brought success to his efforts as farmer,
manufacturer and banker.

   He is keenly interested in civic affairs and every movement for the
betterment of the community receives his active and energetic support. He has
served for a number of years as a member of the Board of Commissioners of Roads
and Revenues for Clarke County, a body charged with the management of the
financial affairs of this wealthy and prosperous county. In 1915 he was chosen
as chairman of that body, a position he filled with much ability. He is the
youngest man in Georgia to have held that responsible position. He is now a
member of this board. He is president of the Cloverhurst Country Club, president
of the Athens Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Masonic lodge, a member of
the Elks Club, and a Rotarian.

  Although many of his interests are in Athens, Mr. White resides at Whitehall,
near the two great mills and close to his large farms.

  He was married January 5, 1912, to Miss Ruth Beymer. Children: Bernice Beymer,
Hugh Welch, Jr., Walter Beymer, John Richard, and Robert Frances.


Additional Comments:
From:

HISTORY OF ATHENS and CLARKE COUNTY
1923

H. J. ROWE, Publisher

THE McGREGOR CO., PRINTERS, ATHENS, GA.




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