Laurens-Screven County GaArchives Biographies.....White, Erasmus Douglas 1865 - living in 1913
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Author: William Harden
p.752-753

   ERASMUS DOUGLAS WHITE. The town of Dublin, Georgia, has since the year 1896
known the operations of Erasmus Douglas White along varied lines of enterprise
and activity. As a member of the firm of White & White, which carries on one of
the principal business concerns in the city, he is prominent and popular, while
he is not less a leading figure in the administration of the affairs of the
city. He has served as a member of the council, as mayor pro tem, and has been
in charge of the municipal water and lights departments, and in all those lines
of activity he has shown himself an ideal citizen and an excellent man of business.

   Erasmus Douglas White was born in Screven county, near what is now called
Middleground Postoffice, on November 24, 1865, and he is the son of Erasmus
Downing and Mary Elizabeth (Southwell) White, both of whom were born in Screven
county. The father was born in 1836 and died in 1908, while the mother still
lives and makes her home in Sylvania, Georgia, They became the parents of ten
children, of which number two are deceased. The father was a farmer, and passed
his life in that vocation, and he was also a veteran of the civil war, having
served in the Confederate army.

   The early education of Erasmus D. White was secured in the country schools of
Screven county, and he alternated his school attendance with work on the home
farm. With the close of his school period he gave himself to the continued work
of farming and therein was occupied until he reached the age of thirty years,
and it was about then that he first came to Dublin. His first association with
the business interests in the city was in the capacity of a grocer, and after
some little time he closed out his grocery interests and accepted a position as
superintendent of the light and water plants of the city. He also served as
clerk of the city council, and a period of seven years was passed in these
connections. For four years he was buyer for the Four Seasons Department Store,
and in 1909 he purchased the business of which he had been manager for some
time, and with 0. D. White, is now engaged in conducting that business. Mr.
White is also interested in agricultural activities and owns some of the best
farm land in the vicinity.

   Mr. White has given valued service to the city in many capacities. As a
member of the city council in 1907 and 1908 he had a voice in one of the most
successful administrations that the city has known, and during that time served
as mayor pro tern. He has served as chairman of the street commissioners and of
the light and water committees, and in 1910 was elected to the state legislature
from his district. During that time he was a member of the committee on
appropriations, the judiciary committee, the education committee, and the
banking committee. Mr. White is distinctly in favor of compulsory education, and
his opinions and influence bear no little weight in all circles of thinking
people in Dublin.

   On April 11, 1888, Mr. White was married to Miss Sarah J. McGee, a daughter
of William H. and Rebecca McGee of Screven county. To them eight children have
been born, named as follows: Eugene D., Rufus Lester, Tessie Sibley Lamar,
Christopher Gadson, Cathleen, Brig-ham McGee, and William Herschel.

   Mr. and Mrs. White are members of the Methodist church, and bear an active
and worthy part in the activities of that body. They are among the more
prominent of the citizenship of Dublin, and in this city enjoy the friendship of
a large circle of people, where they occupy a leading part in the best social
activities of the community.



Additional Comments:
From:

A HISTORY OF SAVANNAH AND SOUTH GEORGIA
BY
WILLIAM HARDEN

VOLUME II
ILLUSTRATED
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
CHICAGO AND NEW YORK
1913




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