Stephens-Franklin County GaArchives Biographies.....White, James Russell August 10, 1842 - 
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June Coker McNew http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00030.html#0007420 January 26, 2012, 1:14 am

Source: The Toccoa Record, Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia
Author: Unknown

The Toccoa Record, 26 Jan 1909, p. 1.  

Biographical Sketches


James Russell White.  One of our oldest citizens, a pioneer in this section, 
is James Russell White, who was born in Franklin county, near Mosley’s mill, 
August 10, 1848.  He was the youngest of a family of nine children, and is the 
only surviving member of that family.  In those days school advantages were 
very meager, and his education was obtained only at intervals between the age 
of eight and thirteen.

Living on the farm, he experienced nothing to break the serenity of farm life 
until the war broke out, and on the 3rd of February, 1862, he enlisted in the 
37th Georgia (Bates brigade) Company F, Gen. J. E. Johnston’s army.  With that 
army and under that leader he was in every battle of the war, except one, from 
which he was absent on account of a wound in the neck, received at Resaca, 
Ga., causing him o remain in a hospital eight weeks.  The Minnie ball which 
caused this wound remains in his neck, and besides this wound, he was hit on 
two other occasions.

At the close of the war he returned and, with the courage that characterized 
him in battle, he took up his duties on the farm.  Two years later he was 
happily married to Mrs. Mahala Moole, nee Miss Dortch.

Mr. White lives eight miles south of Toccoa, four miles from where he was 
born.  He has lived in this house continually for forty-two years.  For twenty-
four years he has served as a consistent member of the Baptist church.  He is 
a substantial citizen and farmer, and is a great believer in making our living 
at home, which, he says, may be brought about by more diversified rops, and 
the raising of more cattle and hogs.

Although at an advanced age, Mr. White’s memory is remarkable.  He can 
probably recall to mind more events and interesting experiences than any man 
in the county.  In conversation he holds the listener’s rapt attention, and is 
able to relate many stories of the pioneer days in detail, and give dates, and 
even days of the week.

Mr. White never owned a pistol nor cards, and never shot a gun but twice in 
his life, except during the war.  He never used tobacco in any form, and his 
whole life, as regarding good morals, would be a worthy example for any man.

Truly, this good old battle-scarred warrior has fought and won, because he has 
kept his footsteps in the paths of peace and right, his face forever upward.


[Transcribed by June Coker McNew, January 2011.  To get a copy of the picture 
in this article, I photographed the microfilm machine screen, but the quality 
of the image on the screen was very poor.]



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