Will County IL Archives Biographies.....White, William H 
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WILLIAM H. WHITE, proprietor of the Columbia laundry at No. 106 Jefferson 
street, Joliet, was born at Braidwood, this county, January 22, 1874, a son of 
George W. and Rebecca (Harris) White. Of ten children comprising the family he 
and a brother are the only ones in Joliet. His father, a native of Scotland, 
followed farming in his native land, but while still a young man he came to 
America, more than forty years ago. Settling in this county he embarked in 
agricultural pursuits here. For a short time he also experimented with farm 
work in Kansas, but, not meeting with success, returned to Illinois, 
purchasing land in Iroquois County, near Kankakee, that was owned by the 
Illinois Central Railroad Company. He now makes his home in Braidwood and is 
living retired from business cares. He is connected with the Odd Fellows and 
in politics votes with the Republicans.

The education of our subject was begun in public schools and completed in 
Putnam's Business College in Joliet. His first experience in merchandising was 
with J. R. Hobbs, with whom he remained for one and one-half years. Later he 
spent fourteen months with Royston & Clark, a grocery firm in Joliet, and 
afterward engaged in business with Charles Pinneo. About one year afterward he 
began to work for the Columbia laundry, which was at that time operated as a 
hand laundry. Since he purchased the business he has made it the leading 
laundry in the city. During the six years that he has had charge of the 
business his success has been marked; this, too, notwithstanding the fact 
that, when he began, he was the youngest business man in Joliet, being less 
than twenty-one years of age. He displays push, energy and sagacity in his 
work, and is making of it a notable success. He is a member of the Illinois 
State and the National Laundrymen's Association.

In politics Mr. White is independent. His fraternal relations are varied and 
important. He is connected with Mount Joliet Lodge No. 42, A. F. &  A. M.; 
Paul Revere Lodge No. 371, K. of P.; Sons of America; Knights of the Globe (in 
which he is a charter member); Knights of Korrahassen, a social order of the 
Knights of Pythias in Chicago; and Knights of the White Cross, of which he is 
a charter member. On Christmas day of 1895 he was united in marriage with Amy, 
daughter of Charles Pinneo, of Joliet. They have had two children, one now 
living, Ardis Marian.

Additional Comments:
Genealogical and Biographical Record of Will County Illinois Containing 
Biographies of Well Known Citizens of the Past and Present, Biographical 
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1900

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