BIO: WHITE, T. M., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contributed for use in US GenWeb Archives by the Kentucky Biography Project Date: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 Subject: BIO: WHITE, T. M., Campbell Co., KY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ******************************************************************************* USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. ******************************************************************************* Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Campbell Co. T. M. WHITE was born in Campbell County, Ky., in March, 1829, and is the eldest of four children born to James S. and Margaret (Dicken) White. James S. White was born in Alexandria, Campbell County, in 1806, and was a son of Jacob and Sarah (Stephens) White, natives of Virginia. He was a farmer by occupation, a man of high character, of great energy and industry, who died in 1879, in this seventy-third year. The mother of our subject was a daughter of Joseph Dicken, her mother being a Miss Blackgrove, before her marriage; they were natives of Virginia. T. M. White was reared on the farm, and in early life learned the trade of a blacksmith, which trade he followed until 1875. In 1877 he was elected sheriff of Campbell County and re-elected in 1879. He is one of Campbell County's most efficient public servants; is a member of the Baptist Church, and of the Masonic fraternity. In 1849 he married Miss Elizabeth Bryan, a daughter of Samuel Bryan, of Campbell County. Mrs. White is also a member of the Baptist Church. To their union have been born nine children, viz: J. S. (deceased), Theodore (deceased), three who died in infancy, Missouri (deceased), Dora H., Lida M. and Charles. *******************************************************************************