James A. White, M.D., Rapides Parish, Louisiana 
Submitted by Mike Miller

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Source: Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, 
Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 458-459.  
Edited by Alc‚e Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association 

DR. JAMES A WHITE  
White, Dr. James A., prominent physician and surgeon, Alexandria, La., 
was born in Lincoln parish, La., Jan. 11, 1868; son of John M. and Elizabeth 
Paulina (Mitchell) White, the former of whom was a native of the State of 
Alabama, and came to Louisiana with his parents, locating in Lincoln parish, 
in 1849, when he was but 9 years old. He was reared and educated in that 
vicinity, where he has since followed the vocation of a farmer to this time.  
His father, William White, was a native of the State of Alabama, and after 
locating in Lincoln parish, La., there followed the occupation of a farmer 
throughout the remainder of his life, dying at the age of 83 years. He was 
of Welsh ancestry, while his wife was of German descent. Elizabeth Paulina 
Mitchell, the mother, was born near Selma, Ala., but was reared in Louisiana, 
to which she came with her mother at an early age. Her father died in Alabama.  
James A. White, the subject of this sketch, was second of 7 children born to 
his parents--6 sons and 1 daughter--all of whom are living at this time, with 
the exception of the youngest son. His boyhood days were passed at the farm 
home of his parents in Lincoln parish, where he attended a district school 
conducted in a log cabin chinked with mud. Later he attended high school at 
Ruston, La., and after graduating there attended college at Mount Lebanon La., 
where his academic education was completed. He then entered the College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, at Baltimore, Md., where he graduated in medicine in 
1892. In the same year he located at Pineville, La., where he practiced until 
1898, when he removed to Alexandria, and has since been continuously engaged in 
practice at the latter place. Dr. White is a member of the Rapides Parish 
Medical society, of which he is secretary and treasurer. He also is a member 
of the Louisiana State Medical society, and of the American Medical association, 
and the Louisiana Association of R. R. Surgeons. In 1893 Dr. White was married 
to Miss Lula Hardtner, daughter of Ernst J. and Emma Hardtner, of Pineville, and 
3 children have been born to their union, these being Lasca, Aubrey and James,
Jr. Dr. White is a Knight-Templar, 32nd degree Mason and a Noble of the Mystic 
Shrine.