Bio of WHITE, Homer A. (b.1886), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 511-512
HOMER A. WHITE
Homer A. White is manager of the Minneapolis branch of the Devoe & Raynolds
Company, a wholesale paint concern. He was born in Edina, Missouri, on the 21st
of March, 1886, a son of William A. and Ella (Schwartz) White, natives of
Missouri. His father was a prominent agriculturist and retired some years before
his demise, which occurred in Wichita, Kansas, in 1919. Mrs. White survives her
husband and is living in Oklahoma. To the union of Mr. and Mrs. White five boys
and two girls were born, Homer A. being the second in order of birth.
In the acquirement of his early education Homer A. White attended the public
schools of Edina, Missouri, and subsequently learned the trade of a blacksmith.
After serving his apprenticeship he followed that trade until 1905, when he
became connected with the Devoe & Raynolds Company as city shipping clerk, his
headquarters being in Kansas City, Missouri. He left their employment in 1909
and accepted a clerkship in the retail department of the Patterson & Sargent
Company and later traveled on the road for that concern. Some four years later
he became a traveling representative with Bradley & Vrooman and after three
years in that connection he returned to the Devoe & Raynolds Company, acting as
territory sales­man until 1920, when he was transferred to Minneapolis as sales
manager and subsequently as manager of the branch here. He is well fitted to
discharge the duties of this important position and the best principles of
integrity and honor govern him in all transactions.
At Kansas City, Missouri, on the 14th of June, 1907, was celebrated the marriage
of Mr. White to Miss Gertrude Lukens, a daughter of R. P. Lukens, a prominent
resident of that place. To their union one child has been born: Homer A., Jr.,
who is fourteen years of age and a student in the West high school.
Since attaining his majority Mr. White has maintained an independent course In
politics, giving his support to the man he thinks best fitted for the office
without regard for party principles. Fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to
Albert Pike Lodge, No. 303; Wichita Consistory; and has become a Shriner by the
Scottish Rite route. He is also affiliated with the Benevolent Protective Order
of Elks, holding membership in Minneapolis Lodge, No. 44. His religious faith is
that of the Methodist church, to the support of which he is a generous
contributor. Mr. White is essentially a public-spirited citizen and his
influence is ever on the side of advancement and improvement. He is a live
member of the Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Association and along strictly
business lines is connected with the Paint & Varnish Club of this city. During
the World war Mr. White gave generously of his time and means in the furtherance
of the government's interests. He served on the registration board at Wichita,
Kansas, and was prominent in all Liberty Loan drives and in the promotion of
other worthy causes.