Biographical Sketch of John White - Andrew County, Missouri >From "History of Missouri, Andrew & DeKalb County" Published 1888 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mo/mofiles.htm ************************************************ Transcribed by: Penny Harrell (Incog3678@aol.com) ********************************************************************** John White, the subject of the following sketch, is one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens of Empire Township, Andrew County, MO. He is a native of Muskingum County, Ohio, and was born August 30, 1817. His father, Robert White, was born in Virginia in 1787, and died in 1858. He was the son of Charles White, a native of England, who immigrated at an early day to America. Robert was a farmer by vocation. He was united in marriage in 1805 with Elizabeth Brannon, who was born in Pennsylvania in 1787. She died in 1824, leaving a family of six sons and two daughters, of whom John is the fifth. His father having removed from Pennsylvania to Ohio in 1817, he was rear- ed on a farm in that State, and received a limited education in the country schools. He has since engaged some in private study, and is an intelligent man, being conversant on general subjects. In 1839 he wedded Asenath H. Farrington, of Iowa, daughter of James and Elizabeth (Morton) Farrington. She was born in North Carolina, March 22, 1822. They have three sons. One fact connected with their history is that no death has ever occured in their family (1887). In 1840 Mr. White removed from Iowa to Andrew County, MO., where he later entered land, and has since been very successful in accumulating property. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and in politics he is a Republican.