Sketch of Jacob White, St. Charles County, Missouri >From "A History of the Pioneer Families of Missouri, with numerous sketches, anecdotes, adventures, etc., relating to Early Days in Missouri" by William S. Bryan and Robert Rose, Published by Bryan, Brand & Co., St. Louis Missouri, 1876. ********************************************************************** Jacob White, of Kentucky, married a Miss Stone, and settled in the town of St. Charles in 1816. He was a great bee raiser, and had an idea that no one could be successful in that business unless he stole a swarm to commence with. One of his neighbors wanted to purchase a swarm from him one day, but White told him that they would do him no good unless he stole them. The man took him at his word, and stole the bees that night, but they stung him nearly to death as he was carrying them home. Mr. White had four children, all daughters, whose names were: Harriet, Angeline, Elizabeth and Mary. They all remained single except Elizabeth, who married Mr. Whitney, of Boston, who settled in St. Charles and opened a shoe store at an early date. Their children were: William F., Martha E. and Frank W. William F., married a daughter of Hon. A. H. Buckner, member of Congress from the thirteenth district. Martha E. married Hon. A. H. Edwards, at present a member of the Missouri State Senate. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Penny Harrell ====================================================================