BIO:  Dr. David M. C. WHITE, Reading Township, Adams County, PA

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History of Cumberland and Adams Counties, Pennsylvania
Chicago:  Warner, Beers & Co., 1886
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Part III, History of Adams County, Page 505

DR. DAVID M. C. WHITE, P. O. Hampton, was born November 8, 1820, near Hampton, 
Adams County, a son of David and Sarah (Dicks) White, also natives of the same 
county.  His father followed farming until 1826, when he moved to Hampton and 
entered mercantile business, which he followed for a number of years.  Later he 
engaged in speculating, but died suddenly at Fort Wayne, Ind., August 10, 1853, 
and was buried in Hampton.  Our subject was six years of age when his parents 
moved to Hampton.  In early life he received a good education and assisted in 
his father’s store.  Later he studied dentistry and located in Hampton, where 
he has since resided and where he has an extensive practice.  In 1845 he married 
Retura S. Blish, who bore him seven children:  Charles, Emma, Wert, David, John, 
Sarah and Heber, five of whom are now living.  Mrs. White died October 1, 1863.  
Her father, Dr. Charles Blish, was a native of Massachusetts and one of the 
pioneer settlers of Hampton, Adams Co., Penn., where he located in 1818, and 
established an extensive practice.  He was also the first postmaster of Hampton, 
and took an active part in everything calculated to build up the place and 
promote the interests of the community.  He died May 9, 1861, at the age of 
sixty-nine years, leaving three daughters:  Retura, Hannah and Addie.  Dr. 
White’s second marriage took place in 1876.