Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....White, Malachi
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Middletown Township


   MALACHI WHITE farmer, P.O. Langhorne, is a descendant of 
early pioneer settlers of Bucks county.  He is a son of 
Malachi White, and was born December 1, 1823, on the farm in 
Middletown township where his father and grandfather were 
also born.  This farm is still in the possession of the 
family.  The first member of the family who came to this 
country emigrated about the time of William Penn.  Mr. 
White's father was born in Middletown township September 1, 
1788, and died November 19, 1868.  He was twice married, and 
was the father of thirteen children.  Malachi is the sixth 
child, and was reared on the farm in Middletown township, 
attending the district school there.  As a farmer he has met 
with average success.  In 1855 he married Miss Caroline, a 
daughter of Amaziah and Susanna (White) Headley.  Her 
parents were of English descent, and were members of the 
Society of Friends, and were among the earliest settlers of 
Bristol township.  Her father and grandfather were farmers 
in Bristol township.  Mr. and Mrs. White have had five 
children:  Ella, Ashton, Austin and Malachi and Florence now 
deceased (born May 31, 1862, died December 19, 1881).  Mrs. 
White holds to the Friends' belief, but is not a member of 
the meeting.  Mr. White is a democrat in politics.  He takes 
an active interest in the schools and all the affairs of his 
native county.  He is a master mason, and is a member of 
Bristol lodge, No. 25.  His farm consists of one hundred and 
twenty-three acres of land where he now resides, and he has 
gained his present possessions by his own exertions.  Mr. 
White's grandfather, Joseph White, was a captain in the 
revolutionary war.  He was born in Middletown township, May 
20, 1757, and died in 1824.  He was a farmer and a man of 
strong will power, which he has transmitted to his 
posterity.