Greenbrier County, West Virginia         Biography of GEORGE EDWARD WHITE

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History of Greenbrier County 
J. R. Cole 
Lewisburg, WV 1917 
p. 107-108

GEORGE EDWARD WHITE.

The White family, though not so numerous as some other families in the 
county, have all been efficient as good ctizens of the commonwealth.  The 
ancestor of this line was George White, who lived and died in the vicinity of 
Alvon, having been identified with that community nearly a hundred years ago. 
He was born July 4, 1816, and his wife, who was Miss Anne Wilson, was born 
January 27, 1815. They always lived near Alvon. Their children were Julie C. 
White, born June 22, 1846; H. M., August 13, 1848; Margaret J., May 13, 1850; 
William H., August 1, 1852; Joseph H., December 11, 1854.

Harvey M. White was the father of the subject of this sketch. He was a member 
of Company G, Twenty-sixth Virginia Infantry, and served the last two years 
as a Confederate soldier in the Civil war. He married Elizabeth M. Lynch, 
born December 13, 1852. The nuptial feast took place in 1869. She was a 
native of Monroe county, West Virginia. Their children were:  Joseph H. 
White, born November 12, 1870; James L., July 20, 1873; George E., September 
11, 1879; John P., August 24, 1882; Laura Belle, January 2, 1884, all of whom 
are married and living near Alvon.