Greenbrier County, West Virginia Biography of GEORGE LAKE WHITE. This biography was submitted by Sandy Spradling, E-mail address: This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 176-178 GEORGE LAKE WHITE. The White family is one of the oldest in the county. On the farm now owned by George Lake White, and patented by George Roople, November 16, 1796, William White from Tyrone, Ireland, settled here in a very early day. He was born in 1782 and died July 29, 1849. By his wife, Rebecca Orr, born May 15, 1786, died February Jo, 1874, he became the father of Bettie, born in 1809, died April 30, 1870, (the wife of Charles Sneed) Robert, born July 6, 1813, died April 7, 1898. These two children were born in Ireland. The third child, William, born March 14, 1817, while his parents were on a passage of six months across the water, and with the experience of a shipwreck to add proper disagreeableness to the sail; James, born in 1819, died March 29, 1894; George, the father of our subject, born December 1, 1821, died April 12, 1895, and Richard Dickson, born March 18, 1824, died January 6, 1910. He was a soldier in the Confederate army, Twenty-sixth battalion Virginia infantry, Edgar's battalion. He was seriously wounded at Winchester, September 19, 1864, captured and held a prisoner at Point Lookout until March, 1865. He was married to Miss Mary Masters, sister of William Masters, of Lewisburg. George White married Jane Rodgers June 10, i856. She was a daughter of William Rodgers, who lived on Anthony creek, above Alvon. She was born December 30, 1821, died January 6, 1897. Two children were born to this union, Mary Virginia, born June 5, 1857, and _____. Her first husband was James M. Darnell, now dead. She then married Henry Nicholas. Their residence is at North Jackson, Ohio. George Lake White, the subject of this sketch, was born February 13, 1860. He lives on the farm now in the family possession for one hundred years. He was one of the charter members of the bank at White Sulphur Sprnigs and was its vice-president when organized, and is now its president. As a man whose judgment on matters of moment is frequently desired, he holds a commanding position in the opinion of his neighbors, and consequently his share of the public offices. He has been road commissioner and supervisor for twenty years, and is also at the present time deputy county supervisor and school commissioner. Mr. White has been twice married. Oh May 26, 1886, he was united to Elizabeth Washington Wetzel, and the fruit of that union was Lena V., born March 24, 1887, and George N., born March 25, 1889. The daughter married George L. Kursey, September 19, 1906. Their children are Lee Forest, William Whetzel, and Eugia Virginia. George Nettleton White is a graduate of Dunmore College, Virginia, and is now assistant cashier in the White Sulphur Springs Bank. He was married to Eva Eakle, October 21, 1915. The second wife of George Lake White was Elvina Keyes, which marriage took place on January 13, 1892. Miss Keyes was born October 24, 1858, and comes from a stock of patriots, as well as old Virginia settlers. The homestead was near her present residence and is where her father died, July 4, 1880, and her mother died November is, 1890. Her grandfather, Joseph Keyes, was a resident of Union, Monroe county. He had four sons, Isaac, a soldier in the Confederate army; John Humphrey, born October 28, 1818, in Fincastle, Va.; Thomas B., and Gashum. John H., the father of Mrs. George Lake White, married twice; his first wife was Margaret Mahon, and by whom he had two children, Isaac and Margaret Ann, both dead. His second wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Nancy Pine. The children of this union were, James Allen (died on his way home from prison), Joseph R., Humphrey, Bindever, Gershom, Mary Arminta and Elvina. Gershom is dead. The children of Mr. White (second marriage) were Ernest K., born November 8, 1892; Clarence, born April 12, 1894, now employed in the garage at White Sulphur Springs; Lester, born June 28, 1895; Guy Rodgers, born Dec.28, 1896; William Lake, born March 20, 1896; Jesse Rufus, born February 6, 1901, and who died on July 14, 1901.