Frank B White		Frank White photo courtesy of Christy Morgan at [email protected];
Born: 24 Jan 1860 Helt's Prairie, Vermillion Co., IN
Married: 29 March 1881 Vermillion Co., IN
Died: 26 May 1881 Terre Haute, Vigo Co., IN   Both obituaries were on the same page of the same issue of the Hoosier State		Hoosier State  June 1, 1881	Hoosier State June 1, 1881
Buried: Helt's Prairie, Vermillion Co., IN

FATHER

Enoch White

MOTHER

Lydia Hellenback

WIFE

Viola Gaskill
b. Abt 1861 OH

Oral history has it that Enoch left a large amount of his estate to his youngest child knowing that Frank had only a short time to live and thinking that Frank would die without heirs, Frank's estate would then go to his siblings.  But after his father, Enoch, died, Frank married and then when he died, Frank's widow inherited a large estate.

According to the obituary above, Viola was set to inherit fifteen to twenty thousand dollars from her husband's estate. 

From Hoosier State, Wed. Aug 17, 1881
"Settled
A compromise Effected Between the White Heirs and Mrs. Viola Gaskill White
Last Fall Frank White, the youngest child of the late Enoch White, of Helt's Prairie, was united in marriage to Miss Viola E. Gaskill, of Summit Grove.  In about one month from the marriage Mr. White died of consumption, leaving the widow an estate worth $15,000.  The heirs talked of bringing suit to set aside the will made by Enoch White a short time before his decease, on the ground that he mad made an unequal distribution of his property, having given his youngest child (Frank) three times as much as any of the other heirs.  In order to avoid a big law suit the heirs proposed a compromise with the young widow, which was accepted on Thursday last.  the heirs gave her $7,000 in cash to relinquish her claim on the estate, and she is also to have all the personal property left after settling up the expenses of the estate."

Viola E. White sold to Samuel R. White et al 402 acres in Helt township for $7,000 in Aug. 1881.