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Home of Jary White near Fountain Green - 1888
Shared by Roger Vanderveen, great-great-grandson of Jary & Elizabeth Williams White.
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| Page content last modified: | May 25, 2008, added small image of Charles Wesley White; locations and dates of death for James H. and Clara Effie (White) Yetter.
May 12, 2008, added detail on Nancy King Mills Funnell, second wife of Charles Wesley White. May 8, 2008, corrected year of birth for George, added date of birth for Lois. May 7, 2008, added tintype image of Daniel White, added his actual burial location. May 5, 2008, added text regarding Laura White's burial location. January 28, 2008, added Noble White's middle name; Noble's and Ella's place of death; link to Charles Wesley White. |
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Jary White Son of:  Jary White & Lucena Lawrence
b: 1809 Mt. Holly, Rutland Co, VT m: 1833 New York d: Oct 20, 1884 Hancock Co, IL (probably) burial: Majorville Cemetery, Hancock Co, IL
The Gregg biography mentions that Jary settled on 80 acres in Section 23 of what would be named Fountain Green Township in 1850. Land records show purchases of 160 acres in Section 23. Click on the next link to view a representation of where those acres were located. |
Spouse 1: Laura Eaton Dau. of Frazier & Lucinda Eaton
b: abt Jun 11, 1814 NY m: 1833 New York d: May 21, 1860 Fountain Green Twp, Hancock Co, IL
burial: Majorville Cemetery, Hancock Co, IL
The 1850 Census shows Laura's birthplace was Pennsylvania. All other references indicate she was born in New York. According to the Narratives on Majorville Cemetery indicate that the first burial there occurred in 1862. We tend to believe that is factual and that she was buried at Fountain Green Cemetery. If she was reinterred at Majorville, when would that have been done? Twenty-four years later when Jary died? It's unlikely there would have been much left to move. Whether or not Laura's actual remains were placed at Majorville, her marker is there next to Jary's.
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Laura White b: d: burial: |
In the 1880 Gregg history, four of the children of Jary and Laura Eaton White were said to be still living: George, Charles, Laura and Augustus. But this Laura was not in either the 1850 or 1860 Census, and Laura Eaton White died in May of 1860. One possibility is that this "Laura" was actually the Lucinda enumerated in 1850 and 1860.
Adding to the puzzle is that Jary and his second wife also were reported to have a daughter named Laura E., but this second Laura did not appear in any census listings, either.
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 Daniel White
b: abt 1835 Hancock Co, IL d: Feb 12, 1863 Annapolis, MD burial: Annapolis National Cemetery, Annapolis, MD
A commemorative marker was erected at
Daniel enlisted in the Union Army on September 7, 1861, at Camp Butler in Sangamon County. Sixteen months later he was dead.
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Tintype image of Daniel shared by |
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Clarinda White b: 1838-1839 Hancock Co, IL d: burial: |
In the 1880 Gregg history, four of the children of Jary and Laura Eaton White were said to be deceased. Clarinda was not named as one of the surviving children. |
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Lucinda White b: 1841-1846 Hancock Co, IL d: burial: |
Lucinda was recorded at age 9 in the 1850 Census and 14 in the 1860 Census. In the 1880 Gregg history, four of the children of Jary and Laura Eaton White were said to be deceased. Lucinda was not named as one of the surviving children. |
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Charles Wesley White
b: Jan 22, 1844 Hancock Co, IL d: May 26, 1930 Browning, Linn Co, MO burial: Enterprise Cemetery, Linn Co, MO Spouse 1: Mary Freeland Robertson
Spouse 2: Nancy E. (King) Mills Funnell
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Thanks to Gary Gooch and J. Frank Shouse, great-grandsons, for sharing information on Charles and his family.  |
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George W. White
b: Jan 22, 1844 Hancock Co, IL d: July 6, 1890 Illinois (probably) burial: Majorville Cemetery, Hancock Co, IL
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From the 1880 Gregg History: George entered the 84th Ill. Inf. in 1862, was wounded at Stone river in 1863, was in the hospital 9 months, re-entered his regiment, and was discharged June 9, 1865, having received two wounds, one in the thigh and one in the head, the latter injuring him for life. |
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Augustus White b: Jun 11, 1849 Hancock Co, IL d: Jan 21, 1928 Smith Center, Center Twp, Smith Co, KS
burial: Fairview Cemetery, Smith Co, KS Spouse: Catherine Kirchenschlager
Based on the 1900 Kansas Census, which shows daughter Evie was born in Illinois in June of 1883, Gus and family left Illinois sometime after that date.
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L to R: Augustus, Evie, Catherine, Laura (1888) |
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Augusta White b: Jun 11 1849 Hancock Co, IL d: Sep 30, 1867 Hancock Co, IL burial: Majorville Cemetery, Hancock Co, IL
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In the 1880 Gregg history, four of the children of Jary and Laura Eaton White were said to be deceased. Augusta, twin sister of Augustus, was not named as one of the surviving children. |
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Jary White Son of: Jary White & Lucena Lawrence
b: 1809 Mt. Holly, Rutland Co, VT m: Jul 11, 1861 Hancock Co, IL (probably) d: Oct 20, 1884 Hancock Co, IL (probably) burial: Majorville Cemetery, Hancock Co, IL
According to the 1880 Gregg history, "Mrs. White has 5 children", but then the names of six living children were listed: "Henrietta, James, Noble S., Clara E., Louis L. [Lois L.], now dead, Laura E. and Frances E." Elizabeth was first married to Henry James on December 30, 1857. They had one daughter, Mary Henrietta James. Thanks to Helen Vargas for pointing out what now seems so obvious. If we remove the comma between Henrietta and James in the sentence from the Gregg sketch, the text then fits known history. At present we have no further information on Henry James, but we believe that he died in 1859 and was buried in |
Spouse 2: Elizabeth Letitia Williams (James) Dau. of John Williams & Mary Jones
b: Dec 28, 1828 Illinois, perhaps Sangamon Co m: Jul 11, 1861 Hancock Co, IL (probably) d: Dec 10, 1888 Hancock Co, IL burial: Majorville Cemetery, Hancock Co, IL
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Noble Lyon White b: May 8, 1862 Hancock Co, IL d: Feb 14, 1922 Kirksville, Adair Co, MO burial: Highland Park Cemetery,
Adair Co, Kirksville, MO
Spouse: Ella N. (Elenore/Elnora) George
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Clara Effie White b: abt 1863 Hancock Co, IL m: Nov 6, 1889 Colchester, McDonough Co, IL d: May 16, 1941, Lane Co, OR burial: Spouse: James H. Yetter
Witnesses to Clara's and James' marriage were It's interesting to note that two weeks after Clara and James were married, Thomas Eddy White married Amanda Agnes Campbell. Between 1890 and 1894 Clara gave birth to three children in Colorado, and in 1892 Thomas' and Agnes' first daughter was born in Colorado. In 1891 a third White sibling, Frances Emma, was married in Boulder County, Colorado, and her two children were born there in 1892 and 1893. By 1900 Clara and James, Thomas and Agnes, and their young families were located near each other in Adair County, Missouri, and in 1910 they were all living in the same township in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Frances Emma had returned to Illinois with her children sometime after the death of her husband in 1894.
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Also in Adair County in 1900 was the family of Noble and Ella George White. James died in Lane County, Oregon, in 1929. In 1930 Clara was living in Lane County near Thomas and Amanda. In August of 1936 when the Majorville Church congregation held a Clara died in 1941. |
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Lois L. White b: Jul 3, 1865 d: Jun 9, 1866 burial: Majorville Cemetery, Hancock Co, IL
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Lois L., not Louis L., died in 1866. |
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Thomas Eddy White b: Jan 23, 1868 Hancock Co, IL d: after 1948 burial: Spouse: Amanda Agnes Campbell
Mrs. Ed White and children has [sic] returned to their home in Kirksville, Mo. after a pleasant visit with her parents here and other relatives in Colchester and Tennessee. Mrs. Frank Gor[d]on, of Colchester, a sister of Mrs. White, accompanied her for a short visit.
Nephews Delbert and Gerald Campbell remembered that Ed was in the timber business.
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 shared by Delbert Campbell From census records, obituaries and other sources, Ed and Agnes lived in the following locations:
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Frances Emma White
b: Apr 2, 1870 Illinois d: Sep 26, 1953 Los Angeles Co, CA burial: Spouse: James Milton Mix
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Emma, from her wedding portrait Shared by Roger Vanderveen, great-grandson |
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Laura E. White b: d: burial: |
This daughter is also mentioned in the 1880 Gregg history but did not appear in any of the family's census listings. |
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