U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: --------------------------------------------------------------------- White, George Washington (1864-1932) --------------------------------------------------------------------- A History of Preston County West Virginia Biographical Department, Supplied by J. R. Cole Kingwood, W. Va., The Journal Publishing Company, 1914 by H. S. Whetsell Pages 771-772, GEORGE WASHINGTON WHITE. Preston county is noted for its good schools. We have spoken several times of the teachers in this part of the state, and we want here to notice the schoolroom work by George W. White, who has taught longer in this county than any other teacher coming under our observation. He was educated in the free schools, and in six terms of summer school, at Kingwood, taught by leading educators of the state. Following this preparation for his chosen profession, he became an educator himself, confining his attention to Preston county, solely, and is now teaching his twenty-fifth term, all on No. One certificates but the first, which was a third grade. His father was a teacher in the county, and, like the son, possessed ability as an instructor and disciplinarian. Mr. White is a grandson of Robert White, whose father was born in Scotland. His grandmother was Eliza Pew Freeman, born May 23, 1791, and married October 21, 1809, to Robert White. Their son, Francis Willis White, was born March 10, 1819. He died December 28, 1891. He married Sarah Feather, daughter of Adam Feather. She was born August 21, 1825, and died April 7, 1894. She was raised on the farm where Rev. Joseph Feather now lives in the Crab Orchard. F. W. White was raised on a farm near Kingwood. His children were: Mary Eliza, Sabra Jane, Adam David, Susan Catherine, James Clark, Jacob Francis, Margaret Ellen, John Solomon, Julia Anna Belle, George Washington, Emma Alice and Joseph Feather White. George Washington White was born on the farm where he now lives, September 22, 1864. He was raised a farmer, and teaching has been his chosen profession. In political life he has been known as a staunch Republican, but he never held any office. In church he has been active as a worker, and an efficient class-leader and a Sabbath school superintendent for several years. He and his family worship with the Methodist and the United Brethren churches. His wife was Florence May Fortney, whom he married March 31, 1895, at her father, Francis Asbury Fortney's house on the farm where she was born near Howesville. Children born to Mr. and Mrs. George F. White are as follows: (1) Otis Oglevie, born August 1, 1896, now holding an elementary diploma given him in March, 1912. (2) Edison Earl, born February 12, 1898. (3) Martha Iola, born August 14, 1900. (4) infant, born and died December 8, 1902. (5) Gertrude Lenore, born November 6, 1904. (6) Olivia Juanita, born September 16, 1906. (7) Cary Virginia, born April 23, 1908. (8) _____, born April 19, 1910. (9) Doris Norma, born February 26, 1912. This constitutes one of the happiest homes in Preston county, on the M. & K. Railroad at Pleasantdale. --------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Preston County, WV #6957 FULL-NAME: George Washington White BIRTH-DATE: September 22, 1864 BIRTH-PLACE: Preston Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: May 6, 1932 DEATH-PLACE: near Kingwood, Kingwood District, Preston County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: married OCCUPATION: School Teacher FATHER: Francis White (born in Preston Co.) MOTHER: Sarah Feather (born in Preston Co.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: arteriosclerosis (Senility) hypertrophy of heart INFORMANT: O. O. White (of Kingwood R.F.D.) BURIAL: White Cemetery --------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Preston County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/preston/bios.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------