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, Cummins Edward (1869-1923) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 599 DR. CUMMINS EDWARD WHITE, born January 9, 1869, on Freeman's Creek, Lewis County. Son of A. P. White and Mary C. Fetty; grandson of John White, for many years justice of the peace, and Katie Jackson, an own aunt of Stonewall Jackson. He was raised on a farm and attended the winter terms of school, after completing the course in the public schools, he took a teacher's course at the Glenville State Normal, and in 1892 completed his course in medicine at the Baltimore University. Upon his graduation he went to North Carolina, located at Fall Creek of that State and practiced his profession three years. In 1894-5 he was a student at Johns Hopkin University; returned home and located at Vandalia, where he practiced until 1902, when he came to Buckhannon. He is director of the Peoples Bank of West Virginia; was a promoter and is an officer of the City Hospital. His first wife was Daisy Bond, daughter of M. L. Bond, of Lewis County, whom he married May 20, 1896. Child: Ross B. His second wife was Minnie Carper Phillips, daughter of D. J. and Catherine Heavener Carper, who he married August 31, 1905. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #5006 FULL-NAME: Dr. C. E. White BIRTH-DATE: January 9, 1869 BIRTH-PLACE: Lewis Co. DEATH-DATE: March 14, 1923 (at age 54y-2m-5d) DEATH-PLACE: Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: M.D., Practicing Physician FATHER: A. P. White (born in Lewis Co.) MOTHER: Catherine Jackson (born in Lewis Co.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cancer of Stomach INFORMANT: Mrs. C. E. White (of Buckhannon) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery (1st wife of Dr. Cummins Edward White) Register of Deaths, Lewis County, WV (Page 261, Line No. 26) FULL-NAME: Daisy White BIRTH-PLACE: Lewis Co. DEATH-DATE: September 20, 1901 AGE-AT-DEATH: 28y-2m-12d SPOUSE: Cummins E. White CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Typhoid Fever INFORMANT: Cummins E. White, husband (2nd wife of Dr. Cummins Edward White) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #969 FULL-NAME: Minnie Elizabeth White BIRTH-DATE: August 8, 1867 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: January 31, 1947 (at age 79y-5m-23d) DEATH-PLACE: Main St., Buckhannon, Upshur C0unty, WV USUAL-RESIDENCE: Main St., Buckhannon, Upshur C0unty, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: Housewife FATHER: Daniel C. Carper (born in Upshur Co., W.Va.) MOTHER: Katherine Heavner (born in Upshur Co., W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Cerebral Hemorrhage INFORMANT: Col. Walter Phillips (of Huntington, West Va.) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery, Buckhannon, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------