My Genealogy Hound

John White was born in Camden County, Mo., in 1857, and is an enterprising citizen of his native county. His father, Thomas White, was a farmer by occupation, and was born in Indiana in 1834; he drove a Government team during the late war, and he married a Miss Medley. Of their children four are living, viz.: John, Riley H., Caroline (now Mrs. McCamish) and Luroney Carlisle. His second marriage, to Mrs. Sarah Fisher, resulted in the birth of two children: Robert and James T. Mrs. W. had three children by a former husband: Joseph, Fanny and Samuel Fisher. The paternal grandfather of our subject was Moses White, who was born in New Jersey, from which State he moved to Illinois, thence to Indiana, and in 1840 to Camden County, Mo. He was a farmer, and died in 1868. John White was reared to the pursuit of farming in Camden County, and was deprived of the privileges of an education even in the common schools, for which deficiency he made up to a large extent by studying alone. He worked at farming until 1882, and, having saved $100, he invested that amount in a stock of groceries, which he opened at Olive City, Camden County; after one month he moved to Osage Iron Works, where he engaged in more general merchandising, in partnership with J. T. Washburn, and the firm has been remarkably successful. They carry a complete stock of general merchandise, own their store building and residence, as well as 278 acres of land in Camden County and 320 acres in Morgan County. February 5, 1888, Mr. White married Miss Jennie Leighty, who was born in Johnson County, Mo., in 1869, and is a daughter of Peter and Ellen Leighty, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. White’s only child, Ellsworth Oron, who was born October 26, 1888, died January 26, 1889. Mr. White has been postmaster of the Osage Iron Works for the past five years, and has filled the office with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of the community. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Masonic fraternity, as well as the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.