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Augustus J. White, M. D., is a son of George O. W. and Mary A. (Cole) White, who were born in Massachusetts and New York October 23, 1817, and February 27, 1820, respectively. The father came to Tennessee in 1837 and started the Sycamore Cotton Mills and built the Sycamore Powder Mills. After living alternately in Massachusetts and Tennessee until 1854, he took up a permanent residence in Tennessee and died in Lawrence County April 4, 1886. The mother now resides on the home place. Augustus J. was born in Massachusetts June 26, 1852, and there resided until eight years of age, when he was brought to Tennessee, and has since made the State his home, with the exception of one year spent in California. He has very vivid recollections of the late war, although too young to take part in the same. His early education was obtained in the common schools, but later he was taught by Capt. Thomas H. Paine, present State superintendent of public instruction for Tennessee. He began studying medicine under Dr. James E. Edwards, and later graduated from the medical department of the University of Tennessee (now Vanderbilt). June 26, 1872, he wedded Lena J. Moss, born in Franklin, Tenn., December 12, 1852, daughter of A. W. Moss, and to them were born five children, three of whom are living: Lena Gertrude, Lyndal Warren and Carrie May Cleveland. Dr. White is a farmer and Democrat, and a successful physician. His wife is a member of the Christian Church.