Arthur M. White

    Arthur M. White is a native of the township where he now resides, born January 4, 1863, the ninth in a family of eleven children -David, Captain of Company I, Fifty-third Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry (deceased); Mary G., Robert B., James A., Jennie M., Charles W., William T., Clark P., Arthur M., and tow that died in infancy who were born to Robert W. and Lydia J. (Ferguson) White, natives of Pennsylvania, where they were married February 18, 1841. The following spring they came to Warrick County, settling on Section 27 in Skelton Township, with a capital of $400. He improved a farm of 300 acres, and at this death, which occurred January 27, 1865, by the falling of a tree, he was the owner of over 700 acres of land. Mrs. White's birth occurred February 18, 1822, and she now resides on the old homestead. She and husband were members of the Old School Presbyterian Church.

    Arthur M. was raised on the farm and received a good common school education. December 25, 1883, he married Miss Emma Johnson, who as born February 17, 1864, a daughter of Squire and Nancy J. (Tennison) Johnson, and to them one child -Clyde C. has been born. Mr. White turns his attention principally to stock-raising and farming, owning sixty acres of good land. He is a Democrat in politics, and an esteemed and respected citizen.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.