WHITE
WHITE
he was one of the first settlers, and one of the
grantors of the Indian deed dated Nov. 15, 1042,
wliich instrument was written by him. John H.
White was graduated from Kenyon college.
Gambler, Ohio. A.B., 1872, and from Berkeley
Divinity school, 1875, being ordained deacon in
the same year, and priest, 1876. He was assistant
at St. Andrew's, Meriden. Conn., 1875-77; assis-
tant at St. Joiin"s. and vice-rector and instructor
in Latin at St. Margaret's school, "Waterbury,
Conn., 1877-78, and rector of Grace church. Old
Saybrook, Conn., 1878-81. He was married. April
23. 1879, to Marie Louise, daughter of DeWitt
Clinton and Mary Ann (Mfiy) Holbrook of Detroit,
Mich. He was rector of Christ chnrch, Joliet,
111., 1881-89; of St. John's. St. Paul. Minn., 1889-
91; warden of the Seabury Divinity school,
Faribault. Minn.. 1891-95; and was consecrated
fourth bishop of Indiana, May 1, 1895, by Bishops
Tuttle. Leonard and Gilbert, assisted by Bishops
McLaren, Whitehead, Nicholson and Hale. Upon
the division of the diocese, April 25, 1899, he took
the northern portion of the state with the title of
Bishop of Micliigan City. The honorary degree of
D.D. was conferred upon him by Kenyon college
and Seabury Divinity school in 1895. He was
chaplain-general of the Society of the Cincinnati
in 190;i. and a member of the New Hampshire
State Societ}- of the order and of other patriotic
and churcli societies.
WHITE, Phillips, delegate, was born in Hav- erhill. Mass.. Oct. 28, 1729; son of William and Sarah ( Pliillips) White; grandson of John and Lydia (Oilman) White, and of Samuel and Mary (Emerson) Phillips, and a descendant of William White, who came from England to Ipswich, Mass., in 1G35. and was one of the first settlers of Haverhill in 1640. His father was a clothier, and probably sers'ed as a representative in the Haverhill general court, 1733-34. Phillips White served as an officer in the army at Lake George. 1755; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Ncwburyport, Mass., until 1765, and subsequently in Soutliampton, N.H. He was a zealous patriot of the Revolution; a member of the Provincial congre.ss at Exeter, N.H., in December, 1775, that drafted the first state constitution to be adopted by congre.ss. Jan. 7, 1776; a member of the com- mittee of safety and of the state legislature for several years, serving as speaker of the house; judge of probate for Rockingham count}', N.H., 1776-90; a member of the convention tiiat met at Concord, N.II., June 10, 1778, and a delegate to the Continental congress, 1782-83. He was twice married: first. May 11, 1749, to Ruth Brown, of Newburj-, Mass., by whom he had thirteen children; and .secondly, June 16, 1798, to Sarah, widow of Dr. Dearborn, of Northampton, N.H. He died in Southampton, Aug. 11, 1811.
WHITE, Richard Grant, author, was born in
New York city. May 23, 1821; son of Richard
Mansfield and Ann Eliza (Toucey) White; grand-
son of Calvin and Sarah (Camp) White, and of
Donald Grant and Lucretia (Beers) Toucey, and
a descendant of John White (1574-1648), who
emigrated from England in 1636, settled first in
Cambridge, Mass., and afterward in Hartford,
Conn. Calvin White was rector of St. Jame.s"s
parish. Derby, Conn., for many years, and after-
ward became a Roman Catholic. Richard Grant
White attended Bristol (Pa.) college, 1835-
37; was graduated from the University of the
City of New York, A.B., 1837, A.M., 1840; sub-
sequentlj' studied medicine and law, being ad-
mitted to the bar in 1845, but did not practice,
preferring a literary career. He founded the
AUeg1ia)iian and the Yankee Dood/e (184G), both
of which were f.hort-lived; was musical and art
critic for the New York Courier and Enquirer,
1845-54, and associate editor of the same, 1854-59.
He was married, Oct. 16, 1850, to Alexina,
daughter of Charles Bruton and Sarah (Graliam)
Meade of Nev York City. He was a founder of
the New York World, 1860; superintendent of
the revenue bureau of New York, 1861-78, and a
voluminous contributor to magazines, including
Putnam's Magazine, the Galaxy undtheAtlaiitic.
Mr. White made an extensive study of the works
of Shakespeare, and was chosen vice-president of
the New Shakespeare society of London, England.
He edited: " Record of the New York Exhibi-
tion " (1854); Burton's "Book-Hunter" (1863)
and " Poetry of the Civil War" (1866), and his
bibliography includes: An Appeal from the Sen-
tence of the Bishop {OnderdonTi) of Neio York
(1845); Handbook of Christian Art (1853):
Shakespeare's Scholar (1854); The Works of
William Shakespeare (12 vols., 1857-65); Essaijon
the Authorship of the Three Parts of Henry YI.
(1859); National Hymns (1861); Rebel Brag and
British Bluster (1864); Memoirs of William
Shakespeare and an Account of the English
Drama (1865); New Gospel of Peace (1866);
Adventures of Sir Lyon Bruce in America (1867);
Words and their Uses (1870; rev. ed., 1880);
Every Day English (1874); American Vieu' of
the Cojnjright Question (1880); England Without
and Within (1881); Riverside Edition of Shake-
speare (3 vols., 1883); Eate of Mansfield Hum-
phreys (1884); Studies in Shakespeare (1885).
He died in New York city, April 8, 1885.
WHITE, Samuel, senator, was born in Wilming- ton, Del., in 1762. He received a good education; engaged in local jx)litics; was elected U.S. sen- ator from Delaware as successor to Henry Lat- imer, Dec. 7, 1801; and re-elected in 1807 for the term expiring March 3, 1813. He died in Wil- mington, Del., Nov. 4, 1809.
