James White married Polly Denny, also known as Sally Denny, 6 August 1823, in Bond County, IL. By 1850 the couple was living in Bond County where James was a farmer and the couple's children at that time were Thomas S. (Sprague) 20, John J. 18, and Margaret J 12. With Mrs. White's death in 1850-'52, the widower James White, farmer, and his daughter Margaret age 22 lived with the Black family in 1860, Bond County. In following years, James retired and moved to Jerseyville, Jersey County, by 1870 to live with his son John J. and family. John, by this time, was a well-to-do farmer of Jersey County. James apparently lived with John, until James died in February of 1885. His son, John (1835-1924), also rests in this cemetery.
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James and Mary White’s son, Sprague, was to become an unofficial historian of the Thomas White family history, Bond County, IL. For a White history beginning with John White (ca. 1723-1772) please visit “Lucy Hartshorn: An Early Southern Migration from New England;” The Hartshorn and White families merge. Sprague’s letters of 1881 are invaluable and the interested reader is encouraged to explore: http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/HartshornConnection.pdf
A bio of James White appears in History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois, 1882; perhaps his son, Sprague White, contributed the information:
James WHITE was born in Rutherford County, N. C., in the year 1794, and emigrated to Illinois in company with his father, Thomas WHITE, and family, in the fall of 1816. They came by wagon, the only means of transportation at that time, James being the driver of a five-horse team, carrying the household goods of the family over a route, the greater portion of which traversed as hilly, mountainous and rugged a country as can be found in the United States east of the Mississippi River. They crossed the Blue Ridge and the Cumberland Mountains over roads that would now be called impassable. In going down the steep, rocky mountain sides, in addition to having both the hind wheels of the wagon locked, it was often necessary to cut down small trees and fasten them by the top end to the hind part of the wagon, in order to prevent its going too fast and becoming unmanageable. The crossings of the mountain creeks and rivers were equally hazardous; but in the face of every obstacle they persevered until, being ferried over the Ohio River in a flat-boat pushed along with poles, they landed in Illinois, and land of beautiful prairies, which, to mountaineers, as they were, appeared surprisingly level. Continuing their northwestern course from where they crossed the Ohio, near Golconda, they came to a halt, and settled in Section 9, Town 5 north, Range 3 west, one and a half miles west of where Greenville now stands. The country was then a wilderness, without roads, bridges, mills, schools, churches, or any other appurtenances of civilization. The wild beasts usually found in this region, and the [Page 44] Indians who hunted them, roamed at will over the vast domain. The forests were rich with the stores of the wild bee, and the streams abounded with fish. The prairies were covered with a rank growth of grass, as tall as a man, and in many places much taller, while the timbered lands, in many localities, produced a luxuriant growth called by the settlers "wild pea-vine", which was equally as tall, and through which it was almost impossible to pass, either on foot or on horseback. All this afforded ample pasturage for the few cattle and horses that were in the country. All supplies for the settlers had to be procured at St. Louis, then a small trading post, and were exchanged mostly for furs, venison hams, honey, etc., and Mr. WHITE, having had ample experience as a teamster, was engaged much of the time during the first years of his residence here in hauling to and from St. Louis, for the different traders scattered over a wide extent of country. The only means of crossing the Mississippi then was by what was called a horse-boat - that is, a boat propelled by horse-power. when the people wished to go to mill, or when they needed a physician they had to go to Edwardsville, there being none nearer. The subject of this sketch was married in August, 1823, to Miss Mary DENNY, whose family emigrated to Bond County in 1819, from Lincoln County, N. C. He settled on a tract of land in Section 9, above named, where he resided until the death of his wife, which occurred in 1852, she having been his faithful consort during twenty-nine years of the toils and hardships incident to frontier life. They raised a family of six children, five of whom are yet living. Since his wife's death, he has resided most of the time with his youngest son, near Jerseyville, Ill., and, although eighty-eight years of age, is in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits, and bids fair to live many years longer. He has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for over sixty years, and has never been addicted to intemperate habits of any kind. His recollection of the scenes and incidents connected with the early history of this country is remarkably good, and he delights to tell of the ups and downs of frontier life in Illinois.
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/bond/1882history_pg1.html
more if interested:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/Thomas-Isaac%20White.pdf
IL Marriage Index:
WHITE, JAMES DENNY, POLLY 1823-08-06 A 112 BOND
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James and Mary White’s son, Sprague, was to become an unofficial historian of the Thomas White family history, Bond County, IL. For a White history beginning with John White (ca. 1723-1772) please visit “Lucy Hartshorn: An Early Southern Migration from New England;” The Hartshorn and White families merge. Sprague’s letters of 1881 are invaluable and the interested reader is encouraged to explore: http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/HartshornConnection.pdf
A bio of James White appears in History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois, 1882; perhaps his son, Sprague White, contributed the information:
James WHITE was born in Rutherford County, N. C., in the year 1794, and emigrated to Illinois in company with his father, Thomas WHITE, and family, in the fall of 1816. They came by wagon, the only means of transportation at that time, James being the driver of a five-horse team, carrying the household goods of the family over a route, the greater portion of which traversed as hilly, mountainous and rugged a country as can be found in the United States east of the Mississippi River. They crossed the Blue Ridge and the Cumberland Mountains over roads that would now be called impassable. In going down the steep, rocky mountain sides, in addition to having both the hind wheels of the wagon locked, it was often necessary to cut down small trees and fasten them by the top end to the hind part of the wagon, in order to prevent its going too fast and becoming unmanageable. The crossings of the mountain creeks and rivers were equally hazardous; but in the face of every obstacle they persevered until, being ferried over the Ohio River in a flat-boat pushed along with poles, they landed in Illinois, and land of beautiful prairies, which, to mountaineers, as they were, appeared surprisingly level. Continuing their northwestern course from where they crossed the Ohio, near Golconda, they came to a halt, and settled in Section 9, Town 5 north, Range 3 west, one and a half miles west of where Greenville now stands. The country was then a wilderness, without roads, bridges, mills, schools, churches, or any other appurtenances of civilization. The wild beasts usually found in this region, and the [Page 44] Indians who hunted them, roamed at will over the vast domain. The forests were rich with the stores of the wild bee, and the streams abounded with fish. The prairies were covered with a rank growth of grass, as tall as a man, and in many places much taller, while the timbered lands, in many localities, produced a luxuriant growth called by the settlers "wild pea-vine", which was equally as tall, and through which it was almost impossible to pass, either on foot or on horseback. All this afforded ample pasturage for the few cattle and horses that were in the country. All supplies for the settlers had to be procured at St. Louis, then a small trading post, and were exchanged mostly for furs, venison hams, honey, etc., and Mr. WHITE, having had ample experience as a teamster, was engaged much of the time during the first years of his residence here in hauling to and from St. Louis, for the different traders scattered over a wide extent of country. The only means of crossing the Mississippi then was by what was called a horse-boat - that is, a boat propelled by horse-power. when the people wished to go to mill, or when they needed a physician they had to go to Edwardsville, there being none nearer. The subject of this sketch was married in August, 1823, to Miss Mary DENNY, whose family emigrated to Bond County in 1819, from Lincoln County, N. C. He settled on a tract of land in Section 9, above named, where he resided until the death of his wife, which occurred in 1852, she having been his faithful consort during twenty-nine years of the toils and hardships incident to frontier life. They raised a family of six children, five of whom are yet living. Since his wife's death, he has resided most of the time with his youngest son, near Jerseyville, Ill., and, although eighty-eight years of age, is in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits, and bids fair to live many years longer. He has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for over sixty years, and has never been addicted to intemperate habits of any kind. His recollection of the scenes and incidents connected with the early history of this country is remarkably good, and he delights to tell of the ups and downs of frontier life in Illinois.
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/bond/1882history_pg1.html
more if interested:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/Thomas-Isaac%20White.pdf
IL Marriage Index:
WHITE, JAMES DENNY, POLLY 1823-08-06 A 112 BOND
James White married Polly Denny, also known as Sally Denny, 6 August 1823, in Bond County, IL. By 1850 the couple was living in Bond County where James was a farmer and the couple's children at that time were Thomas S. (Sprague) 20, John J. 18, and Margaret J 12. With Mrs. White's death in 1850-'52, the widower James White, farmer, and his daughter Margaret age 22 lived with the Black family in 1860, Bond County. In following years, James retired and moved to Jerseyville, Jersey County, by 1870 to live with his son John J. and family. John, by this time, was a well-to-do farmer of Jersey County. James apparently lived with John, until James died in February of 1885. His son, John (1835-1924), also rests in this cemetery.
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James and Mary White’s son, Sprague, was to become an unofficial historian of the Thomas White family history, Bond County, IL. For a White history beginning with John White (ca. 1723-1772) please visit “Lucy Hartshorn: An Early Southern Migration from New England;” The Hartshorn and White families merge. Sprague’s letters of 1881 are invaluable and the interested reader is encouraged to explore: http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/HartshornConnection.pdf
A bio of James White appears in History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois, 1882; perhaps his son, Sprague White, contributed the information:
James WHITE was born in Rutherford County, N. C., in the year 1794, and emigrated to Illinois in company with his father, Thomas WHITE, and family, in the fall of 1816. They came by wagon, the only means of transportation at that time, James being the driver of a five-horse team, carrying the household goods of the family over a route, the greater portion of which traversed as hilly, mountainous and rugged a country as can be found in the United States east of the Mississippi River. They crossed the Blue Ridge and the Cumberland Mountains over roads that would now be called impassable. In going down the steep, rocky mountain sides, in addition to having both the hind wheels of the wagon locked, it was often necessary to cut down small trees and fasten them by the top end to the hind part of the wagon, in order to prevent its going too fast and becoming unmanageable. The crossings of the mountain creeks and rivers were equally hazardous; but in the face of every obstacle they persevered until, being ferried over the Ohio River in a flat-boat pushed along with poles, they landed in Illinois, and land of beautiful prairies, which, to mountaineers, as they were, appeared surprisingly level. Continuing their northwestern course from where they crossed the Ohio, near Golconda, they came to a halt, and settled in Section 9, Town 5 north, Range 3 west, one and a half miles west of where Greenville now stands. The country was then a wilderness, without roads, bridges, mills, schools, churches, or any other appurtenances of civilization. The wild beasts usually found in this region, and the [Page 44] Indians who hunted them, roamed at will over the vast domain. The forests were rich with the stores of the wild bee, and the streams abounded with fish. The prairies were covered with a rank growth of grass, as tall as a man, and in many places much taller, while the timbered lands, in many localities, produced a luxuriant growth called by the settlers "wild pea-vine", which was equally as tall, and through which it was almost impossible to pass, either on foot or on horseback. All this afforded ample pasturage for the few cattle and horses that were in the country. All supplies for the settlers had to be procured at St. Louis, then a small trading post, and were exchanged mostly for furs, venison hams, honey, etc., and Mr. WHITE, having had ample experience as a teamster, was engaged much of the time during the first years of his residence here in hauling to and from St. Louis, for the different traders scattered over a wide extent of country. The only means of crossing the Mississippi then was by what was called a horse-boat - that is, a boat propelled by horse-power. when the people wished to go to mill, or when they needed a physician they had to go to Edwardsville, there being none nearer. The subject of this sketch was married in August, 1823, to Miss Mary DENNY, whose family emigrated to Bond County in 1819, from Lincoln County, N. C. He settled on a tract of land in Section 9, above named, where he resided until the death of his wife, which occurred in 1852, she having been his faithful consort during twenty-nine years of the toils and hardships incident to frontier life. They raised a family of six children, five of whom are yet living. Since his wife's death, he has resided most of the time with his youngest son, near Jerseyville, Ill., and, although eighty-eight years of age, is in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits, and bids fair to live many years longer. He has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for over sixty years, and has never been addicted to intemperate habits of any kind. His recollection of the scenes and incidents connected with the early history of this country is remarkably good, and he delights to tell of the ups and downs of frontier life in Illinois.
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/bond/1882history_pg1.html
more if interested:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/Thomas-Isaac%20White.pdf
IL Marriage Index:
WHITE, JAMES DENNY, POLLY 1823-08-06 A 112 BOND
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James and Mary White’s son, Sprague, was to become an unofficial historian of the Thomas White family history, Bond County, IL. For a White history beginning with John White (ca. 1723-1772) please visit “Lucy Hartshorn: An Early Southern Migration from New England;” The Hartshorn and White families merge. Sprague’s letters of 1881 are invaluable and the interested reader is encouraged to explore: http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/HartshornConnection.pdf
A bio of James White appears in History of Bond and Montgomery Counties Illinois, 1882; perhaps his son, Sprague White, contributed the information:
James WHITE was born in Rutherford County, N. C., in the year 1794, and emigrated to Illinois in company with his father, Thomas WHITE, and family, in the fall of 1816. They came by wagon, the only means of transportation at that time, James being the driver of a five-horse team, carrying the household goods of the family over a route, the greater portion of which traversed as hilly, mountainous and rugged a country as can be found in the United States east of the Mississippi River. They crossed the Blue Ridge and the Cumberland Mountains over roads that would now be called impassable. In going down the steep, rocky mountain sides, in addition to having both the hind wheels of the wagon locked, it was often necessary to cut down small trees and fasten them by the top end to the hind part of the wagon, in order to prevent its going too fast and becoming unmanageable. The crossings of the mountain creeks and rivers were equally hazardous; but in the face of every obstacle they persevered until, being ferried over the Ohio River in a flat-boat pushed along with poles, they landed in Illinois, and land of beautiful prairies, which, to mountaineers, as they were, appeared surprisingly level. Continuing their northwestern course from where they crossed the Ohio, near Golconda, they came to a halt, and settled in Section 9, Town 5 north, Range 3 west, one and a half miles west of where Greenville now stands. The country was then a wilderness, without roads, bridges, mills, schools, churches, or any other appurtenances of civilization. The wild beasts usually found in this region, and the [Page 44] Indians who hunted them, roamed at will over the vast domain. The forests were rich with the stores of the wild bee, and the streams abounded with fish. The prairies were covered with a rank growth of grass, as tall as a man, and in many places much taller, while the timbered lands, in many localities, produced a luxuriant growth called by the settlers "wild pea-vine", which was equally as tall, and through which it was almost impossible to pass, either on foot or on horseback. All this afforded ample pasturage for the few cattle and horses that were in the country. All supplies for the settlers had to be procured at St. Louis, then a small trading post, and were exchanged mostly for furs, venison hams, honey, etc., and Mr. WHITE, having had ample experience as a teamster, was engaged much of the time during the first years of his residence here in hauling to and from St. Louis, for the different traders scattered over a wide extent of country. The only means of crossing the Mississippi then was by what was called a horse-boat - that is, a boat propelled by horse-power. when the people wished to go to mill, or when they needed a physician they had to go to Edwardsville, there being none nearer. The subject of this sketch was married in August, 1823, to Miss Mary DENNY, whose family emigrated to Bond County in 1819, from Lincoln County, N. C. He settled on a tract of land in Section 9, above named, where he resided until the death of his wife, which occurred in 1852, she having been his faithful consort during twenty-nine years of the toils and hardships incident to frontier life. They raised a family of six children, five of whom are yet living. Since his wife's death, he has resided most of the time with his youngest son, near Jerseyville, Ill., and, although eighty-eight years of age, is in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits, and bids fair to live many years longer. He has been a consistent member of the Presbyterian Church for over sixty years, and has never been addicted to intemperate habits of any kind. His recollection of the scenes and incidents connected with the early history of this country is remarkably good, and he delights to tell of the ups and downs of frontier life in Illinois.
http://genealogytrails.com/ill/bond/1882history_pg1.html
more if interested:
http://www.ncgenweb.us/white/media/Thomas-Isaac%20White.pdf
IL Marriage Index:
WHITE, JAMES DENNY, POLLY 1823-08-06 A 112 BOND
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