Ten men gave a special gift of $100 each in 1877 to remove and enlarge the First Congregational Church in Portland. They were: Lester LaSelle, John A. Webber, C.J. Warren, Isaac Perrigo, J.S. Stevens, Henry Gillette, Edwin White, R.B. Smith, W.A. Staley and Sidney Hinman. The Church was moved from Beers St (Riverside Drive) to it's current location on Bridge St.
Edwin and his wife Emily (Morehouse) White, the born in Genesee county, New York state, on August 10, 1832, and was in his turn a son of James and Jane White, both of whom were born in the state of New Jersey. James White's parents came from Ireland to New Jersey, one child being born on the water while they were en route to this country, while Jane, his wife, was the child of Scotch parents. When Edwin White, father o£ Mrs. George Buck, en years of age (in 1842) he was brought to Portland township by his parents. Here his father bought a farm, worked at that and was also a painter and chair maker, and died at that home. Edwin remained at home until the time of his marriage, when he and his wife settled on a farm close to his father's, remaining there until 1907, when they moved to Portland, where they still reside. Emily Morehouse, to whom Edwin White was married on February 4, 1863, was born on August 18, 1827, and was the daughter of Oliver and Susan B. (Farrand) Morehouse, the former born in Albany, New York, of Welch ancestry and the latter in Newark, New Jersey, of "Jerse/J stock, claiming descent from the French Huguenots on one side and from early English ancestry on the other.
Edwin and Emily (Morehouse) White became the parents of four children, Mrs. George A. Buck being-the sole surviving member of the family. Susie died at sixteen years of age and the other two died in early infancy. Mr. White has been a life-long Republican, but never a .seeker after office.
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan: her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens, and genealogical records of many of the old families, By Elam E. Branch; Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916.
Note: Edwin's mother was Jane VanRiker of N.J. Edwin was the brother of William Henry White and John A. White also of Portland, Michigan.
Sources: Seeking Michigan, Family Search, Ancestry.com and Steve Carpenter.
Portland Observer - August 11, 1912:
Mary (Mrs. George A.) Buck, in honor of the 80th birthday of her father, Edwin White, entertained 12 spry old gentlemen at dinner. The youngest was not below 75 and the oldest scarcely beyond 80. Left to right in the cover photo they are: William White, Dr. Charles Dellenbaugh, Willam A. Staley, Edwin White, Isaac Perrigo, H. G. Stevens, Samuel Gibbs, Charles H. Maynard, Lester LaSalle, Rev. David E. Millard, William Towner, William H. White. (Notice Baptist Church just north of the White-Buck residence on Smith Street, Portland, MI.)
The Portland Observer, Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Lonely since the death of his wife, last January, and with the confidence of a lifelong Christian that he would meet her in another world, Edwin White, ill for a week with neuralgia, turned his face to the wall Saturday morning, and slept.
For more than 40 years he had been an official of the Congregational church, 30 years a deacon, and regardless of weather Mr. and Mrs. White seldom missed a Sunday morning service while they were in good health, though until recent years they had resided in the country.
Moving to the village not long ago to make their home with their daughter, Mrs. George A. Buck, both have had her tender care as they approached the end of life's long journey.
Edwin was born in Leroy, N.Y., Aug. 11, 1832, and his parents moved to Portland when he was but 8 years old. His father was a chairmaker and painter and had a shop on what is now a part of the Edwin White homestead. The son
learned these trades, but at first opportunity began farming. He first owned the North Green place, west of Campbell's corners, and after his marriage to Emily Morehouse, in 1863, took over 60 acres of the farm where his father had first settled, later buying what was left.
Wm. White, now living in Buffalo, N.Y., is a brother. Mrs. George Buck is the only child.
Mr. White was the soul of honor and lived a conscientious Christian life.
There were no regrets as the shadows lengthened and the end approached, for his companion of more than a half century had already been called and death only meant a happy reunion.
Funeral services were held at the house Monday after noon at 2:00, Rev. Truman Galt, of the Congregational church, officiating.
Edwin and his wife Emily (Morehouse) White, the born in Genesee county, New York state, on August 10, 1832, and was in his turn a son of James and Jane White, both of whom were born in the state of New Jersey. James White's parents came from Ireland to New Jersey, one child being born on the water while they were en route to this country, while Jane, his wife, was the child of Scotch parents. When Edwin White, father o£ Mrs. George Buck, en years of age (in 1842) he was brought to Portland township by his parents. Here his father bought a farm, worked at that and was also a painter and chair maker, and died at that home. Edwin remained at home until the time of his marriage, when he and his wife settled on a farm close to his father's, remaining there until 1907, when they moved to Portland, where they still reside. Emily Morehouse, to whom Edwin White was married on February 4, 1863, was born on August 18, 1827, and was the daughter of Oliver and Susan B. (Farrand) Morehouse, the former born in Albany, New York, of Welch ancestry and the latter in Newark, New Jersey, of "Jerse/J stock, claiming descent from the French Huguenots on one side and from early English ancestry on the other.
Edwin and Emily (Morehouse) White became the parents of four children, Mrs. George A. Buck being-the sole surviving member of the family. Susie died at sixteen years of age and the other two died in early infancy. Mr. White has been a life-long Republican, but never a .seeker after office.
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan: her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens, and genealogical records of many of the old families, By Elam E. Branch; Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916.
Note: Edwin's mother was Jane VanRiker of N.J. Edwin was the brother of William Henry White and John A. White also of Portland, Michigan.
Sources: Seeking Michigan, Family Search, Ancestry.com and Steve Carpenter.
Portland Observer - August 11, 1912:
Mary (Mrs. George A.) Buck, in honor of the 80th birthday of her father, Edwin White, entertained 12 spry old gentlemen at dinner. The youngest was not below 75 and the oldest scarcely beyond 80. Left to right in the cover photo they are: William White, Dr. Charles Dellenbaugh, Willam A. Staley, Edwin White, Isaac Perrigo, H. G. Stevens, Samuel Gibbs, Charles H. Maynard, Lester LaSalle, Rev. David E. Millard, William Towner, William H. White. (Notice Baptist Church just north of the White-Buck residence on Smith Street, Portland, MI.)
The Portland Observer, Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Lonely since the death of his wife, last January, and with the confidence of a lifelong Christian that he would meet her in another world, Edwin White, ill for a week with neuralgia, turned his face to the wall Saturday morning, and slept.
For more than 40 years he had been an official of the Congregational church, 30 years a deacon, and regardless of weather Mr. and Mrs. White seldom missed a Sunday morning service while they were in good health, though until recent years they had resided in the country.
Moving to the village not long ago to make their home with their daughter, Mrs. George A. Buck, both have had her tender care as they approached the end of life's long journey.
Edwin was born in Leroy, N.Y., Aug. 11, 1832, and his parents moved to Portland when he was but 8 years old. His father was a chairmaker and painter and had a shop on what is now a part of the Edwin White homestead. The son
learned these trades, but at first opportunity began farming. He first owned the North Green place, west of Campbell's corners, and after his marriage to Emily Morehouse, in 1863, took over 60 acres of the farm where his father had first settled, later buying what was left.
Wm. White, now living in Buffalo, N.Y., is a brother. Mrs. George Buck is the only child.
Mr. White was the soul of honor and lived a conscientious Christian life.
There were no regrets as the shadows lengthened and the end approached, for his companion of more than a half century had already been called and death only meant a happy reunion.
Funeral services were held at the house Monday after noon at 2:00, Rev. Truman Galt, of the Congregational church, officiating.
Ten men gave a special gift of $100 each in 1877 to remove and enlarge the First Congregational Church in Portland. They were: Lester LaSelle, John A. Webber, C.J. Warren, Isaac Perrigo, J.S. Stevens, Henry Gillette, Edwin White, R.B. Smith, W.A. Staley and Sidney Hinman. The Church was moved from Beers St (Riverside Drive) to it's current location on Bridge St.
Edwin and his wife Emily (Morehouse) White, the born in Genesee county, New York state, on August 10, 1832, and was in his turn a son of James and Jane White, both of whom were born in the state of New Jersey. James White's parents came from Ireland to New Jersey, one child being born on the water while they were en route to this country, while Jane, his wife, was the child of Scotch parents. When Edwin White, father o£ Mrs. George Buck, en years of age (in 1842) he was brought to Portland township by his parents. Here his father bought a farm, worked at that and was also a painter and chair maker, and died at that home. Edwin remained at home until the time of his marriage, when he and his wife settled on a farm close to his father's, remaining there until 1907, when they moved to Portland, where they still reside. Emily Morehouse, to whom Edwin White was married on February 4, 1863, was born on August 18, 1827, and was the daughter of Oliver and Susan B. (Farrand) Morehouse, the former born in Albany, New York, of Welch ancestry and the latter in Newark, New Jersey, of "Jerse/J stock, claiming descent from the French Huguenots on one side and from early English ancestry on the other.
Edwin and Emily (Morehouse) White became the parents of four children, Mrs. George A. Buck being-the sole surviving member of the family. Susie died at sixteen years of age and the other two died in early infancy. Mr. White has been a life-long Republican, but never a .seeker after office.
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan: her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens, and genealogical records of many of the old families, By Elam E. Branch; Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916.
Note: Edwin's mother was Jane VanRiker of N.J. Edwin was the brother of William Henry White and John A. White also of Portland, Michigan.
Sources: Seeking Michigan, Family Search, Ancestry.com and Steve Carpenter.
Portland Observer - August 11, 1912:
Mary (Mrs. George A.) Buck, in honor of the 80th birthday of her father, Edwin White, entertained 12 spry old gentlemen at dinner. The youngest was not below 75 and the oldest scarcely beyond 80. Left to right in the cover photo they are: William White, Dr. Charles Dellenbaugh, Willam A. Staley, Edwin White, Isaac Perrigo, H. G. Stevens, Samuel Gibbs, Charles H. Maynard, Lester LaSalle, Rev. David E. Millard, William Towner, William H. White. (Notice Baptist Church just north of the White-Buck residence on Smith Street, Portland, MI.)
The Portland Observer, Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Lonely since the death of his wife, last January, and with the confidence of a lifelong Christian that he would meet her in another world, Edwin White, ill for a week with neuralgia, turned his face to the wall Saturday morning, and slept.
For more than 40 years he had been an official of the Congregational church, 30 years a deacon, and regardless of weather Mr. and Mrs. White seldom missed a Sunday morning service while they were in good health, though until recent years they had resided in the country.
Moving to the village not long ago to make their home with their daughter, Mrs. George A. Buck, both have had her tender care as they approached the end of life's long journey.
Edwin was born in Leroy, N.Y., Aug. 11, 1832, and his parents moved to Portland when he was but 8 years old. His father was a chairmaker and painter and had a shop on what is now a part of the Edwin White homestead. The son
learned these trades, but at first opportunity began farming. He first owned the North Green place, west of Campbell's corners, and after his marriage to Emily Morehouse, in 1863, took over 60 acres of the farm where his father had first settled, later buying what was left.
Wm. White, now living in Buffalo, N.Y., is a brother. Mrs. George Buck is the only child.
Mr. White was the soul of honor and lived a conscientious Christian life.
There were no regrets as the shadows lengthened and the end approached, for his companion of more than a half century had already been called and death only meant a happy reunion.
Funeral services were held at the house Monday after noon at 2:00, Rev. Truman Galt, of the Congregational church, officiating.
Edwin and his wife Emily (Morehouse) White, the born in Genesee county, New York state, on August 10, 1832, and was in his turn a son of James and Jane White, both of whom were born in the state of New Jersey. James White's parents came from Ireland to New Jersey, one child being born on the water while they were en route to this country, while Jane, his wife, was the child of Scotch parents. When Edwin White, father o£ Mrs. George Buck, en years of age (in 1842) he was brought to Portland township by his parents. Here his father bought a farm, worked at that and was also a painter and chair maker, and died at that home. Edwin remained at home until the time of his marriage, when he and his wife settled on a farm close to his father's, remaining there until 1907, when they moved to Portland, where they still reside. Emily Morehouse, to whom Edwin White was married on February 4, 1863, was born on August 18, 1827, and was the daughter of Oliver and Susan B. (Farrand) Morehouse, the former born in Albany, New York, of Welch ancestry and the latter in Newark, New Jersey, of "Jerse/J stock, claiming descent from the French Huguenots on one side and from early English ancestry on the other.
Edwin and Emily (Morehouse) White became the parents of four children, Mrs. George A. Buck being-the sole surviving member of the family. Susie died at sixteen years of age and the other two died in early infancy. Mr. White has been a life-long Republican, but never a .seeker after office.
Source: History of Ionia County, Michigan: her people, industries and institutions, with biographical sketches of representative citizens, and genealogical records of many of the old families, By Elam E. Branch; Published by B.F. Bowen & Co., 1916.
Note: Edwin's mother was Jane VanRiker of N.J. Edwin was the brother of William Henry White and John A. White also of Portland, Michigan.
Sources: Seeking Michigan, Family Search, Ancestry.com and Steve Carpenter.
Portland Observer - August 11, 1912:
Mary (Mrs. George A.) Buck, in honor of the 80th birthday of her father, Edwin White, entertained 12 spry old gentlemen at dinner. The youngest was not below 75 and the oldest scarcely beyond 80. Left to right in the cover photo they are: William White, Dr. Charles Dellenbaugh, Willam A. Staley, Edwin White, Isaac Perrigo, H. G. Stevens, Samuel Gibbs, Charles H. Maynard, Lester LaSalle, Rev. David E. Millard, William Towner, William H. White. (Notice Baptist Church just north of the White-Buck residence on Smith Street, Portland, MI.)
The Portland Observer, Tuesday, October 8, 1918
Lonely since the death of his wife, last January, and with the confidence of a lifelong Christian that he would meet her in another world, Edwin White, ill for a week with neuralgia, turned his face to the wall Saturday morning, and slept.
For more than 40 years he had been an official of the Congregational church, 30 years a deacon, and regardless of weather Mr. and Mrs. White seldom missed a Sunday morning service while they were in good health, though until recent years they had resided in the country.
Moving to the village not long ago to make their home with their daughter, Mrs. George A. Buck, both have had her tender care as they approached the end of life's long journey.
Edwin was born in Leroy, N.Y., Aug. 11, 1832, and his parents moved to Portland when he was but 8 years old. His father was a chairmaker and painter and had a shop on what is now a part of the Edwin White homestead. The son
learned these trades, but at first opportunity began farming. He first owned the North Green place, west of Campbell's corners, and after his marriage to Emily Morehouse, in 1863, took over 60 acres of the farm where his father had first settled, later buying what was left.
Wm. White, now living in Buffalo, N.Y., is a brother. Mrs. George Buck is the only child.
Mr. White was the soul of honor and lived a conscientious Christian life.
There were no regrets as the shadows lengthened and the end approached, for his companion of more than a half century had already been called and death only meant a happy reunion.
Funeral services were held at the house Monday after noon at 2:00, Rev. Truman Galt, of the Congregational church, officiating.
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