About John W. White
Lived 1863 – 1921 (aged 57). John W. White was an American politician.
John Wofford White (November 18, 1863 – July 27, 1921) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate and the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1910s.
Biography John Wofford White was born on November 18, 1863, in Rose Hill, Jasper County, Mississippi. He was the son of Benjamin Wofford White and Eliza (Chatham) White.
Personal life White was a member of the Methodist Church. He married twice; his first marriage was to Clara Alice McKinnon. He and Clara had two children: Daniel McKinnon White and Clara Amelia (White) Taylor. After his first wife died, White then married Mary Jane Aycock in July 1897. They had four children together: John Harold, Wilbur Wofford, Avie Lee, and James D. Mary died on July 29, 1916.
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American politician
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John W. White was born on 18 November 1863 in Rose Hill.
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John W. White died on 27 July 1921.
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John W. White was a politician.
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