John White

John White
John White, the eldest son of Thomas and Margaret March White was christened June 02, 1833 in Marrick Yorkshire, England.¹ He came with his parents to Wisconsin in 1845 at the age of 12 and appeared with them on the 1850 Lafayette County Wisconsin census.² Sometime between 1855 and 1857, he married Margaret Charlotte Leybourne Buckley. (This date is estimated from the birth of Margaret's daughter Miranda Buckley in England in 1855³ and the birth of Margaret and John's son John Thomas White in 1857⁴.) Margaret Leybourne's first husband was Edward Buckley.⁵

John White 1833 - 1855 This photo has been in the possession of my family for as long as I can remember. It is identified on the back as "Grandfather John White Dads (T.W's) father." The handwriting was identified by Ken White as his that of Allen Whitford White, his uncle and the son of Thomas William White.	John and Margaret Leybourne Buckley White This photograph was given to me by the late June Manley who was a descendent of Miranda Buckley, Margaret Leybourne Buckley White's daughter from her first marriage to Edward Buckley. There is no doubt, based on comparisons with other labeled pictures, that the woman in the picture is Margaret. June felt strongly that the young man was John White and not Edward Buckley.
Children of John and Margaret White from the Bible of Margaret C. White Please click the thumbnail to read the entries.	John and Margaret Leybourne Buckley White had four sons. Their births and the deaths of two were recorded in Margaret's Bible. To the left is a scan of a photograph of the entries. The Bible was in the possession of the late Mrs. June Manley when I photographed it abut 1982. Children listed were: John Thomas White b. July 26th 1857 d. May 12, 1858 Thomas William White b. February 26th, 1859 John George White b. April 16, 1861 Joseph Edward White b. March 4th, 1863 d. Sept 14th 1864
John and Margaret White appeared together in the 1860 census for White Oak Springs⁶ Page 971 Dwelling 1, Family 1 John White 27 M farmer real estate 0 personal property $100 born England Margaret White 27 F born England James White 7 born Mass Miranda White 5 born England Thomas White 1 born Wisconsin
They are also together in the 1870 Census in Shullsburg, Lafayette County, WI⁷ Dwelling 211, family 202 John White 37 M W Laborer no real estate $160 personal property born England Margaret White 37 F W Keep house born England Miranda Buckley 15 F W At home born England attended school within the year Henry Buckley 17 M W At home born Mass attended school within the year Thomas White age 11 M W At home born Wisconsin attended school within the year.
By the time of the 1880 census, John White was living in the household of his father, Thomas White, at Signal Hill Farm in White Oak Springs and reported his marital status as divorced.⁸ Margaret C. White was living in Kewanee, Henry County, IL with her son Thomas W. who was a coal miner. Margaret checked "single" as her marital status, as did Thomas⁹.
John White Memorial Marker Eastern White Oak Cemetery Lafayette County Wisconsin	Sometime after 1880, John White went to Iowa where his brother James was homesteading. He died there January 31, 1885.¹⁰ Margaret Charlotte Leybourn Buckley White died in a house fire in Kewanee, IL May 15, 1897.¹¹ She is buried in Pleasant View Cemetery, Kewanee, IL. At this time, there is no marker on Margaret's grave in Pleasant View Cemetery in Kewanee. There has been talk among her descendents of providing one. Anyone interested in contributing may write to MargarettasMarker@Contexo.info .

Margaret Charlotte Leybourne Buckley White with her Grandchildren c1895 Kewanee, Illinois This photo was given to me by the late June Manley of Coulterville, California in about 1978. Identification was also provided by June Manley. The children were identified for her by Daisy Lory. Left to right, Back Row: Daisy Lory holding Drexel Lory, Edna White, Jessie Lory, Grandma holding Allen White, Harry Buckley with Daisy White, Winifred Lory with Clara White. Front Row: George White, Pearly Lory, Carl Buckley, Leslie Lory, Willie White. Missing Pearce White (died young of diphtheria) and Lloyd Lory.
Endnotes 1) John White entry, International Genealogical Index [IGI] (Salt Lake City: Family History Library, 1999-2002) citing microfilm 0207558 for batch C059171, Computer printout of Marrick, Yorks., Eng. 2) Genealogy.com, “1850 U. S. Census (Population Schedule) White Oak Springs Township, District 5, Lafayette County, Wisconsin page 470, Household 64, Family 64, household of Thomas White., GIF image, (Online: Genealogy.com, 1996-2003) (U. S. Federal Government Document, Seventh Census of the United States, 1850.) Accessed April 27, 2004. 3) Miranda Buckley, birth certificate application number 1808 G (July 9, 1855), Teesdale Registration District, Sub-district of Barnard Castle in Counties of Durham and York, certified copy given at General Register Office, London, England June 6, 1978. 4) Family Data, Margaret C. White Bible, original in possession of the late June Manley of Coulterville, CA. Family Data page photographed in 1978 by Nancy Custer. 5) Official Marriage Records of the City of Lawrence, Massachusetts Book 1, page 90, No 46, City Clerks Office, Lawrence, Massachusetts. 6) Ancestry.com, “1860 U. S. Census (Population Schedule) White Oak Springs Township, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, page 971, Dwelling 1, Family 1, Household of John White, BMP image, (Online, MyFamily.com, 2003) image 31 of 43, (U. S. Federal Government Document, Eighth Census of the United States, 1860) Accessed April 27, 2004. 7) Ancestry.com “1870 U. S. Census (Population Schedule) Shullsburg, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, page 485, Dwelling 211, Family 202, Household of John White, BMP image, (Online: MyFamily.com, 2003) image 27 of 68, (U. S. Federal Government Document, Ninth Census of the United States, 1870.) Accessed April 27, 2004. 8) Ancestry.com “1880 U.S. Census (Population Schedule) White Oak Springs, District 214, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, page 205B, Dwelling 42, Family 42, Household of Thomas White, JPEG image, (Online: MyFamily.com, 2003) image 6 or 11. (U. S. Federal Government document, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880) Accessed April 27, 2004. 9) Ancestry.com “1880 U. S. Census (Population Schedule) Kewanee Village, District 114, Henry County, Illinois, page 367A, Dwelling 47, Household 52, Household of Margaret C. White, JPEG image, (Online MyFamily.com, 2003) image 5 or 56, (U.S. Federal Government document, Tenth Census of the United States, 1880) Accessed April 27, 2004. 10) John White memorial marker, Eastern White Oak Cemetery, Lafayette County, Wisconsin, photographed December 1981 by Nancy Custer. 11)"Death in the Flames", "Mrs. Margaret C. White perishes while attempting to escape", Kewanee Star, V.IX, No. 4, Kewanee, Illinois, May 20, 1897, transcribed by the Kewanee Public Library for Nancy Custer in 1980.