George David White

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George David White

Birth
Allegany County, Maryland, USA
Death
4 Dec 1943 (aged 94)
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland, USA GPS-Latitude: 39.4091988, Longitude: -79.4028015
Plot
Odd Fellows (IOOF) Section
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GEROGE DAVID WHITE (1849-1943)

Son of Thomas Rowan White (1811-1904) and Margaret Sivilla Waltz (1827-1907)

BIRTH: 6 Aug 1849
Near Red House, Allegany County (now Garrett), Maryland

DEATH: 4 Dec 1943
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland
Died at his home on Third Street

BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery
Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F) Section
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland

Married Elizabeth Davis in 1878 in Oakland. Of this union two children:

1. Harry Linwood: b. 9 Jun 1882; d. 1932
2. Margaret Anne: b. 28 Jul 1888; d. 3 Oct 1974

OBITUARY: The Cumberland News (Cumberland, Maryland) Tue., 07 Dec 1943 - Page 9

George D. White, Former Sheriff, Dies in Oakland

Oakland, Dec. 6 – George D. White, 94, Oakland's oldest resident, and former sheriff of Garrett County, died Saturday evening at his home on Third street, about 6 o'clock. He had been in failing health for about two years.

Mr. White was born August 5, 1849, near Red House, a son of the late Rowan and Margaret White, and spent most of his life in Garrett County where he was widely known.

He was sheriff of Garrett County in 1877 for a two-year term and again in 1917. Previous to his ill health he was bailiff in circuit court for several years. At one time he worked at the custom house in Baltimore. He was a salesman for the F. P. Coleman Company, Baltimore, for thirty years and until two years ago worked as a salesman for the Consolidated Fish Company of Baltimore.

Mr. White was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran church, Oakland, and had been a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge for seventy years.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Rodeheaver, with whom he resided; two sisters, Mrs. Delia Slabaugh, Akron, O.; and Miss Bertha White, Oakland.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday from the Lutheran church here, with the Rev. Minor Sprague, Methodist minister, officiating, assisted by the Rev. J.W. Harner, Lutheran pastor at Accident. Interment will be in the Oakland cemetery with the Knights of Pythias lodge of Oakland having final rites at the grave. (Transcribed by Ronn E. Friend)
GEROGE DAVID WHITE (1849-1943)

Son of Thomas Rowan White (1811-1904) and Margaret Sivilla Waltz (1827-1907)

BIRTH: 6 Aug 1849
Near Red House, Allegany County (now Garrett), Maryland

DEATH: 4 Dec 1943
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland
Died at his home on Third Street

BURIAL: Oakland Cemetery
Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F) Section
Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland

Married Elizabeth Davis in 1878 in Oakland. Of this union two children:

1. Harry Linwood: b. 9 Jun 1882; d. 1932
2. Margaret Anne: b. 28 Jul 1888; d. 3 Oct 1974

OBITUARY: The Cumberland News (Cumberland, Maryland) Tue., 07 Dec 1943 - Page 9

George D. White, Former Sheriff, Dies in Oakland

Oakland, Dec. 6 – George D. White, 94, Oakland's oldest resident, and former sheriff of Garrett County, died Saturday evening at his home on Third street, about 6 o'clock. He had been in failing health for about two years.

Mr. White was born August 5, 1849, near Red House, a son of the late Rowan and Margaret White, and spent most of his life in Garrett County where he was widely known.

He was sheriff of Garrett County in 1877 for a two-year term and again in 1917. Previous to his ill health he was bailiff in circuit court for several years. At one time he worked at the custom house in Baltimore. He was a salesman for the F. P. Coleman Company, Baltimore, for thirty years and until two years ago worked as a salesman for the Consolidated Fish Company of Baltimore.

Mr. White was a member of St. Mark's Lutheran church, Oakland, and had been a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge for seventy years.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Rodeheaver, with whom he resided; two sisters, Mrs. Delia Slabaugh, Akron, O.; and Miss Bertha White, Oakland.

Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday from the Lutheran church here, with the Rev. Minor Sprague, Methodist minister, officiating, assisted by the Rev. J.W. Harner, Lutheran pastor at Accident. Interment will be in the Oakland cemetery with the Knights of Pythias lodge of Oakland having final rites at the grave. (Transcribed by Ronn E. Friend)