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- From the White Family book, supplemented:
Rev. William Garner White, [son of Abram; son of William; son of John] was born in Chester District on December 11, 1826. On July 31, 1856 he was married to a Miss Nancy Jane Cooper born July, 27, 1826, probably in Chester District. She died October 23, 1857 in Cedarville, Greene County, Ohio. One child was born from this union: Nettie Jane White who married at least twice.
In May 9, 1861 he was married to Marion Estelle Russell, probably in Ohio, for the future second Mrs. White was born March 3, 1831 in Clark County, Ohio. Rev White had received his education somewhere in Kentucky and attended a theological Seminary. He preached a while in Kentucky and probably Ohio. Afterward he came to York, S. C., and for several years was in charge of the Woman's College there. He died May 14, 1894, as a result of a stroke of paralysis and was buried in Old Purity Cemetery.
Following his death his wife and children moved to California. She died at Carmel California, November 19, 1927, in the ninety-sixth year of her age, she having been born March 3, 1831. Their children were Margaret Estelle White, Rev. William Breckinridge White, Rev. Willis Grimes White, Martha Hill White, Thomas Abram White."
The body of his wife Marian Estelle Russell White was interred at Riverside, perhaps in Monterey County, California, but for now her post and photo is not attached to a speicfic cemetery.
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