The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-08-18
WHITE FAMILY
HOLDS REUNION
TWENTY FiFTA ANIMAL cArs
EHiNc rELo LAST THURSDAY.
largely Attended o. Oeseerdarts
Frorn All Sections e. State-ir-
tcrestina Rerniniscerc~.

Attended b. several p.r-ons from
THIS section % the state tn reunto1
o. the White family as held lasf
Ihlrsdhy a. the old White homestead
On ne tarm OF sirnou l.. White. the
cniy surviving one % eight childreu.
near Nadest0En. ". Va
The reunion was sttended Nv s,uv
800 persons. and there we're over 600
20 the dinner table Rev ; s White
secretary % the reunion Association.
rad charge and presided over the AZ.
TAR Following the dinner. simon h.
Write. Who L. nov past IS years. Of
~ "a a prayer and delivered a short
taik lie Vas followed By Or q a.
bite, OF MorEantoNn. State Eeolo-
sist himball White. son OF H
bite. o. tairmont. Warden n 4
White. Of Moundsviue. Salathiel
White. Of Milton. Cabell county. ~ J
hite. % MorEantown.-C r. Hennen
o. MolndsVille. and DT. John Gilmore.
OF this city.
The following L. a "Reminiscences OF
The White family. as written BY Mr.
llla White Spragg. OF No. So Main
street. Wheeling.
Brisf Family History.
~. T--re 't..t-.f aha WlAliam and
clilaren. shu had already blessed thsi~
union left the parental home near Nor
s.i.t." n NlrginlI 90 make Tor them
part of the state.
Imagine this ANCESTRAL family OF our.
hs born end tired o. the purple sett-
ing. down here tu the eilderues= we
un4 them etulE grating from EnEla 20
Au.efica- satsbiishing themselves on the
eastern shores OF MARI land along the
'he-spease BAY. Here Grafton White.
our great grand father raised and sdu-
.ate4 hls family tucn with the same en-
.,. .,lns pioneyring spirit % his fath-
the mountains into Virginia where th.r..
y ~ ALREADY "a small settlement OF old
tantlirs from the eastern states. aud
.oN begins the history OF our particular
branch OF the family
Here william White vooed and won
piished dluErtar I'D la-r.- 80 49,. n ,..,t-
Darling formerly 81 DeIawar. but -,
Or This little colony and with the same
noe pendent aggressive spirit guiding
these ErouudF. in this sam. b..uttfrf
sroNe where We are now assembled oniv
grove extended all over This section In
other words. IL was a bowling WILDE
ness. with Wild beasts an around then.
ride and dog they were EraatlaiIy .rtr,s
minated. The trees were frIlei IA. un-
GER rush grubocd. corn and wheat we're
sl'Nn ana the wilderness was beginning
% blossom and bring form rrtft art4
aiI iaLnrf a. barns were bursting With
p-rHil.. NotWithstaudiuE the increase
pm family there was always enough and
Co spare
Let ls take a look az this old rom.
SUI .tanainr here and 90 me tua most
pait'ut of AL. as I look upon I'D
.'eus 20 SPEAK or the fair hopes it,
sroNluE wall ues puke. as rr4ut f.fH.r
assisted bN bis brothers aud perhap- a
rev HeiEbbors. laid each log carefuiI.
lh ITS place. daubiuE the space b.tW.e,
WIN mortar 10 keep grand mother and
we Ds1'es warm Tor God blessed this
lahill ana caused them Co multiply. re-
plcutsh and rubdue tile .4rtn .vid.r,.
Ll-h Ne have in this crowd OF pro-
Die here to-day. What "a man cfsnt
Lather must have been. equal 20 any en-
81 scuc1. carpenter. mason. surveyor and
Z N"Yi teacher 40 wonder the I.orI
Dressed him and multiplied him 80 v.DuI-
eiiullN. Tor Pc saw that William White
possessed with faith life father Abr.-
him. "''ei
Eleven cAildren
mere came 60 hi home eleven chill
lI"us ten bows ana one EirI rnaktn-
thifteen 90 all. Who SAYS thfrfsrD H.
an uulucky number Not ln Tins as. a
remember when child how proud
was OF fathers family oriv
I wish they had an been boys ana
Twelve or them like Jacobs sons or M,
bul they were Gods patriarchs just the