John W. White
c. 1917
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 3rd district
In office
January 1916 – January 1920
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Jasper County district
In office
January 1912 – January 1916
Personal details
Born(1863-11-18)November 18, 1863
Rose Hill, Mississippi
DiedJuly 27, 1921(1921-07-27) (aged 57)
Political partyDemocrat
Other political
affiliations		Populist (before 1909)
Children6

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.[1][2][3] He was the son of Benjamin Wofford White and Eliza (Chatham) White.[1][2][3] His great-uncle (paternal grandmother's brother) was Benjamin Wofford, who was the funder of Wofford College.[1] White attended the Rose Hill Institute and became a planter.[1] He was a temperance activist.[1] Before it folded in 1909, he was a member of the Populist Party. He represented Jasper County in the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.[3] In November 1915, he was elected to represent Mississippi's 3rd senatorial district, composed of Clarke and Jasper Counties, as a Democrat.[1] He died on July 27, 1921, and was buried in Pleasant Grove Cemetery in Jasper County.[2]

Personal life

White was a member of the Methodist Church.[1][3] He married twice; his first marriage was to Clara Alice McKinnon.[1][3] He and Clara had two children: Daniel McKinnon White and Clara Amelia (White) Taylor.[1] After his first wife died, White then married Mary Jane Aycock in July 1897.[1][2][3] They had four children together: John Harold, Wilbur Wofford, Avie Lee, and James D.[1][2] Mary died on July 29, 1916.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Covington, Mildred Lerlene Rowell (1987). John Combest and His Descendants. L.R. Covington. p. 165.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Rowland, Dunbar (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 424.


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