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"The White, Hill, Wiley, & Kuns Cousins" Researched by: Opal L. Streiff, Flats Route, Southerland, Nebraska 69165, Compiled by: Peggy L. Haskell, P.O. Box 475, Burwell, Nebraska 68823, published 1986, page 34, 43
W-42 JAMES(8) CORNELIUS WHITE b. Aug. 29, 1829, Albemarle Co., Va. d. Dec. 2, 1908 in Elmwood, Nebr. The ground was frozen so hard that every inch of the ground was chopped with an axe. m. H-80 Mildred(8) Ann Hill on Oct. 22, 1850 (See Hill Chapter). Mildred was from Culpeper, Va. b. June 10, 1826...
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Civil War Vet
"The White, Hill, Wiley, & Kuns Cousins" Researched by: Opal L. Streiff, Flats Route, Southerland, Nebraska 69165, Compiled by: Peggy L. Haskell, P.O. Box 475, Burwell, Nebraska 68823, published 1986, page 34, 43
W-42 JAMES(8) CORNELIUS WHITE b. Aug. 29, 1829, Albemarle Co., Va. d. Dec. 2, 1908 in Elmwood, Nebr. The ground was frozen so hard that every inch of the ground was chopped with an axe. m. H-80 Mildred(8) Ann Hill on Oct. 22, 1850 (See Hill Chapter). Mildred was from Culpeper, Va. b. June 10, 1826 d. Jan. 21, 1886, Palmyra, Nebr. of T.B. James served 1861-1865 as a Confederate Soldier. Both are buried in Rosewood Cemetery at Palmyra, Ne. James Cornelius was a school teacher at least part of the time as he taught school in a dugout where son, Edgar, went to school to him there. It was called Sunnybank School, but I do not know where it was located - Va. or Nebr. As dugouts were common on the Nebr. prairie due to lack of timber - it was most likely after leaving Va. J.C. served in the Civil War between 1861 and 1865 on the side of the Confederacy. As the story goes, he left a negro slave in charge who promised to look after the family's health and safety. Mildred, (Mrs. J.C.) was sickly and Union soldiers came and took the Negroes and anything else they wanted, leaving Mildred and her children alone. Edgar was nine years old at the time and remembers the black man crying "Mazza, I can'ts help it! Mazza, I can'ts help it," as he was dragged away. The 1860 Census (See Chp. 10) lists J.C. as an "Overseer" in Albemarle Co., Va. In Nov. 1868, James Cornelius and his family moved to Nebr.
CHILDREN (all born Albemarle Co., Va.)
W-49 Alice(9) Susan White* b. Nov. 29, 1851
W-50 James(9) Anderson White* b. July 21, 1853 d. Nov. 24, 1916
W-51 William(9) Henry White b. Mar. 20, 1856 d. Oregon m. Cora . . . no ch.
W-52 Edgar(9) Ernest White* b. July 23, 1858
W-53 Robert(9) Hill White b. Oct 27, 1861 d. May 25, 1866
W-54 Albert(9) Bird White b. Aug 8, 1864 d. July 25, 1858
W-55 Sarah (9) Lucinda "Sally" White* b. Oct. 25, 1867
*more information in the book
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Late in life James Cornelius White went back to Virginia to visit. While dining one night at a relatives' home, there was a lady, Mrs. Harris, serving the dinner. He ask if she had cooked the meal too, and she answered "yes". He ask Mrs. Harris, a widow, if he could speak to her alone, at which time he ask her to consider marrying him and going to Nebraska, where he would give her a quarter acre of land. She then married him and they set up housekeeping in the original homestead near Palmyra, Nebraska. Some of his old friends ask him why he married such a young woman and he answered, "What do I want with an old wife; I want a young wife so when I get down she can 'Hep' me up."
Some 70 years later the cousins in Virginia said it made them proud to know that the old Colonel's family treated 'Mrs. Harris' so well after his death. Se was allowed to stay in her home as long as she wanted. She had a daughter who came and took her back to Virginia after nearly a year.
He also was called "Uncle Jimmy Reb". He had some temper and didn't speak twice around his family. He worked as a teacher everywhere he lived and taught school in a corn crib when he lived in Baldy Valley, Arthur Co., Nebraska in 1894. [Note: See Chp. "Whites in Arthur and McPherson Counties.]
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Clipping: "Col. J.C. White and bride arrived last Friday from Virginia. They were married in Virginia April 22nd. They will go to housekeeping at once on his farm six miles southwest of Elmwood, Nebr."
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Ref.: Portrait and Biographical Album of Otoe and Cass Counties, Nebraska. Chapman Brother, 1885
JAMES C. WHITE. This gentleman is one of the old settlers and prominent farmers and stock raisers of Russell Precinct. He is the owner of 560 acres on section 5, 6 and 7. His father, Anderson White, was born in Albemarle County, Va., on the 4th of July, 1794. His mother, Lucinda White, was born in Orange County, Va., in 1802. The family upon the father's side is of English descent. John White, the grandfather of our subject, served as Captain in the Revolutionary War, and has left quite a good record in that connection. The maternal side of the family is of German ancestry.
Mr. Anderson White was by occupation a farmer, and also owned a large plantation, upon which he raised chiefly tobacco. The War of 1812 broke out when he was about eighteen years of age, and he served throughout the war as a private. In the last war he lost nearly all his property and otherwise suffered. He died in the year 1882, aged eighty-six years, and was survived about two years by his wfie; both were for many years members of the Baptist Church. There were nine children in the family circle, all of whom came to mature years. Their names are as follows: Susan, Agnes, John (deceased), Cornelia, James C., William, Newton, Franklin and Lucinda. William, Newton and Franklin were each in the late war and served in the same regiment. Franklin died of a fever two weeks after the battle of Bull Run. Newton and our subject served in the same regiment and company.
Like his father, our subject was born in Albemarle County, Va., on the 29th of August, 1829. His education is good and the foundation of it was laid in the common schools of his native place. After leaving the schoolhouse as a scholar he was accredited worthy to return to it as a teacher. This he continued to do for seven years, and then gave his attention to farming and became an overseer. He bought some land, but shortly after sold it again, retaining his position until he went into the Confederate Army, enlisting in the year 1861. The first year he served in Wise's Legion; the second year he was one of Company F, 10th Virginia Cavalry, and served under J.S. Davis. He took part in the Canawale Valley skirmishes, was at Little Sewell Mountains against Rosecrans; in 1862 he was at the battles of Yorktown and Williamsburg, and took part in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac and Virginia. He was wounded at the battle of Julesburg, being shot in the upper part of the arm, the shot going completely through it. Although he was only laid up one month, he was unfit for cavalry service, and until the close of the war discharged the duties of Quartermaster. He was fifteen miles from Gen. Lee when the order came to disband, upon which he returned to his home and more peaceful employment.
For three years after the war, Mr. White continued in the old home county, and then removed to Nebraska, arriving on the 28th day of November, 1868. He remained in Nebraska City for about a year, then went to Russell Precinct and homesteaded eighty eacres of prairie land. He found a rich but wild soil that required much labor to subdue. This he supplied, and with the buildings and other improvements he put upon the property he soon had a splendid farm. He set out large groves, had an orchard that covered three acres, besides other works in proportion.
In 1883 our subject engaged in the grocery business at Palmyra, in partnership with J.N. Foster. However, he did not like the trade as much as he had supposed he would; he then went back to farming and took the place he now owns. He is now chiefly engaged in raising stock, which he does upon a very extensive scale, buying, raising and feeding cattle of all kinds. He is now raising mules extensively and almost exclusively.
Mr. White was married on the 22nd of October, 1850, while still a resident of Virginia. The lady who came to share his life was Mildred A. Hill, the estimable daughter of William H. and Sarah (Tut) Hill, both of whom are now deceased. She was the eldest of the following children: Midred A., Betty J., Susan, Fannie, Silecia, Eddie J., Robert and William both deceased, and J.P.
Mrs. White was born in Culpeper County, Va., on the 10th of June, 1826, and died on the 21st of January, 1886. She was the mother of five children, who are still living, viz.: Alice Susan, of Grant county, who follows the dual occupation of farming and merchant; they are the parents of four children: Bertie, Abbie, Bessie and Bertha. James A. was married to Miss Mollie Martin; they have three children, who are named Cornelius, Floyd and Glenn. William H. is in Portland, Ore.; Edgar resided in Russell, and is married to Miss Jenny Kuns; they also have two children, Lena and Bertie; Sarah still remains at home. [The Bertie referred to is Albert C. White known as "Bud".]
For four years Mr. White served upon the School Board. While at Palmyra he served upon the village board as councilman, and has been spoken of for seveal other offices. For many years he has been a member of the Baptist Church, and is affiliated with the A.F. & A.M., holding his membership in Palmyra Lodge No. 45. Politically, he is with the Democratic party at all times, willing to do what is in his power in the interests of the same. He has seen much of both the ups and downs of life, but is a man of stamina and character, respected by all who know him in the various circles and departments of society.
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Otoe County Pioneers: A Biographical Dictionary, pg. 2745 - Part X-W-Z, Raymond E. Dale, 1965
JAMES C. WHITE
James C. White, son of Anderson and Lucinda White, was born in Albemarle County, Virginia, August 29, 1829. His father was born in the same county and his mother was born in Orange County. His grandfather, John White, served in the American Revolution. J.C. White received a good education and then taught school for seven years. His father was a tobacco planter and the young man became a plantation overseer. He married, october 22, 1850, Miss Mildred A. Hill, born in Culpeper County, Virginia, June 10, 1826, daughter of William H. and Sarah (Tut) Hill. She was a sister of A. Polk Hill, another early settler in Otoe County. Mr. White enlisted in the Confederate Army and served throughout the war. He served a year in Wise's Legion and then a year in the cavalry. After being wounded he was unfit for cavalry duty and was transferred to the quartermaster's department. He returned home to find that his father had lost most of his property as a result of the war. Mr. White came with his family to Otoe County in 1868 and located first on the Nat Adams farm in Otoe Precinct. In 1869 he took a homestead in Russell Precinct to which he moved.(a)
James C. White was listed as a farmer in the 1870 census, 41 years of age. Mildred, his wife, was 44. There were four children living at home at that time, all born in Virginia: James, aged seventeen years; H. William or William H., aged 15; Edgar E., aged 12; and Sarah, aged two. Mr. White owned 130 acres of land valued at $1,000.00 of which 40 acres were under culitvation. No farm implements were mentioned. His livestock, valued at $350.00, consisted of three horses, two milch cows, two other cattle and five hogs. In 1869 he had raissed 1,000 bushels of wheat, 3,000 bushels of corn, 100 bushels of oats, 1000 bushels of barley, 200 bushels of potatoes and had put up 20 tons of hay. James C. White was recorded as a farmer 50 years of age in the 1880 census. Mildred, his wife, was 53. There were four children living at home at that time, all born in Virginia: James A., twenty-six years of age; William H., twenty-four; Edgar E., twenty-one; and Alice L., twelve.(b) In 1883 Mr. White moved to Palmyra where he opened a store but he soon gave it up and returned to his farm. Mildred, his wife, died January 21, 1886. He married, secondly, in 1896, Mrs. S.M. Dettor of Virginia. Mr. White for much of the time raised livestock, chiefly mules. He was very successful and at the time of his death owned several farms. Mr. White died at the home of his son in Elmwood, December 2, 1908, at 79 years of age. He was survived by his wife and five of his seven children: James A. White, Palmyra; William H. White, Portland, Oregon; Edgar E. White, Elmwood; Mrs. Alice Chamberlain; North Platte; and Mrs. Sarah Turnbull, Lincoln. Mr. White was a member of the Baptist Church, a Mason and a Democrat.(c)
References:
a Chapman, Otoe and Cass Counties, p. 474. Nebraska City News, 1908, p 1 (1). Palmyra Items, 1908 Dec. 25, p 5 (4).
b Federal Census, 1870, Palmyra Pct., mss., Family #46, including Productions of Agriculture, Otoe Co., p. 15 & 39. Federal Census, 1880, Russell Pct., mss., Family #180.
c Chapman, Otoe and Cass Counties, p 474. Nebraska City News, 1908 Dec. 8, p 1 (1). Palmyra Items, 1908 Dec. 25, p 5 (4). Cemetery Records.
JIMMY WHITE A "REB"
Clipping from Nebraska City Press before 1967
by J. H. Sweet, Palmyra Nebraska
Uncle Jimmy White of Palmyra Precinct said he wanted William Jennings Bryan elected in 1896. He not only was pretty sure and sincere about it, but publically vowed that if Bryan wasn't elected he wouldn't come to town for two months. My father who was a warm friend of the former Confederate Soldier born in Virginia, tried to dissuade him, but the bewhiskered "Uncle Jimmy" kept his word. There never was a more diappointed Democrat in all of Bryan's home state of Nebraska, and Jimmy became a sort of recluse, as it were, until well after the first of January, 1897.
James C. White (James Cornelius) was born in Albemarle Co., Va. in 1829, in the house where his father was born before him. He had a good education in the elementary schools and afterward studied in what today would be high school, and in due course, was a teacher.
When Robert E. Lee decided to stay with his native state, Virginia, and was selected to head the Confederate Armies, James Cornelius White did the same as did thousands of other young men.
He followed "Marse Robert". He was with Wise's Horse Legion from 1861 until two years later, when at Julesburg (in Ga.) he was felled by a bullet which passed through his arm and made him unfit for Cavalry service. Before the wound he saw plenty of action both in his beloved Virginia and in Tennessee where his men battled Rosecrans and later in Ga. where he was felled. After his recover he was a Quartermaster in Southwestern Virginia. He was only ten miles from Appomattox when Lee gave in to Grant.
For three years after the war (Civil) he stayed at home, but the going was tough, so in 1868 along with many another southern Soldier, he came west.
He remained in Nebraska City for a year as a clerk in Bob Hawkes store. In the spring of "69" he took up land in what now is Russell Pricinct. He was one of the first settlers in that neighborhood to plant trees, including a three acre apple orchard. In 1883 with J.N. Foster, "Uncle Jimmy" went into the grocery business in Palmyra but it wasn't to his liking, so he returned to the soil and remained there until his death.
JIMMY WHITE, A "REB"
Chapter II by Opal Huffman Streiff
My father, Bird C. Huffman, knew the Rothwells in Grant and Arthur counties of Nebraska. They were pioneer families and both attended the 4th of July gathering at a very large sod house in 1894 in Baldy Valley, (Arthur Co.). Col. J.C. White (J. Cornelius) came to Arthur County in 1891 seeking land under the Homestead Act, with him as his eldest son, James Anderson White, a daughter, Susan White Turnbull, and another daughter, Alice, who married Lillard Chamberlain, all to file on land in Baldy Valley Area. My father, Bird Huffman, born 1885, went to school to J.C. one term in a boarded up corn crib. The sandy soil was not the Whites "piece of cake", so they sold out and went to Whitman, on the railroad line, setting up a store for a while, then all went back to Otoe County. Alice White Chamberlain is buried in North Platte, Nebraska.
Mister James Cornilius White was married in Virginia, while teaching school, to Mildred Ann Hill whose family lived Culpeper Co. The Hills, Whites and Rothwells all took up land and helped settle the "WEST". J. Polk Hill was a brother to Mildred, and their parents, William Henry and Sarah Tutt Hill, also came to Otoe County. This is why you find William and Sarah Hill and Polk Hills' baby buried in the White lots . . . J.C. White took up space for 24 burial spaces in the Rosewood Cemetery at Palmyra, Nebraska for family burials. (See cemetery plot map - pg. 33.)
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