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Summary of the Family of
James Madison White

of Greene County, Tennessee


Frederick Tillman White, father of James Madison White, is said to have been born in the Lost Mountain area of Greene County, Tennessee, about 1785.  He died in 1844.  July 25, 1810, he  married Deborah McNeese/McNees of Greene County, Tennessee, born 1791, and died April 1, 1872.  Frederick White is believed to be the only child of Bloomer White and Phereba Morris.   Deborah is believed to be the daughter of Lydia McNeese, but there is a lot of speculation about this.  Lydia McNeese married John Doster.  It's believed that Lydia was the daughter of Isaiah and Esther McNeese.


I am descended from James Madison White and Rachael Jane Campbell.



Frederick and Deborah White had the following children in Greene County, Tennessee: 
  • Lydia Abigail White, b. about 1811
  • James Madison White, b. February 06, 1813
  • Andrew Jackson White, b. May 31, 1815
  • Martha Emeline White, b. August 6, 1818
  • Frederick White, b. 1825
  • John Blair White, b. February 05, 1831
  • Rachel White, b. October 21, 1833.
     
                                          
 
   1      JAMES MADISON WHITE    b: February 06, 1813 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: September 15, 1888 in
            Greene County, TN.  James M. White was a farmer and waggoner in the Baileyton area of Greene County.                             

..        +Susannah Margaret Yeagar    b: September 01, 1823 in Washington County, TN    d: September 24, 1860 in Greene County,  TN,    m: October 30, 1838
      
........    2     Adolphus Montgomery White    b: December 26, 1840 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: 1864?
                             
........    2      Martha Emeline White    b: March 24, 1843 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: March 19, 1913 in Greene Co. TN
       ...        +David Francis Park    b: December 04, 1834 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: March 28, 1920 in Greene Co TN
                     m: November 24, 1861 in Greene County, Tennessee
       
........    2      George Alexander White    b: June 07, 1847 in Greene County, Tennessee                                   
............        +Rhonda Lee     m: July 04, 1865

      
........    2      Margaret Ann White    b: January 11, 1850 in Greene Co., Tennessee    d: November 15, 1913 in Eureka Springs,
                    Arkansas                               
............        +William Alexander Weems    b: October 1847 in Greene Co. Tennessee    d: December 21, 1923 in Kansas City,
                      Missouri;    m: April 20, 1866 in Greene County, Tennessee

       
........    2      Rachael Irene White    b: September 26, 1853 in Greene Co., Tennessee    d: February 19, 1877 in Greene County,
                    Tennessee    Burial: Zion Methodist Church Cemetery, Baileyton, Greene Co, TN

                           
........    2      Dr. John F. White    b: September 08, 1857 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: March 13, 1937 in Leoti,
                    Witchita County, KS  (See story)

                           
........    2      Julia White     died young (unconfirmed)
                                
........    2      Sarah White   died young  (unconfirmed)  

             

                
       
*2nd Wife of James Madison White:                                       
..       
+Rachel Jane Campbell    b: July 09, 1844 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: August 02, 1925 in Greene County, TN 
              Father: Wiley Campbell    Mother: Jane McCollum    m: June 08, 1862 in Greene County, Tennessee
       
........    2      Julia White    b: April 18, 1863 in Greene County, TN,  d: October 12, 1917 in Red Cloud, Nebraska   
                     Burial: Red Cloud Cemetery, Red Cloud, NE                           
............        +William Lanier Weesner    b: August 23, 1860 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: November 20, 1926 in Red Cloud, NE
                       Burial: Red Cloud Cemetery, Red Cloud, NE   Father: John W. Weesner    Mother: Jane Justis   m: January 07, 1883 in
                       Greene County, Tennessee
      
........    2      Thomas White    b: November 25, 1864 in Greene County, TN ;  d: 1885;   Burial: Pleasant Vale,  TN                  
............        +Mary Lloyd;  m: 1885 
     
........    2      Andrew Jackson White    b: September 08, 1866 in Greene County, TN;    d: February 19, 1951 in Smith Center,
                    Smith County,  Kansas    Burial: Salem Methodist Church Cemetery                           
............        +Mary Etta Brown    b: January 13, 1868 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: May 04, 1948 in Lebanon, Kansas    Burial:
                      Salem Methodist Church Cemetery    Father: Ebb Brown    Mother: Susan    m: Abt. 1886 in Greene County, Tennessee  
    
........    2      Mary Adaline White    b: February 28, 1869 in Greene County, TN;   d: July 16, 1940 in Jewell County, KS                                                                     ............        +William Harvey Brown    b: March 14, 1863 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: July 16, 1946 in Jewell County, KS
                    Father: James Dawson Brown    Mother: Catherine C. Weems    m: November 21, 1885 in Ottway, Tennessee 
     
........    2      Fannie White    b: January 01, 1870 in Greene County, TN.  d Oct 27, 1958; buried Doty's Chapel                                  
............        +Dr. Henry A. Simpson ; Remained in Tennessee.       
                      
........    2      Deborah White "Debby"    b: February 04, 1872 in Greene County, Tennessee  d: May 05, 1938 in Greene County TN                                                  ............        +William Bacon Lloyd    b: April 22, 1866 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: October 12, 1934 in Greene County, TN   
                    m: May 11, 1890 in Greene County, Tennessee; Remained in Tennessee.   
 
........    2      Bruce White    b: December 14, 1873 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: May 17, 1958 in St. Francis, KS                                                                          ............        +Martha Magnolia Thornburg    b: March 25, 1879    d: April 23, 1947 in Jewell Co, KS;  m: August 10, 1900
                      in Red Cloud, Nebraska       
........        *2nd Wife of Bruce White:                                       
............        +Georgia    m: Bef. 1936       
........        *3rd Wife of Bruce White:                                       
............        +Maud Pennington  d: in Cedar Vale, Kansas  

........    2      Cora Alice White    b: November 24, 1875 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: October 27, 1968 in Osborne Co, KS             
............        +Samuel Thomas Brown    b: August 26, 1876 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: March 18, 1964 in Osborne Co, KS
                     Father: James Dawson Brown    Mother: Catherine C. Weems    m: September 10, 1902 in Esbon, Kansas      

........    2      William Fenton White    b: May 28, 1878 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: March 28, 1961 in Jewell Co, KS                      
............        +Bertie Viola Crawford Johnson   m: December 16, 1914 
     
........    2      James Wiley White    b: April 28, 1880 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: August 16, 1943 in Greene County, TN
............        +Phronie Crumley    b: March 06, 1883 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: August 21, 1967 in Greene County, TN
                       m: Abt. 1904 in Greene County, Tennessee; Remained in Tennessee.      

........    2      Bertha Lucinda White    b: April 23, 1882 in Greene County, Tennessee    d: September 23, 1976 in Denver, Co
                    Burial: Fairmount Cemetery, Denver, Colorado      
                    
........    2      Jennie Belle White    b: March 06, 1884 near Baileyton, Greene County, Tennessee    d: September 05, 1961 in
                    Greeneville, TN.     Burial: Cross Anchor Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee                           
............        +Charles Franklin Davis    b: March 19, 1883 near Baileyton, Greene County, Tennessee;
                     d: February 10, 1947 in Moshiem, TN;  Burial: Cross Anchor Cemetery, Greene County, Tennessee; 
                      Father: Jesse Emerson Davis ; Mother: Mary Ann Hawkins;   m: Abt. 1914 in Baileyton, Greene County, TN. Jennie
                      followed many of her older siblings to Kansas, where she taught school for about two years.  She returned to
                      Tennessee to marry  Charles Franklin "Charlie" Davis.        

........    2      Effie Henrietta White    b: July 28, 1887 in Greene County, Tennessee  d: August 04, 1924 of tuberculosus,  in a TB hospital in New Mexico. 
                    Buried at Cross Anchor Cemetery, Greene Co TN