Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

WILLIAM WHITE, grand secretary of I.O.O.F., is a native of Frederick, Va.,
and was born July 5, 1816.  He is a son of Daniel B. and Elizabeth (Foster)
White, natives of Virginia, and of Scotch and Irish ancestry.  His father
came to Louisville about 1829, and was a carpenter by trade.  The subject,
William White, was brought up and educated principally in Louisville. His
education was liberal and obtained through his own exertions.  When the war
broke out between the United States and Mexico, he joined the Louisville
Legion (First Kentucky Regiment), Col. Stephen Ormsby.  He was made second
lieutenant, and promoted to first lieutenant before his term expired.
After his return to Louisville, he engaged in mercantile business for a
short time.  He was elected grand secretary of the Grand Lodge of I.O.O.F.
in 1853, and has held the position ever since.  He also holds several other
important positions in the Odd Fellows' fraternity.  He was married in
1841 to Miss Phoebe Downing.  She died in 1852, and he afterward married
Miss Sarah E. Robinson, a native of Nicholasville, Ky., February, 1855;
she died in February, 1882.

White Foster Robinson Downing
=
Nicholasville-Jessamine-KY Frederick-VA

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