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Obituary of
Clarence H. White

from Rusty Williams
Note: This obituary appeared in vol. XXIX, December, 1921, p. 430 of "The Confederate Veteran Magazine".
 
 

CLARENCE H. WHITE.

     Clarence H. White was born in Russellville, Ala., on November, 1845, and died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. A. J. Moore, in Bonham, Tex., on the 17th of July, 1921.

     He was attending the military college at Lagrange, Ga., in 1861 when war became imminent and promptly ran away from school and joined the 16th Alabama Infantry, which soon became a part of the brigade commanded by the gallant Felix K. Zollicoffer. He remained with this famous regiment in all of its hardships and dangers until he was wounded in the battle of Chickamauga. After due detention in the hospital, he rejoined his command as soon as he was able and remained with it until the surrender at Appomattox.

     Soon after the close of' the war Comrade White started to Texas, landing at Jefferson in 1865. Being unable to pay for a conveyance of any kind, he boldly set out on foot and walked at least one hundred and fifty miles to Fannin County, where he "grew up with the country" and where he continued to live during the remainder of his long and useful life.  Though only twenty years old when he went to Texas, he went bravely to work in this new country, winning the undying friendship of his associates, and a few years of frugality and untiring industry placed him on the road to prosperity.

     He was married in 1868 to Miss Susan Jones, with whom he lived happily until her death in 1913. This union was blessed with five children, four of whom lived to maturity and became prominent citizens.

     Comrade White was a man of good physique and fine social endowments, noted for his fine intelligence and his humor. For forty years he was a faithful member of the Methodist Church, and his religious life was such as to win the love and respect of all true Christians. He was prominent and useful in the affairs of both Church and State and always interested in the advancement of his community.

     [J. E. Deupree.]
 
 



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