William White Family

Excerpt from the Journal of Winnie Uree McGlothlin Drake
(b. 1901 in Portland, TN d. 1984)
Contributed by Winnie's son Joe Clinton Drake Jr.
Reprinted with permission
Notes on the White family contributed by
Diane Payne
1999

William White
wife Sallie Tyler White (10 children)

  1. Charles 1st wife unknown, 2nd wife Jennie?
    Dorothy
    Sarah married ?Ellison
    Billie
    John married Harriet Lambeth their children Charles, Wm, Minnie, Maude, Belle, Claude
    Lott married John Shoecraft
    Nannie married ?Stone
    Mollie married ?Briggs
  2. Rhuben wife Harriet Briley
    Mark went to Army-bachelor
    John married Sis Griffin
    Bill
    Virgil-twin of Joe
    Joe-twin of Virgil
    Rufus
    Bose
    Bob
    Bennett married Martin McGlothlin 1st, 2nd married Adam Ertner
    Sarah Jane married William Jarnigan
  3. Joshua wife Patsy Briley
    Mary married Doc Link
    Nannie married ?Link
    Buchanan married ?Link
    Mattie married ?Jarnigan
    Alice married ?Walker
    John
    Pink
  4. James wife Mary Frances Briley
    Willie married a Mr. Hullett
  5. John wife Mary Mossey
    Ella married a Mr. Hullett
  6. Patsy husband Joe Briley
    Dorothy married Bob Boyd
    Stephen married 1st Paralee Griffin their children 2nd wife Ruth ?
    Alice married ?Bowling
    Minnie married ?McCreary
    Joe Bennett married Zoe Link
    Jessie married Nannie Jackson
    Ersie married Hallie Roney
  7. Nancy husband of Stephen Harper (my note see Harper family)
    Virgil wife unknown
    Louise married ?Goostree
    Francis married Mary Summers
  8. Louisa husband Jerome Watkins no children
  9. Nettie husband of Martin Short
    Wilson wife Elizabeth Lambeth
    Jane married White Griffin
    Harriet married John Shackleford
    Wm married M. Ann White
    James married Allie Lucas
    Frances married Cornelius Johnson (brothers)
    America married Davis Johnson (brothers)
  10. Robert Mitchell (see Robert White family)

Notes on the White family by Diane Payne:
William White b. abt 1784 possibly in VA
wife Sallie Tyler b. 26 May 1784 died. 18 Feb 1871
Their children

  1. Charles b. 1810/1815

  2. Nancy husband of Stephen Harper - Nancy is Mary Catherine "Nancy" b. 1813 see Harper family.

  3. Joshua wife Patsy Briley - Joshua b. abt 1815

  4. Rhuben wife Harriet Briley - Reuben White b. abt 1817 married on 26 June 1838 in Sumner Co. TN to Harriet Briley b. abt 1817.

  5. John wife Mary Mossey - John White b. a bt 1822 married 24 Nov 1855 in Sumner Co. TN to Mary Massey.

  6. James wife Mary Frances Briley - James White b. abt 1826 married 23 Jan 1856 in Sumner Co. TN to Mary Frances Briley. There is a James White b. 29 Aug 1827 d. 20 Apr 1856 buried in the Robertson Family Cem. No wife buried with him.

  7. Robert Mitchell - Robert Mitchell White b. 1 Jan 1828, d. 6 May 1890 Sumner Co. TN. Buried at White Cem. Married 25 Nov 1851 in Sumner Co. TN to Charity Paralee Huffman (see Robert White family).

  8. Patsy husband Joe Briley - Martha or Patsy White married 21 Oct 1846 in Sumner Co. TN to Joseph "Joe" Briley. One source says Joseph was born abt 1828 and died in 1912 Sumner Co. TN.

  9. Louisa husband Jerome Watkins no children - Louisa b. abt 1830

  10. Nettie husband of Martin Short - Jeanetty Nettie White b. 15 Nov 1832 d 14 May 1895. Married on 16 Aug 1846 in Sumner Co. TN to Issac Martin Short (see Short family)

  11. Francis White b. 1841 Sumner Co. TN



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