City: Livingston
WHITE, Edward Donnell, lawyer; born Monroe, Tenn., May 2, 1870; English-French descent; son of Samuel Andrew Jackson and Sarah Hassie (Forshee) WHITE; father’s occupation, minister in Cumberland Presbyterian church; paternal grandparents, William Grant and Nancy (Dennis) WHITE, maternal grandparents Joseph and Elizabeth (Parker) FORSHEE; graduated from Alpine (Tenn.) Academy June 16, 1893; taught school in early life; married Etta May SMITH, Oct. 30, 1895; member I. O. O. F. and Scottish Rite Masons; Democrat; elected Mayor of Livingston, Tenn., Aug., 1908, re-elected 1910, and is the present incumbent; delegate to National Democratic convention, Denver, in 1908.
