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George H. White
(1863-1957?)

George H. White was born in April 1863 in Hopwood, Fayette County, PA, the son of Perry G. and Mariah (Minerd) White.

In 1880, at age 17, George was living with his parents in Hopwood and working as a laborer. By 1912 he had moved to Pittsburgh, PA, and worked as a foreman of Block Signal Service.

In about 1884, George married Helen "Ella" Daugherty (1865-1930s), the daughter of Alexander and Julia Daugherty. The Whites had five children -- Arthur Earskin White, George "Albert" White, Hazel A. McManus, William White and Mary J. Kapan.

Circa 1900, the Whites resided on Dyke Street in Hazelwood, a community near Pittsburgh, where George was employed as a day laborer, and their eldest son Albert, age 16, as a grocery clerk. Following a popular family occupation, George was a signalman for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.

When the federal census was taken in 1910, Ellen was enumerated as head of her household, at age 43, with son Albert and daughters Hazel and Mary. Ellen is marked as being married, for 26 years, but George's whereabouts are not indicated. The family resided that year on Elizabeth Street in Pittsburgh.

George and Ellen moved to Harmony, Butler County, PA sometime before 1930, where he continued his work on the railroad. Their home was along Perry Highway, today known as "Route 19." During this time, a grandson came for a visit, staying for two weeks and receiving a fishing pole as a gift, which he used with joy in a nearby creek.

Ellen suffered from throat cancer, and passed away in Harmony sometime between 1930 and 1935.

George outlived Ellen by more than two decades. As he aged, he moved into the home of his son George in Allegheny County, PA. He is believed to have died there in about 1957, at the age of 94.

The Whites are mentioned in the 1912 book by John W. Jordan and James Hadden, Genealogical and Personal History of Fayette and Greene Counties.