"In the winter of 1836-7 Dr. White undertook a journey from northern New Hampshire to the Territory of Wisconsin, to select a site for a company or colony of New England settlers, who proposed, with himself, to find new homes in the distant West. Dr. White, with his horse and sleigh, accomplished this journey of some three thousand miles, going and returning, in the winter, and selected the site of the present city of Beloit as the future home of himself and associates. In the following summer, he brought his family to Beloit, and took up his abode in the only house in the place, a log structure which might have been taken for a fort, and which was, perhaps, constructed with a view to possible defensive operations against the Indians.
"Dr. White died in the year 1843, at an early age of thirty-three, leaving a widow and four infant children, of whom Horace was the eldest."
--Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago, 1868
"Dr. White died in the year 1843, at an early age of thirty-three, leaving a widow and four infant children, of whom Horace was the eldest."
--Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago, 1868
"In the winter of 1836-7 Dr. White undertook a journey from northern New Hampshire to the Territory of Wisconsin, to select a site for a company or colony of New England settlers, who proposed, with himself, to find new homes in the distant West. Dr. White, with his horse and sleigh, accomplished this journey of some three thousand miles, going and returning, in the winter, and selected the site of the present city of Beloit as the future home of himself and associates. In the following summer, he brought his family to Beloit, and took up his abode in the only house in the place, a log structure which might have been taken for a fort, and which was, perhaps, constructed with a view to possible defensive operations against the Indians.
"Dr. White died in the year 1843, at an early age of thirty-three, leaving a widow and four infant children, of whom Horace was the eldest."
--Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago, 1868
"Dr. White died in the year 1843, at an early age of thirty-three, leaving a widow and four infant children, of whom Horace was the eldest."
--Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men of Chicago, 1868
Family Members
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
