Darwin was the 3rd son and 8th child of Asa and Amarilla Peck White. He married Olivia Patch in Wallingford, VT on 17 March 1846. They had 3 children: Asa Bradley, Wilmer, and Dalena Eva in Mount Holly before moving to WI by 1855, where they had their last 2 children: Mary Abigail and LuLu. Darwin enlisted in the 18th WI Volunteers in Dec 1861. According to his Certificate of Service issued by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: "Private White was reported missing in action on April 6, 1862 at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. A special report, dated October 29, 1862 states he was a prisoner of war. In December 1862 he was reported dead by a Surgeon of the St. Louis , Missouri General Hospital. An inventory of effects and final statement report indicates Private White died on the 16th day of July, 1862, at St Louis, Missouri, due to typhoid fever.

Darwin was the 3rd son and 8th child of Asa and Amarilla Peck White. He married Olivia Patch in Wallingford, VT on 17 March 1846. They had 3 children: Asa Bradley, Wilmer, and Dalena Eva in Mount Holly before moving to WI by 1855, where they had their last 2 children: Mary Abigail and LuLu. Darwin enlisted in the 18th WI Volunteers in Dec 1861. According to his Certificate of Service issued by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin: "Private White was reported missing in action on April 6, 1862 at the battle of Shiloh, Tennessee. A special report, dated October 29, 1862 states he was a prisoner of war. In December 1862 he was reported dead by a Surgeon of the St. Louis , Missouri General Hospital. An inventory of effects and final statement report indicates Private White died on the 16th day of July, 1862, at St Louis, Missouri, due to typhoid fever.