JOSEPH T. WHITE

1832-1876

I can find little record of Joseph T. White, he was born 1 Nov 1832 in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio to Joseph and Hannah Rogers White. He is the fourth child of ten children. He is the third of seven sons. He has three sisters. His brothers and sisters in order of birth are Jackson R., William P., Pamalah, (Joseph T.), Benjamin F., Warner R., Mary Ann, Joshua P., Charles W., and Hannah E.

He was married to Mahala Johnson on 14 Jan 1858 in Harrison County, Ohio. He was 25 years old and his bride was 21 years of age. They had four children, Sarah Alice born 5 Apr 1859, Homer born 12 Apr 1860, John born 19 Feb 1869, and Jesse born 15 Jul 1872. Jesse died of disease of the lungs on 12 Feb 1873, he was 6 months 26 days old. Joseph T. was a farmer. His mother died in 1866 and his brother Charles died in 1874. Joseph T. died on 23 Apr 1876 of ill treatment of disease in Franklin Township, Harrison County, Ohio. He was 43 years 5 months 22 days old. Alice was 17 years old, Homer was 16, John was 7 years old when their father died. Mahala was left a widow at 40 years of age. Joseph T. was buried in the Deersville Cemetery beside his father-in-law, William Johnson, who had died in 1857.

The epitaph on the tombstone of Joseph T. White reads:
Farewell my wife and children all
From you a father Christ doth call
Morn not for me, it is in vain
To call me to your sight again