Ancestry of
Edward Douglass White

10th Governor of Louisiana

James White

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• • Father of Edward Douglass White — 2nd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 2 
  • Father:
  • James White 
  • Mother:
  • Anne Willcox   
  • Birth Date:
  • 16 Jun 1749 
  • Birth Location:
  • Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania 
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  • Death Date:
  • Oct 1809 
  • Death Location:
  • Attakapas Parish, Louisiana 
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  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary -----
  • Marriage Date:
  • BEF 1775 
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  • Child:

  Edward Douglass White (Ahnentafel No:1 )

  • Notes: 

  • Dr. James White should not be confused with Col. James White, founder of Knoxville, Tennessee. Published biographies of the two men have often been combined into a single, incorrect biography.

• Sources for James White

  • ¹ Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association, 2002, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 93-95.
  • ² Tennessee Historical Magazine, 1915, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 282-291.
  • ³ Biographical Directory of the United States Congress 1774 - Present, "White, Edward Douglass (1795-1847)", (accessed 06/29/2020).
  • ⁴ Highsaw, Robert B., Edward Douglass White: Defender of the Conservative Faith, Baton Rouge and London: Louisiana State University Press (1981), 14-16.
  • ⁵ Wikipedia, "Edward Douglass White Sr.", (accessed 06/29/2020).