Family: Edward White / Elizabeth Strickland (F68)

• Male Edward White

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1781	Virginia
  Death	13 Jan 1871	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Burial		Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Marriage	Aft 1809  [1]	Elbert County, Georgia  [1]
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  Female Elizabeth Strickland

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1795	Elbert County, Georgia
  Death	25 Dec 1864	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Burial		Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Father	Henry Strickland | F71 Group Sheet
  Mother	Ruth Thompson | F71 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male Henry Strickland White, Sr

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1812	Georgia
  Death	10 Feb 1886	Sabine County, Texas
  Burial		Spring Hill Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Eliza Jones | F66
  Marriage	8 Jul 1836	Amite County, Mississippi
  Spouse	Ann Vardeman | F67
  Marriage	Bef 1842	Mississippi
  Spouse	Mary Etta "Polly" Vardeman | F65
  Marriage	Aft 1852	Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Female Mary White

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1815	Madison County, Georgia
  Death	Abt 1842	Mississippi
  Burial
  Spouse	Benjamin Franklin Easley | F364
  Marriage	24 Jan 1828	Amite County, Mississippi

  
  

  Female Nancy White

  
  

  Birth	Bef 1818	Amite County, Mississippi
  Death	Oct 1848	Amite County, Mississippi
  Burial
  Spouse	Simpson Raborn | F3987
  Marriage	10 Jul 1838	Amite County, Mississippi

  
  

  Male John Ragan White

  
  

  Birth	9 Mar 1819	Mississippi
  Death	12 Jun 1894
  Burial
  Spouse	Jemimah Amazia Vardeman | F368
  Marriage	3 Aug 1843

  
  

  Female Rutha Caroline White

  
  

  Birth	Abt 1822	Mississippi
  Death
  Burial		Travis Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	Richard "Dick" Henry Travis | F369
  Marriage	14 Sep 1843	Amite County, Mississippi

  
  

  Female Elizabeth Jane White

  
  

  Birth	1 May 1825	Amite County, Mississippi
  Death	19 May 1899	Sabine County, Texas
  Burial
  Spouse	J.H. Wente | F365
  Marriage	30 Nov 1842	Amite County, Mississippi
  Spouse	Clementine Watterson Easley | F366
  Marriage	Abt 1852	Spring Hill Community, Sabine County, Texas

  
  

  Male James White

  
  

  Birth	1 Mar 1826	Mississippi
  Death	Bef 1858
  Burial
  Spouse	Drucilla C. Watkins | F367
  Marriage	29 Oct 1846	Sabine Parish, Louisiana

  
  

  Female Theodosia S. White

  
  

  Birth	8 Nov 1830	Mississippi
  Death	13 Apr 1901	Pike County, Mississippi
  Burial
  Spouse	Winston Elija McDaniel | F3988
  Marriage	13 Dec 1848	Liberty, Amite County, Mississippi

  
  

  Female Sophronia Pauline White

  
  

  Birth	Nov 1833	Amite County, Mississippi
  Death	15 Jun 1915	Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Burial		Hemphill City Cemetery, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas
  Spouse	James Cannon Travis | F370
  Marriage	5 Dec 1850	St. Helena Parish, Louisiana

  
  

  Male William Thompson White

  
  

  Birth	15 Jun 1838	Amite County, Mississippi
  Death	9 Dec 1927	Rapides Parish, Louisiana
  Burial		Hollywood Cemetery, McComb, Pike County, Mississippi
  Spouse	Mary Cornelia Felder | F3999
  Marriage	21 Jan 1867	Amite County, Mississippi

  
  

• Notes

  Married: Bears and Panthers and Sabine County Women This story from the 1800s, as told by the master storyteller, J.Frank Dobie, gives another reason not to mess with Sabine County women: "One winter day the White family on Bear Creek in Sabine County killed a hog, cut it up, put the meat in a wooden tub, and set it in a corner of the cabin, to be salted down and smoked on the morrow. Then the man went off with his dogs to join the neighbor on a hunt. That night while Mrs. White was chunking up the fire in the fireplace, the children covered up in bed and a quilt wrapped around herself to shut out the cold norther blowing through the chinks in the log walls, she heard a panther scream. She knew it had smelled the fresh meat. It prowled under the puncheon floor and then leaped up on the roof, every once in a while letting out a scream. Then it went to clawing on the logs and finally got a paw through a crack near the tub of meat and took out a piece. At this, Mrs. White threw her quilt over the tub, seized an axe standing just inside the door, and waited. In a little while the panther put its paw back through the crack for another piece of meat. She had the axe raised and now she came down with it, cutting the paw clean off. That panther did not bother around the cabin any more that night." ----- J. Frank Dobie, "Tales of Old-Time Texas" Posted by Ronad Barlow on his Facebook group, Farm Road 1 - From one end to the other. It is not known which Mrs. White this story relates to.

  
  

• Sources

  [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 58 (Reliability: 3).