John Ragan White

1819 - 1894  (75 years)

• Name	John Ragan White  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	9 Mar 1819	Mississippi   [1, 2, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Jun 1894  [6]
  Notes	He had one son, William, enrolled in the District 6 School of Sabine County in 1854. (Research): Census Listings: 1850 Census Louisiana, Sabine Parish 13 Sept 1850 303-305 Jno. R. White 29 M Farmer 400 Miss Amaza White 25 F Miss Will White 4 M La Anna White 1 F La
  Person ID	I453	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2014

  
  

  Father	Edward White,   b. Abt 1781, Virginia d. 13 Jan 1871, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 90 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Strickland,   b. Abt 1795, Elbert County, Georgia d. 25 Dec 1864, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 69 years)
  Marriage	Aft 1809	Elbert County, Georgia   [7]
  	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.
  Family ID	F68	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jemimah Amazia Vardeman,   b. 1 Sep 1825, Mississippi d. 20 Sep 1875, Sabine County, Texas (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	3 Aug 1843  [1]
  Children	1. William R. White,   b. Abt 1846, Louisiana d. Yes, date unknown   2. Anna White,   b. Abt 1849, Louisiana d. Bef 1860 (Age ~ 10 years)   3. Cade Drew White,   b. 3 Jan 1851, Sabine Parish, Louisiana d. 26 Dec 1912, Sabine County, Texas (Age 61 years)   4. Mary Ann White,   b. Abt 1854, Texas d. Yes, date unknown   5. Marcus White,   b. Abt 1857, Texas d. Bef 1870 (Age ~ 12 years)   6. Thessolonia "Theisa" White,   b. Feb 1860, Texas d. 19 Mar 1953, Kirbyville, Jasper County, Texas (Age ~ 93 years)   7. Emily Edna White,   b. Abt 1868, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas d. Abt 1965, Hemphill, Sabine County, Texas (Age ~ 97 years)   8. Dora White,   b. 30 Jul 1870, Texas d. 10 Dec 1901, Texas (Age 31 years)
  Family ID	F368	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 9 Mar 1819 - Mississippi  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S195] McDaniel, Loye White--Family Researcher (Ancestor Chart). [S416] Casagranda, Kathy "Sabine Parish The 1850 Census with added Family Information" (May, 1999: P.O. Box 2195, Palmer, Alaska 99645), p 94 (Reliability: 3). [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records". [S431] Toole, Blanche "1870 Census Sabine County, Texas". [S352] Schluter, Helen Gomer "1860 Census of Sabine County Texas with Civil War Records", Listed as age 43, born in Mississippi. (Reliability: 3). [S463] White, Charlie-Family Researcher DESCENDANTS OF EDWARD WHITE. [S461] White & Toole, "Sabine County Historical Sketches and Genealogical Records" c. 1972, p 58 (Reliability: 3).