It is sad that the lady in Illinois did not live to see the computer age. Her family is now here for us to enjoy reading about - her 'lost' family in her ad from April 29, 1915 Pulaski Citizen. See http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/c/o/1/Diane-L-Colbert/index.html She has several pictures of this White family on above site. ****** A submitter on the internet believes that William White was a son of Absalom White??? Needs proven and lots of work. Ginny K Nancy Catherine Keltner born 1834 TN, married William White Dec, 1849. Children were; 1. George Washington b 1849 [all ch b TN] 2. Nancy J. 1853 3. Nelly E. 1855 4. William Manuel b 14 Jan 1856 5. Lou 6. James J. b Aug 1865 7. Kate See further down for a second list of the children of Nancy and William White. I have not proven this family so I leave it to the descendants to separate the Wheat from the Rye here. Ginny K William Manuel White b 14 Jan 1856 TN, died 16 Oct 1935, Lingleville, TX. Married 1st Nancy C. Thurman 7 March, 1877 Giles Co TN. Married 2nd Ida W. Hindman b 26 June 1869 TN. Children by Ida were; 1. Ada 2. John b Dec 1883 TX 3. Earnest Spalding 4. Harvey Dewayne b 12 Feb 1902 5. Samuel Trevor b May 8, 1900 Greenville, Hunt Co TX Another post about William White and Nancy; Nancy Keltner b 1834, married William White. She was a daughter of Emanuel Keltner born 1795 Shenandoah Co VA and Nellie Pernina Musgraves b ca 1795 in NC. They married ca 1818. Children were; 1. Andrew Jackson b 1817 TN 2, Jonas [Jake] b 25 Dec 1818 Lawrence Co TN 3. Sarah b ca 1820 Giles Co TN 4. Rose Ann b 1821 TN 5. Rachel b 1823 TN 6. Elmira b 1824 TN 7. Emanuel Burrell b 1826 TN 8. Mary Elizabeth b 8 Mar 1826 TN 9. Lewis Blanton b 27 Dec 1827 TN 10. Nancy Catherine b 1834 TN 11. Mary b 1831 12. Cynthia b 1835 TN 13. Isaac Absalom b Jan 1839 1812 Tax List for Lawrence Co TN has Emanuel Keltner listed. Emanuel Keltner Sr was born 1795 Shenandoah Co VA and died 1865 Giles Co TN. He was the son of Henry Keltner Jr b ca 1767 Shenandoah Co VA and Catherine Mahla Peters b 25 June 1768 at St. Mary's Church, Shenandoah Co VA. Henry Keltner Sr b ca 1740 Berks Co PA and Barbara Lindamood b ca 1740 Shenandoah Co VA. Henry Keltner Sr was son of Michael Kelchner b 12 Dec 1714 Waldangelloch, Shinsheim, Wuerttenberg, Germany and Elizabeth Stapleton b 3 April 1719, Yorkshire, England. They married ca 1757. Their children were born at Shenandoah Co VA. Michael Kelchner [Keltner] is listed in PA German Pioneers by Strassberger and Hinke. Any descendant, contact me and I will quote the ship information for you.