Jean, I can't get over how simular our families are: I have Millers in my family, they are from Lancaster PA, my great-grand-daddy John Clifford White, built one of the first helicopter landing tall buildings in D.C. he was a character!!!!! He lived in Unicoi TN, there are alot of the same things here! but I know our lines are different. I just think it's funny! take care, Princess ----- Original Message ----- From: jean mccoy <mccoy@gvtc.com> To: <WHITE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 8:29 AM Subject: [WHITE] John Miller White/Victor White > Marjorie, it is not "my John Miller White". Actually, this is > a very long > magazine piece written back in Oct 1972. by his son.. His name was > Victor > H. White, but I > know nothing about him or where he lived. From reading the > article, he was the > only child. This article had a large pic of John Miller White > and I was > flabbergasted that he looked just like my grandfather, and very > much like my > dad, and just like my brother now. There were numerous > pictures of his art, > and I can tell you as a painter myself, that man was good! And > pictures of > some of his skyscrapers and a dry dock at Bremerton Wash. He > was born 1863 in > Mercer Co, Pa. He had at least two brothers, William and one > named Elmer, > who worked with him in the brick trade. They were both tall, > erect, determined > and proud, and dressed in snug fitting sunday breeches, and > wore high hats, > always turning the ladies heads, but the Whites were strictly > business. Six > foot tall and long arms (the trademark of my own family).He had > a cousin named > Crawford. (My uncle was named Hulie Crawford White and I have > never found out > where the name came from). John Miller White was anti union > and always worked > as an independent. The article says he returned to Allegheny > Pa, a suburb of > Pittsburg, and entered art school, where he met his future > wife, and was > married in 1897. About a year later, he started west with his > bride (also an > artist)aand lived for a while in Colorado Springs. before > moving on to > Seattle. (Alaska and its gold was in his mind.) Then he took > a job at > Bremerton, Wash where he built the dry dock, and where his > only son was born. > When he went on to his brick laying in Cal, his wife divorced > him and he was > separated from the son that he never ceased to love and > correspond with. He > was in San Francisco during the big earthquake, and ensuing > fires. > The story reveals he formed a new construction team called > "Scott and White" > , and his brother, William White was his foreman. This > brother, was still > living in 1948 in Santa Cruz, Ca. They built the First > National Bank Building > in San Jose. Later John M White > moved on to Burlingame where he pursued his art more. In 1913 > John M > remarried, in San Francisco. In 1918 he died from the > influenza epidemic in > Wilmington Delaware where he had gone on business. He was fifty > five years old. > > This just skims the facts, but would be most interesting to any > of his family > or descendents. I found many things "recognizable" in it...for > instance the > good friend Scott that he formed the Scott and White Co with > (there is a very > famous Scott and White medical clinic to this day in Temple, > Texas). Plus the > physical descriptions and the Crawford name of a friend. But > my Whites so far > trace back to Richard in Loudoun Co, Va. I would like to know > if there is a > connection of the two families because of the similarities. > I put this > on the list in hopes someone out there might be his connection. > Jean W mccoy@gvtc.com > > "Marjorie K. Beaumariage" wrote: > > > Dear Jean, > > Do you have any ancestorial background on your John > Miller White. Some > > of my John White-Mary Ann Patterson line moved to Lawrence Co > and also into > > Mercer Co, PA. >