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he was one of the first settlers, and one of the grantors of the Indian deed dated Nov. 15, 1042, wliich instrument was written by him. John H. White was graduated from Kenyon college. Gambler, Ohio. A.B., 1872, and from Berkeley Divinity school, 1875, being ordained deacon in the same year, and priest, 1876. He was assistant at St. Andrew's, Meriden. Conn., 1875-77; assis- tant at St. Joiin"s. and vice-rector and instructor in Latin at St. Margaret's school, "Waterbury, Conn., 1877-78, and rector of Grace church. Old Saybrook, Conn., 1878-81. He was married. April 23. 1879, to Marie Louise, daughter of DeWitt Clinton and Mary Ann (Mfiy) Holbrook of Detroit, Mich. He was rector of Christ chnrch, Joliet, 111., 1881-89; of St. John's. St. Paul. Minn., 1889- 91; warden of the Seabury Divinity school, Faribault. Minn.. 1891-95; and was consecrated fourth bishop of Indiana, May 1, 1895, by Bishops Tuttle. Leonard and Gilbert, assisted by Bishops McLaren, Whitehead, Nicholson and Hale. Upon the division of the diocese, April 25, 1899, he took the northern portion of the state with the title of Bishop of Micliigan City. The honorary degree of D.D. was conferred upon him by Kenyon college and Seabury Divinity school in 1895. He was chaplain-general of the Society of the Cincinnati in 190;i. and a member of the New Hampshire State Societ}- of the order and of other patriotic and churcli societies.

WHITE, Phillips, delegate, was born in Hav- erhill. Mass.. Oct. 28, 1729; son of William and Sarah ( Pliillips) White; grandson of John and Lydia (Oilman) White, and of Samuel and Mary (Emerson) Phillips, and a descendant of William White, who came from England to Ipswich, Mass., in 1G35. and was one of the first settlers of Haverhill in 1640. His father was a clothier, and probably sers'ed as a representative in the Haverhill general court, 1733-34. Phillips White served as an officer in the army at Lake George. 1755; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Ncwburyport, Mass., until 1765, and subsequently in Soutliampton, N.H. He was a zealous patriot of the Revolution; a member of the Provincial congre.ss at Exeter, N.H., in December, 1775, that drafted the first state constitution to be adopted by congre.ss. Jan. 7, 1776; a member of the com- mittee of safety and of the state legislature for several years, serving as speaker of the house; judge of probate for Rockingham count}', N.H., 1776-90; a member of the convention tiiat met at Concord, N.II., June 10, 1778, and a delegate to the Continental congress, 1782-83. He was twice married: first. May 11, 1749, to Ruth Brown, of Newburj-, Mass., by whom he had thirteen children; and .secondly, June 16, 1798, to Sarah, widow of Dr. Dearborn, of Northampton, N.H. He died in Southampton, Aug. 11, 1811.

WHITE, Richard Grant, author, was born in New York city. May 23, 1821; son of Richard Mansfield and Ann Eliza (Toucey) White; grand- son of Calvin and Sarah (Camp) White, and of Donald Grant and Lucretia (Beers) Toucey, and a descendant of John White (1574-1648), who emigrated from England in 1636, settled first in Cambridge, Mass., and afterward in Hartford, Conn. Calvin White was rector of St. Jame.s"s parish. Derby, Conn., for many years, and after- ward became a Roman Catholic. Richard Grant White attended Bristol (Pa.) college, 1835- 37; was graduated from the University of the City of New York, A.B., 1837, A.M., 1840; sub- sequentlj' studied medicine and law, being ad- mitted to the bar in 1845, but did not practice, preferring a literary career. He founded the AUeg1ia)iian and the Yankee Dood/e (184G), both of which were f.hort-lived; was musical and art critic for the New York Courier and Enquirer, 1845-54, and associate editor of the same, 1854-59. He was married, Oct. 16, 1850, to Alexina, daughter of Charles Bruton and Sarah (Graliam) Meade of Nev York City. He was a founder of the New York World, 1860; superintendent of the revenue bureau of New York, 1861-78, and a voluminous contributor to magazines, including Putnam's Magazine, the Galaxy undtheAtlaiitic. Mr. White made an extensive study of the works of Shakespeare, and was chosen vice-president of the New Shakespeare society of London, England. He edited: " Record of the New York Exhibi- tion " (1854); Burton's "Book-Hunter" (1863) and " Poetry of the Civil War" (1866), and his bibliography includes: An Appeal from the Sen- tence of the Bishop {OnderdonTi) of Neio York (1845); Handbook of Christian Art (1853): Shakespeare's Scholar (1854); The Works of William Shakespeare (12 vols., 1857-65); Essaijon the Authorship of the Three Parts of Henry YI. (1859); National Hymns (1861); Rebel Brag and British Bluster (1864); Memoirs of William Shakespeare and an Account of the English Drama (1865); New Gospel of Peace (1866); Adventures of Sir Lyon Bruce in America (1867); Words and their Uses (1870; rev. ed., 1880); Every Day English (1874); American Vieu' of the Cojnjright Question (1880); England Without and Within (1881); Riverside Edition of Shake- speare (3 vols., 1883); Eate of Mansfield Hum- phreys (1884); Studies in Shakespeare (1885). He died in New York city, April 8, 1885.

WHITE, Samuel, senator, was born in Wilming- ton, Del., in 1762. He received a good education; engaged in local jx)litics; was elected U.S. sen- ator from Delaware as successor to Henry Lat- imer, Dec. 7, 1801; and re-elected in 1807 for the term expiring March 3, 1813. He died in Wil- mington, Del., Nov. 4, 1809.