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Personal data Abraham (Abram) White Wb FdgmcOldPurityPSCBu Wb9fr10 +Fg 

• Also known as https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17738067/abram-white.
• He was born after April 22, 1792 in Chester District, South Carolina.
• He died on April 22, 1846 in Chester District, South Carolina.
• He is buried Row 14-5th from North-Within Stone Wall in Old Purity Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Chester County, South Carolina.Source 1
• A child of William White and Jane Brown
• He has been adopted by Row 14 Old Purity Cemetery
• This information was last updated on September 7, 2023.

Household of Abraham (Abram) White Wb FdgmcOldPurityPSCBu Wb9fr10 +Fg

(1) He is married to Eleanor Margaret McQuiston.

They got married on November 8, 1820 at Chester District, South Carolina.

Child(ren):

1. Elizabeth Adams White  1825-1888 
2. William Garner White  1826-1894 
3. Margaret Eleanor White  1832-1917 

(2) He is married to Esther Thompson.

They got married on May 29, 1834 at Chester District ql, South Carolina ql.

Child(ren):

1. Andrew Hood White  1835-1927 
2. Hugh White  1836-1915 
3. Jane Brown White  1838-1913
4. Sara Morrow White  1840-1930 
5. Mary White  1842-1874 

Notes about Abraham (Abram) White Wb FdgmcOldPurityPSCBu Wb9fr10 +Fg

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Par. 7. Abraham (Abram) White, 3 (s/o William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County, S. C., in the year 1793. On November 8, 1820 he was married to Eleanor Margaret McQuiston. They settled a short distance from the bridge across Rocky Fork Creek, on Chester-Great Falls Road. Abram was a soldier in the War of 1812. He was a ruling elder in Pleasant Grove Church about twenty years. His wife died February 20, 1833, and was buried in Old Purity Cemetery.
The following children were born by this marriage:
(1) Elizabeth White, 4. Born February 19, 1825.
(2) William Garner, 4. Born December 11, 1826.
(3) Margaret Eleanor, 4. Born December 27, 1832.
He was married a second time, this time to Esther Thompson, May 29, 1834. He died April 22, 1846; she December 23, 1877. Both were buried in Old Purity Cemetery. By this union the following children were born:
(4) Andrew Hood White, 4. Born April 26, 1835.
(5) Hugh White, 4. Born November 10, 1836.
(6) Jane White, 4. Born March 30, 1838.
(7) Sara White, 4. Born October 19, 1840.
(8) Mary White, 4. Born October 2, 1842.

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Section 6. Record of the Family of Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1

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Par. 1. Elizabeth (Betsy) Adams White-Boyd, 4 (d/o Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County, S. C., February 19, 1825. She was married to Robert Boyd on December 25, 1844 and they settled near Cornwell, S. C. Robert Boyd was killed in battle during the Civil War on July 30, 1864.

She died December 29, 1888. Following Children:
(1) William Boyd, 5. Born September 17, 1845. Died May 28, 1851.
(2) George Washington Boyd, 5. Born November 18, 1846. Married Fannie Emeline Ford November 18, 1869.
a. Robert Ford Boyd, 6. Born December 31, 1871.
b. Dora Eugenia Boyd, 6. Born July 11, 1874.
c. Eunice Eleanor Boyd, 6. Born August 8, 1880.
d. Nannie Elizabeth Boyd, 6. Born July 14, 1882.
e. George Milton Boyd, 6. Born October 10, 1884. Died October 6. 1930.
(3) Abram White Boyd, 5. Born February 28, 1848. Married Jane Elizabeth Reid in fall of 1867. Died September 25, 1923.

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(4) John Alexander Boyd, 5. Born November 29, 1849. Married Mamie Parks June 10, 1880. He died July 9, 1918.
a. Annie White Boyd, 6. April 28, 1881—August 16, 1882.
b. Bessie Parks Boyd, 6. May 24, 1883. Married Samuel L. Meacham November 13, 1902.
c. Florence Louise Boyd, 6. October 21, 1885. Married Willis D. Lyman October 18, 1925.
d. Mary Boyd, 6. December 11, 1887. Married John E. Jones February 20, 1918.
e. Helen Kathleen Boyd, 6. May 14, 1930. Married Dr. J. J. Stewart May 14, 1906.
f. Julia Moore Boyd, 6. August 14, 1893.
g. Parks Oliver Boyd, 6. February 22, 1896. Married Lucile McMurrin, July 1, 1924.
h. John Alexander Boyd, 6. August 22, 1899. Married Lola Bennett, December 20, 1923.
(5) Robert Romaine Boyd, 5. December 26, 1850. Married Marietta Paine in 1876.
a. Victor H. Boyd, 6. February 14, 1877.
b. Jeanette Boyd, 6. April 28, 1878.
c. Myrtle L. Boyd, 6. December 24, 1881.
d. White Banks Boyd, 6. January 18, 1885.
(6) Andrew Jackson Boyd, 5. January 31, 1854. Married Martha Thompson, February 3, 1876.
a. Lawrence Spratt Boyd, 6. June 9, 1877. Married Viola Lewis, November 22, 1906.
b. Isla Mae Boyd, 6. May 22, 1879—July 31, 1899.
c. John McLurkin Boyd, 6. June 29, 1881—November 22, 1882.
d. Robert Thompson Boyd, 6. August 18, 1883. Married Francis Little, October 2, 1909.
e. Sara Elizabeth Boyd, 6. July 18, 1885—September 18, 1886.
f. Romaine Faulkner Boyd, 6. February 20, 1887. Married Nina White, December 11, 1913.
g. Andrew White Boyd, 6. January 31, 1889.
h. John Creelman Boyd, 6. February 20, 1891.
i. Willie Eleanor Boyd, 6. November 4, 1893—August 31, 1905.
(7) Margaret Eleanor Boyd, 5. July 18, 1855. Married Thomas C. Strong. Died February 16, 1888.
a. Esther Strong, 6.
(8) Hugh Thompson Boyd, 5. March 9, 1857. Married Mary Elizabeth Thompson, January 29, 1880.
a. Sadie Elizabeth Boyd, 6. 1880.
b. Esther Eleanor Boyd, 6. 1882.
c. John Adams Burroughs Boyd, 6. Married Sue McKeown, April 18, 1916.

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d. Jessie Isabel Boyd, 6. July 21, 1887. Married Cecil B. Ray, September 16, 1913.
e. Mary Roberta Boyd, 6. March 9, 1880. Married William Hugh Hicklin.
f. James Thompson Boyd, 6. September 2, 1893. Married Celeste McKeown, April 18, 1916.
(9) Elizabeth Esther Boyd, 5. January 3, 1861. Married Hugh James McKeown, January 17, 1881. Died January 10, 1883.
(10) William Banks Boyd, 5. January 3, 1863. Married Martha Jane McKeown January 19, 1888. Died October 26, 1926.
a. Esther Annie Boyd, 6. June 3, 1895
b. Margaret Louise Boyd, 6. July 5, 1897.
c. Robert O Neal Boyd, 6. November 26, 1905.
d. William Banks Boyd, 6. January 21, 1911.

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Par. 2. Rev. William Garner White, 4 (s/a Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County on December 11, 1826. On July 31, 1856 he was married to a Miss Cooper. She died October 23, 1857.
One child was born to them:
(1) Nettie Jane White, 5.
Later on, May 9, 1861 he was married to Marion Estelle Russell. He received his education somewhere in Kentucky and attended a theological Seminary. He preached a while in Kentucky. Afterward he came to York, S. C., and for several years was in charge of the Womans College there. He died May 14, 1894, as a result of a stroke of paralysis and was buried in Old Purity Cemetery.
Following his death his wife and children moved to California. She died at Carmel California, November 19, 1927, in the ninety-sixth year of her age, she having been born March 3, 1831. Following children:
(2) Margaret Estelle White, 5.
(3) William Breckinridge White, 5.
(4) Willis Grimes White, 5.
(5) Martha Hill White, 5.
(6) Thomas Abram White, 5.

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Par. 3. Margaret Eleanor White-Mead, 4 (d/o Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County, December 27, 1832. She was married to Jesse Mead, December 21, 1850 and they moved to Rison, Arkansas. Both died and were buried at Rison, Arkansas, she April 12, 1917. Children:
(1) Margaret Frances Mead, 5. Born November 29, 1859. Married I. S. McMurtrey, January 10, 1883.
a. Mamie E. McMurtrey, 6. January 18, 1834. Unmarried.
b. Mary E. McMurtrey, 6. August 13, 1889. Married Victor Boggs, July 24, 1911.
1. David Boggs, 7. December 29, 1812.
2. Frances Boggs, 7. February 23, 1920.

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c. Jesse L. McMurtrey, 6. November 2, 1894. Married Helen Robertson, June 24, 1917.
(1) Mary Sue McMurtrey, 7. June 22, 1920.
d. Janetta Sue McMurtrey, 6. August 19, 1900. Married D. W. Wyatt, December 26, 1921. He died December 19, 1931.
1. Betty Mead Wyatt, 7. November 5, 1922.
2. Margaret Theresa Wyatt, 7. October 1, 1924.
3. D. W. Wyatt, Jr., 7. December 8, 1928.
(2) George Mead, 5.
(3) Elizabeth Mead, 5.

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Par. 4. Andrew Hood White, 4 (s/o Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County on April 26, 1835. He was married April 16, 1866, to Margaret (Maggie) Hand, who was born July 27, 1835. As a young man, Andrew had gone to Clifton, Ohio, and taught school prior to the Civil War. There he married and there he settled as merchant and farmer. For forty years he served as a ruling elder in Clifton Presbyterian Church. His wife died May 18, 1892. His death occurred July 10, 1927. Both lie buried in Clifton Cemetery. To Andrew and Maggie White one child was born:
(1) Florence Kennett White, 5.

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Par. 5. Hugh White, 4 (s/o Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County on November 10, 1836. He was married on February 27, 1861, to Martha Ellen Corder-Adams, and settled about two miles from the old William Caldwell place on Chester-Great Falls Highway. For four years he served in the Civil War.

He was a farmer and business man. His death occurred May 31, 1915 and he was buried in Old Purity Cemetery. She was born July 31, 1836, died November 1, 1910. Following children:
(1) Mary Jane White, 5.
(2) Sara Elizabeth Thompson White, 5.

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Par. 6. Jane Brown White-Little, 4 (d/o Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County, March 30, 1838. She was married on April 17, 1874, to James Little and settled near Cedar Shoals Church, in neighborhood of Fort Lawn, S. C. She died May 13, 1913, and was buried at Pleasant Grove Presbyterian Cemetery. No children.

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Par. 7. Sara Marrow White-Boyd-Quinland, 4 (d/o Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County, S. C., October 19, 1840. On April 15, 1858, she was married to William Boyd. He died on August 21, 1862. To this union were born the following children:
(1) Elizabeth Frances Boyd, 5. April 4, 1850—January 18, 1917.
(2) James Thompson Boyd, 5. December 22, 1860—January 3, 1864.
(3) William White Boyd, 5. November 4, 1862—November 8, 1886.
After her husband s death she married George Quinland, on May 7, 1866. He was born October 27, 1841, and died November 24, 1912. She

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died January 4, 1930. To them the following children were born:
(4) James Leander Quinland, 5. February 19, 1867—January 13,1878.
(5) Louis Quinland, 5. March 9, 1868—November 7, 1886.
(6) Henrietta Quinland, 5. January 5, 1870—June 30, 1896.
(7) Mary Quinland, 5. October 2, 1871.
(8) Martha Jane Quinland, 5. September 14, 1873.
(9) Florence Quinland, 5. November 12, 1875—October 1, 1886.
(10) Blanche Quinland, 5. March 26, 1879.
(11) Laura Quinland, 5. March 17, 1881—September 24, 1885.
(12) George Cyrus Quinland, 5. August 23, 1883—January 30, 1923.

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Par. 8. Mary White-Reap, 4 (d/o Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1)
was born in Chester County, S. C., on October 2, 1842. On October 12, 1865 she married William Reap, and moved to some place in Arkansas, where they lived and died. She died January 16, 1874. Children:
(1) Charles Reap, 5.

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Section 10. Record of the Family of Rev. William Garner White, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1

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Par. 1. Nancy (Nettle) Jane White-Walkup-Stitt, 5 (d/o Rev. William Garner, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Kentucky, October 23, 1857. Married James Walkup. One daughter:
(1) Cooper Walkup.
Following her first husband's death, Nancy married John Stitt and settled at Winnsboro, S. C. She died February 15, 1932.

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Par. 2. Margaret Estelle (Maggie) White was born in Kentucky, May 21, 1862. Unmarried. Now living at Carmel, California.

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Par. 3. Rev. William Breckinridge White, 5 (s/o William Garner, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Kentucky, June 7, 1864. Received theological education in Kentucky. Went to China as a missionary. Contracted Tuberculosis there and returned to America. Settled in Carmel, California. Died February 28, 1897 and was buried at Monterey, California. Unmarried.

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Par. 4. Rev. Willis Grimes White, 5 (s/o William Garner, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Kentucky, August 24, 1866. Educated for the Ministry. Married Sara Elizabeth Williams May 7, 1902. Located at present as pastor of church at Carmel, California. Children:
(1) Miriam Arnold White, 6. Born February 23, 1003.
(2) John Bidwell White, 6. Born October 22, 1906.
(3) William Gail White, 6. Born October 24, 1910.

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Par. 5. Martha Hill White-Moore, 5 (d/o William Garner, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Kentucky, September 16, 1870. June 1904 she married George Elwell Moore. No children.

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Par. 6. Thomas Abraham White, 5 (s/o William Garner, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Kentucky, June 17, 1877. Married Bertha Truley, June 15, 1899. Following children:
(1) Willis Garner White, 6. Born May 3, 1900.
(2) Norma Estle White, 6. Born June 22, 1903.

Section 11. Record of the Family of Andrew Hood White, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1

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Par. 1. Florence Kennett White, 5 (d/o Andrew Hood, 4; Abram, 3;

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William, 2; John, 1) was born at Clifton, Ohio, April 2, 1869. She is still living at Clifton. She is unmarried.

Section 12. Record of the Family of Hugh White, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1

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Par. 1. Mary Jane White-Corder, 5 (d/o Hugh, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County, S. C., April 15, 1867. Married William Thomas Corder November 5, 1889. Children:
A. Marguerite White Corder, 6. Born October 11, 1890. Married Thomas D. Cousar October 25, 1912.
a. Thomas A. Cousar, 7. Born August 17, 1913.
b. Mary Jane Cousar, 7. Born December 8, 1915.
B. Hugh Gustav Corder, 6. Born January 7, 1892. Unmarried.

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Par. 2. Sara Elizabeth Thompson (Sallie) White-McAliley-Bailey, 5
(d/o Hugh, 4; Abram, 3; William, 2; John, 1) was born in Chester County, S. C., January 22, 1875. Married Dr. James Wallace McAliley November 19, 1890.
A. James Wallace McAliley, 6. Born June 30, 1893. Married Viola Katherine McCloud November 1, 1923. Following the death of Dr. McAliley, his wife married James Alvin Bailey on November 10, 1897.
B.Mary White Bailey, 6. Born August 11, 1898. Married Oscar Aivid Nystion on December 20, 1929.
a. Hugh Bailey Nystion, 7. July 5, 1930.
b. Oscar Arbid Nystion, 7. July 5, 1930.
C. Hugh Alvin Bailey, 6. December 4, 1900.

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