15. Sigourney White
1Probate file of William G. White, estates 24 & 30, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
11870 U.S. Census, Jeffersonville, Fayette County, Ohio, page 50, Ancestry.com.
"page 50
Bell, Thomas C. 36 M W School Tacher. Value of real estate: - . Value of personal estate: 200. Ohio. Can vote.
, Licia C. 22 F W Keeping House Ohio. Cannot read or write.
, Frank 12 M W At school Ohio. Attended school within the year.
, Wilbur 10 M W At school Ohio. Attended school within the year.
, Fred 2 M W Ohio
, Donald 1 M W."2Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
24. Frank H. Bell
11870 U.S. Census, Jeffersonville, Fayette County, Ohio, page 50, Ancestry.com.
"page 50
Bell, Thomas C. 36 M W School Tacher. Value of real estate: - . Value of personal estate: 200. Ohio. Can vote.
, Licia C. 22 F W Keeping House Ohio. Cannot read or write.
, Frank 12 M W At school Ohio. Attended school within the year.
, Wilbur 10 M W At school Ohio. Attended school within the year.
, Fred 2 M W Ohio
, Donald 1 M W."2Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
11870 U.S. Census, Jeffersonville, Fayette County, Ohio, page 50, Ancestry.com.
"page 50
Bell, Thomas C. 36 M W School Tacher. Value of real estate: - . Value of personal estate: 200. Ohio. Can vote.
, Licia C. 22 F W Keeping House Ohio. Cannot read or write.
, Frank 12 M W At school Ohio. Attended school within the year.
, Wilbur 10 M W At school Ohio. Attended school within the year.
, Fred 2 M W Ohio
, Donald 1 M W."2Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
16. Mary J. White
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
27. Amanda J. Garver
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
29. Charles Garver
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
30. Leonard Garver
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
32. Harry Garver
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
33. Walter L. Garver
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.
17. George W. White
1Alta Harvey Heiser, "Story of George G. White And Son, George W. White., Both Prominent In Butler County History", Oxford Press, Oxford, Ohio, 14 Nov. 1950, Butler County Historical Society Museum, Hamilton, Ohio.
In 1843, Mr. White's father gave him money to go to Cincinnati to study art. He met with many discouragements, and when his funds gave out he joined a traveling minstrel show. For several years, he made what he could by singing and performing as a Negro minstrel, but he came back home, taking such portrait work as could get, at $ and $10 a painting. Ability Recognized In 1848, he made two paintings of the Greek Slave, which were sent to New York. Their merit was recognized, and they sold for $1,000 each. Mr. White spent a year in New York, but was not well received and returned to Cincinnati and thence to Hamilton, in1857. In 1866, he married Mary, daughter of John Crane. She died in 1872, leaving a son. Art critics have pronounced some of Mr. White's work as equal to that of the great masters. He became famous, locally, as a portrait painter. Although daguerreotypes had come in, followed by improved methods of photography, it became the custom for anyone of any standing to have his or her portrait painted. Many ancestral portraits today hang in Hamilton homes, proudly pointed to as the work of George W. White. After his wife's death, Mr. White lived even more to himself than his modest, retiring nature always had caused him to do. He had few associates to gladden his later friends, but he shut himself away from them. Perhaps Mr. White had been too modest. Personality is such an important factor in one's success."
See Kate Bruck's message of 26 Feb. 2006.
"...George W. White was born in Oxford in 1826. When a mere child, he dabbled in paints. Although he did not have his father's approval, he gave up his studies at Miami university and came to Hamilton to take lessons of Dr. S. S. Walker. He applied himself so closely to his work that he soon became ill and had to return home.
The article says George W. White became reclusive after his wife's death [in 1872].2"Oxford Artist George White Attained Widespread Fame", Oxford Press, 24 June 1954, Butler County Historical Society Museum, Hamilton, Ohio.
"At the insistence of his friends, he went to New York for a year... His 'Cleopatra,' fortunately, had been saved from the fire, and this he placed in the Hamilton Hotel for some time... In 1887 he exhibited a small oil painting of old Fort Hamilton as it appeared in 1795... White's portrait of John Woods hands in the Butler County Museum in Hamilton... Miami University has recently been given a woodland scene by White. Don Shera has the head of Anna Matson, his mother, done by White when she was a little girl."
The article says that George W. White was living in Covington, Kentucky, when Woods Museum in Cincinnati was destroyed by fire in 1857.3Jane Sikes Hageman, Ohio pioneer artists: a pictorial review, Cincinnati, Ohio: Ohio Furniture Makers, ca. 1993.
"White, George W. (1826-1890)
Portrait and landscape artist born in Oxford, OH in Nov., 1826. He studied paintings with Samuel S. Walker in Hamilton, OH in 1840, then traveled as itinerant and returned to Cincinnati in 1847 where he shared a studio with William Sonntag, living across the river in Covington, KY. He stayed in Cincinnati till, 1857, when he moved to Hamilton, OH where he died in 1890. His portrait is at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, OH. A chest signed by George W. White is in Oxford, OH in a private collection."
See message of 27 Feb. 2006 from Kate Bruck.4Obituary of George W. White, Hamilton Daily Democrat, 11 Sept. 1891, p. 3, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.
Rick Crume's file C 1663.
"TO REALMS NOT PAINTED BY MORTAL HANDS.
The Artist, George White, Dies of Old Age and General Debility-His Pictures of Wide Reputation-Interesting Sketch of his Life and Works.
George W. White, the well known artist, died at 9:30 last evening, of old age and general debility.
For several months past Mr. White has been an invalid. He was born in Oxford November 8th, 1826. It was in Oxford that he began his first attempts at painting. Mr. Higgins, of that village gave him a lump of crude umber, gamboges and Prussian blue with some white lead. With these appliances he began a picture on a piece of unprepared bed-ticking and placed it on the house top to dry.
His first essay at painting heads was made in this city in 1840, under S. S. Walker. For a short time he attended Miami university. His father supplied him with means to go to Cincinnati, where he entered upon an artist’s career in 1843.
His scanty means were soon exhausted and he began traveling as a negro minstral, going through the country with Webb’s serenaders and Sable sisters, following this with a trip on the Ohio and Mississippi with a company, comprising minstrels, tumblers and athletes.
At New Orleans it disbanded. White then returned to Cincinnati and engaged with Rockwell’s amphitheater on the site of the present Gazett office.
His first portrait, which he placed before the public, was that of Julia Dean, the celebrated actress.
He had a hard life of it for a long time. In 1848 he painted the “Greek Slave”. This virtually made him. The pictures sold in the East for $1,000 apiece.
Among his other paintings were “Musidora,” “Helen McGregor,” “Beauty’s Reverie,” “Galbina,” “Undine,” and “Ophelia.” Among his portraits were those of Rev. Thos. Stockton and Edwin Forrest, the actor.
At the burning of Wood’s museum in Cincinnati many of his best paintings were consumed. “Louis Kossuth” and “Lola Montez,” took well with the public. During the war his pictures of Grant and Sherman pleased the public. He met with flattering success both at home and abroad.
Many of his portraits adorn the wall of many a home in this city. And many in this city have taken lessons of him.
Mr. White married in 1866 Mary Crane, a very sweet and lovable woman, daughter of Major Crane, an old resident of this city. She died in 1872, leaving one son, George, who is still living.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock from the house, Rev. C. C. Conner, officiating. The services will be simple and on the plainest order in accordance with the son’s wish.
The pall bearers will be Wm. Beckett, Israel Williams, D. B. Sanders and I. W. Mullin."
George W. White's anticipated death is also mentioned on 10 Sept. 1891, p. 3.5Geo. W. White, Rick Crume, 131 130th St S, Glyndon MN 56547-9551.
Newspaper clipping inserted in the Crume family Bible, published in New York for the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1829.
"GEO. W. WHITE-Among the many promising young artists of our city, who have submitted the creations of their genius to the judgment of a criticising, and often times uncharitable public, none are more worthy of esteem and encouragement than the young gentleman whose name commences this article. Affable and pleasing in his manners, he never fails to find a friend when he makes an acquaintances [sic]. Modest and retiring, his works are better known to the public than their author. He possesses great diversity of talent, and paints anything that his fancy dictates-portraits, landscapes, and fancy piece-all of which bear the impress of his promising genius. He has just completed a very good landscape, and is now engaged on two pieces, which, if we mistake not, will add much to his reputation. His rooms are in the Apollo Building."6Centennial History of Butler County, Ohio, B.F. Bowen & Co., 1905, pages 921-922, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
" GEORGE W. WHITE was born on the 8th of November, 1826, at Oxford. His father, George G. White, was a native of Virginia, and emigrated at an early age to Ohio, settling in Fairfield township, near Black Bottom; in the year 1800. In 1824 he became postmaster of the village of Oxford, continuing in office some twenty-five years. Here George W. White began his first attempts at painting, which, it is believed, are mostly destroyed. Mr. Higgins, of the village, was the first to encourage him in the idea of becoming a painter, and- gave him a lump of crude umber, gamboge and Prussian blue, with some white lead. With these crude appliances he began a picture on a piece of unprepared bed-ticking, and placed it on the housetop to dry. His first essay at painting heads was made in Hamilton, in the year 1840 with S. S. Walker, under whose direction he was placed a short time, when he became ill from close confinement, on recovery being sent to the Miami University as a student. Prof. Moffatt, seeing his predilection, advised him to continue the study of art. Although his father was unfavorable to this course of life, he supplied his son with means to go to Cincinnati, where he entered upon an artist's career in 1843. He met with but little encouragement. The painters all assured him that the life of an artist was "a starving one," and he was obliged to catch up what instruction he could from the others, not being able to afford regular lessons.
His scanty means were soon exhausted, and he began traveling as a negro minstrel. This was then new, and he went through the country with Webb's Serenaders and Sable Sisters, following this with a trip on the Ohio and Mississippi with a show company, comprising, minstrels, tumblers and athletes. At New Orleans the company disbanded in trouble, and White returned to Cincinnati and engaged with Rockwell's Amphitheater. Here he sang and played nightly in the saw-dust of the arena, under the cover of burnt cork. This was his last appearance in public in this capacity. He resumed the pencil, and returned for a season to his native village, where he painted cabinet heads of all who would sit, at five and ten dollars a head. He returned to Cincinnati in 1847, and took rooms in the Apollo building, at the corner of Fifth and Walnut, which was at that time the retreat of several meritorious artists, amongst whom we might name Beard, Brannon. Miller, Eaton, Duncanson, Whittridge, Johnson, Tom Jones, the sculptor, and others. Mr. White had as his first roommate, W. L. Sonntag, the landscape painter, later of New York city. The first picture which Mr. White ventured to place before the public was a half-length portrait of Julia Dean, the celebrated actress. afterward known as Julia Dean Hayne. She was then the city's favorite, and her picture attracted wide attention. She was represented as "Virginia" in the play of the "Roman Father." From that time on he continued to paint portraits, landscapes, and so on; in fact, any kind of work was gladly received. Some of these canvases were the joint productions of White and Sonntag, who, when not engaged in painting, were skirmishing about for something to eat. They suffered keenly from the distresses and difficulties which usually attend this class of young and undistinguished painters, and were forced to do whatever offered. Occasionally they decorated omnibuses and railroad cars, and at other times painted scenes in the Museum Theater.
Mr. White became a member of the Artists' Union on its formation, which afforded him a sale for a number of his pictures. In the summer of 1848 he painted the "Greek Slave," two pictures, embodying the front and rear views, with the matchless profile seen to equal advantage in both. This effort placed him favorably before the public as an artist. The pictures, after being shown in the East and West, were finally taken to New York and sold for a thousand dollars apiece. He continued painting, turning out some fine work occasionally, among which were his pictures of "Musidora," "Helen McGregor," "Beauty's Reverie," "Galbina," "Undine," and "Ophelia." Among his portraits at that time were those of the Rev. Thomas H. Stockton and Edwin Forrest, the actor. At the burning of Wood's Museum, in 1857, these and many other works of the artist were destroyed. They represented the labor of years. He had resided for some time in Covington, when he was induced by his friends to go to New York city. After an experience of a year he returned, setting up his easel in Cincinnati, and shortly after painting "Louis Kossuth" and "Lola Montez." In 1857 Mr. White came to Hamilton, where he resided, excepting during the Rebellion, when he was in Cincinnati, until his death, which occurred in 1890."7"Dying", The Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, page 3.
"George White, the artist, is slowly sinking, and his death is hourly expected."8Ohio History, the Scholarly Journal of the Ohio Historical Society, Vol. 73, page 255.
http://publications.ohiohistory.org/ohstemplate.cfm?action=detail&Page=0073255.html&StartPage=254&EndPage=262&volume=73&newtitle=Volume%2073%20Page%20254. Web site, accessed on July 26, 2009.
"George W. White's portrait of an unknown young woman in the Ohio Historical Society's collection is a good example of midwestern local painting of the pre-war period. Born in Oxford, Ohio, in 1826, White had received his first instruction from Dr. Samuel S. Walker, a physician and artist of Hamilton.5 In 1843 he tried to establish himself in Cincinnati, but being only seventeen and lacking experience, his work was not well received. After other employment and traveling with a minstrel show for a few years, he returned to Cincinnati in 1847 to share a studio with William Sonntag. Sonntag had not yet attracted public attention, and both young artists had to augment their professional income by decorating omnibuses and railroad cars and painting stage scenery. In 1848 White painted a picture of Hiram Powers' statue "The Greek Slave" which was much lauded and which established his reputation. His work enjoyed popularity in Cincinnati, Oxford, and Hamilton, in which last place he lived after 1857. Despite highly praised portraits of Edwin Forrest, Julia Dean, and other leading people, White was virtually unknown outside that area."9Who Was Who in American Art, page 3541.
"White, George W. [Portrait, figure and landscape painter] b. 1826, Oxford, OH | d. 1890, Hamilton, OH.
Addresses: Cincinnati, 1843 and 1847; Hamilton, OH, 1857 and after. Studied: Samuel Swan Walker (c. 1840). Comments: He went to Cincinnati in 1843 intending to open a studio but met with little encouragement. For the next few years he traveled with a minstrel show as a blackface singer. Returning to Cincinnati, in 1847 he resumed his painting career and shared a studio with the landscape painter, William L. Sonntag (see entry). His first real success came in 1848 when he painted two views of Powers' statue, The Greek Slave. Until 1857, White worked in Cincinnati and lived in Covington (KY), except for a year in NYC. In 1857 he moved to Hamilton (OH) where he spent the rest ofhis life, except for the Civil War years when he lived in Cincinnati. Sources: G&W; History and Biographical Encyclopedia of Butler County, Ohio, 364-65; Bartlow et al., Centennial History of Butler County, 921-22; Cist, Cincinnati in 1851, 127; Cincinnati BD 1848; Ohio BD 1859; Hamilton CD 1873; Hageman, 123."10Butler County, Ohio death records.
See Kate Bruck's message of 1 Mar. 2006.11“Looking Backward. Events of Importance During 12 Months’ Time”, Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, World Vital Records.
"September 10th. Death of Artist George W. White."12Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.
See messages of 26 Feb. 2006 from Kate Bruck & 4 May 2006 from Joyce Cates.
George W. White, buried in Greenwood. He was born 10/07/1827 in Oxford, OH and died 09/10/1891 in Hamilton of general debility. Parent listed as George G. White. These people are buried in section Vault lot #709. Other surnames in lot is Crane/White/David/ McCormack.13Bert Surene Bartlow, General Catalogue of the Graduates and Former Students of Miami University, 1910, p. 348, Google Books, <books.google.com>.
"GEORGE W. WHITE, Artist, Hamilton, O. Student, 1838-39. Artist, Cincinnati, O.; New York, NY ; Hamilton, O., 1847-90. Painted, "Greek Slave," "Musidora," "Banty's Reverie," "Galbina," "Undine and Ophelia" and "Helen McGregor." Portraits of Julia Dean, Edwin Forest, Louis Kossuth, Gen. U. S. Grant and Ge. W. T. Sherman. Born Nov. 8, 1826. Died 1890."14Charles Cist, Sketches and Statistics of Cincinnati in 1851, Cincinnati: W.H. Moore & Co., 1851, pp. 127, 161.
Public Halls
See message of 19 Feb. 2006 from Kate Bruck.
"George W. White, 1848-Cincinnati. Portrait fancy pieces, and landscapes; J.P. Broadwell, C.S. Burdsal, and E.C. Hawkins, P. McCarty, Thomas Faris.
Apollo Hall- Northwest corner of Walnut and Fifth streets. A range of stores on the ground floor; Wood's Museum, Gundry's Commercial College, Hawkins Daguerrean Gallery, and various private offices on the upper stories. The building is five stories in height, and eighty-three by one hundred feet in its front. J.P. Broadwell, proprietor."
Kate Bruck wrote, "The names listed above are people whose parlors contained works by White at the time of publication." See her message of 27 Feb. 2006.15The Inflation Calculator, <www.westegg.com/inflation/infl.cgi>.
In 1848 George W. White finished two paintings of the Greek slave and sold them in New York City for $1,000 each. Adjusted for inlfation, $1,000 was worth $19,820,69 in 2005.16Cincinnati (Hamilton County, Ohio) city directory 1849-50, p. 303, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA, film 194,002.
Rick Crume's file C 1669.
"White, George W. artist, 29 apollo bldg. bds. [boards] Garrison ex."17Destructive Fire--Apollo Buildings in Ruins!, The Daily Times, Cincinnati, Ohio, Monday, 14 July 1851, p. 3.
Rick Crume's file C 1666.
"About 1 o'clock this morning, the Second Ward watchmen discovered that the lecture room of the Museum, in Apollo Building, in the corner of Fifth and Walnut streets, was on fire. In an instant, almost, the flames spread throughout the upper part of the building, and before the alarm was given by the bells, the whole of the building occupied by the Museum was on fire...
Thieves were plenty, and although Captain Early promptly called a number of watchmen from their beats, and placed them around the fire, there were many articles stolen...
Perry & Hargrave, George White and others, lost considerable by the removal of their goods, although the buildings they occupied were not on fire.
The fire was no doubt the work of an incendiary..."18Charles Theodore Greve, Centennial History of Cincinnati and Representative Citizens, Chicago: Biographical Publ. Co., 1904, pp. 738-739, Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio.
"A fire of July 14, 1857, destroyed the well-known museum and theatre of Colonel Wood, at the northwest corner of Fifth and Walnut in the Broadwell Building."
See message of 10 Mar. 2006 from Andy Balterman, Reference Librarian.19The Weekly Hamilton Telegraph, Hamilton, Ohio, 4 Feb. 1858, p. 3, col. 1.
Rick Crume's file C 1657.
" G. G. White [sic]--We suppose it is not generally known that the talented artist whose name is at the head of this article, is in our midst. Yet such is the case. He has been busily engaged for several months painting the portraits of a great many of our citizens, among which are those of several who have been dead for months and years. The portraits of Hon. John Woods, Wm. Hunter, Esq. and others, are said to be life-like.
We would call attention to his fine painting of Cleopatra, now hanging in the Hamilton Hotel. It is one of the most finished productions we ever saw, and certainly entitles the accomplished artist to a name among those who are better known and more frequently spoken of. We hope Mr. White will be induced to remain in Hamilton. His room is on the second floor of Beckett's building, west end."201870 U.S. Census, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, stamped page 125, Ancestry.com.
George W. White, 42, Portrait Painter, real estate worth $3500, personal estate worth $300, born in Ohio. Mary A., 39, born in Ohio. Ettie McComie, 13, born in Ohio.21Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.221880 U.S. Census, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, p. 11, stamped 414C., Ancestry.com.
George W. White, 54, Artist, born in Ohio, father born in Va, mother born in Pa. George W. C. White, 9, son, born in Ohio, parents born in Ohio.23"Local Happenings", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Dec. 20, 1886, page 3, column 2, NewspaperARCHIVE, www.newspaperarchive.com.
" Messrs. D. W. Fitton & Co. have on exhibition, in their store window, a large framed painting, by White, the artist. The painting represents a poetical scene from “Elaine.” The painting will shortly be shipped to W. E. Garver, an old Hamilton boy, who is a station agent on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad, at Larned, Kas."24"Local Happenings", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 10 Dec. 1887, World Vital Records.
"A fine oil painting of Robert Doepke, son of Wm. Doepke, of Cincinnati, is on exhibition in Fitton’s show window. The work was executed by George W. White, of this city."25“Pungent Pionts” [sic], Hamilton Daily Democrat, Aug. 14, 1888, page 3, column 4, NewspaperARCHIVE, www.newspaperarchive.com.
" The Garfield Club banner is being brightened and the painting of Garfield retouched by Geo. W. White, the artist."26Butler County, Ohio, will records, v.5-7 1890-1899, vol. 6, pp. 260-261, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA, film 343,503.
Geo. W. White... James E. Neal and Israel Williams [witnesses] The State of Ohio Butler County."
"George W. White Decd.
... I George W. White Artist of Hamilton Ohio do make this my last Will and Testament that is to say I give bequeath and devise to my only son George W. C. White all of my estate both personal and real... Provided that he shall be 21 years of age at my death... but in the event that I shall die before my said son shall become 21 years of age then I will that my son George W. C. White shall select in the Probate Court and to [?] approved thereby a suitable person to act as guardian and Trustee for him to have and control and manage said estate for him until he shall be [?] of age. In testimony whereof I have [herewith?] set my hand to this my last will on this 23d day of November A.D. 1888.27"Pungent Points", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 6 Dec. 1888, World Vital Records.
"Geo. W. White, the artist, is painting two large portraits of Mrs. Joe Marr and one of Mrs. J. A. Keller."28"A Case of Supposed Attempted Suicide", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 21 June 1889, World Vital Records.
" Last evening about 11:30 parties living near Geo. W. White’s residence on North third street were startled by hearing the report of a revolver. It appeared to come from the inside of the White residence. The fireman on watch across the street became alarmed thinking that a possible murder had been committed. They immediately telephoned to the police station. Captain Gannon and Officers Bobemeyer and Concannon responded and forced their way into the house. Here they found Geo. White, sr. and his son. It appeared that the boy had come in rather late and that he old gentleman began taking him to task. It is alleged he told him to go to bed immediately or there would be trouble. George seemed reluctant to go, being afraid of his father when he is in a passion. Mr. White and son sleep together and are the only occupants of the house. Finally the boy went to the room with his father but shortly left for the next room on some pretext. He had not been in the adjoining long before he heard a pistol shot from the room occupied by his father. For some time past the old gentleman has been drinking heavily and has threatened to commit suicide. It seems that he had been indulging last evening. Officer Bobenmeyer made the arrest and father and son were taken to the city building and confined. They had a hearing before the mayor this morning. The matter was finally adjusted by the paying of the fines imposed.
The report generally is that young Geo. White is the victim of abuse from the hands of his father. The suicide feature is not believed. The firing of the pistol is thought to be a bluff on the part of the father to scare the boy into coming home earlier in the evenings."29"Town Tattle", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 26 Oct. 1889, World Vital Records.
"Judge Harr tells the following good story on James W. See: “Several years ago George W. White, Hamilton’s prominent artist had his studio in Beckett’s Block. He was absent unexplainably to Mr. See for some time and his curiosity was finally aroused in regard to the matter thinking that maybe Mr. White had died suddenly in his studio. Going to the studio, he looked over the transom and beheld the form of what he thought was the artist lying in a corner. He forced opened [sic], approached the prostrate man and found it to be a dummy placed there by Mr. White. He retired but the story somehow leaked out.”."30"Pungent Points", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 17 Feb. 1890, World Vital Records.
"George W. White, the artist, is able to be out after an illness of several days."31"Pungent Points", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 28 Feb. 1890, World Vital Records.
"George W. White, who has been quite ill, is very much better."32"Real Estate Transfers", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 31 May 1890, World Vital Records.
"George W. White to T. V. Howell, part lot 141; $1,000."33"The Decline of Hamilton’s Noted Artist", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 24 July 1891, World Vital Records.
" George W. White, the well known artist, has been aging very rapidly of late and his weak and feeble condition has caused his friends to take legal steps to see that he will be properly taken care of.
Upon the affidavit of John Seward and at the instigation of Wm. Beckett, Israel Williams, T. V. Howell and Dr. Cyrus Falconer, Judge Berry today appointed John Seward his guardian.
Mr. White being a widower, has had no one to keep house for him. Of late he has become so afflicted that he has fallen a number of times both on the streets and in his own yard and sustained bad injuries.
For years past Mr. White has been recognized as one of the best artists in this section of the state.
Pictures he has painted are in some of the best families in Hamilton and testify to his former ability."34"An Artists’ [sic] Fall.", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 17 July 1891, World Vital Records.
"Geo. W. White, the well known artist, fell this morning on High street, and received bruises, which in his advanced years, are regarded as very serious."35“Christ in the Tomb.”, Hamilton Daily Democrat, Mar. 9, 1892, page 3, column 1, NewspaperARCHIVE, www.newspaperarchive.com.
" Richmond Telegram: Ed Wilson returned from Hamilton this morning, bringing with him a pencil sketch entitled, “Christ in the Tomb.” It was executed in 1854 by the artist, George W. White, who was a famous painter of pictures on sacred subjects. Mr. White painted a single picture that sold for $6,000. The sketch in the possession of Mr. Wilson is a very beautiful one and is highly prized by him."36"AN OIL PAINTING Causes a Sensation at Lee Mendel’s Main Street Store", Hamilton Daily Republican, Nov. 16, 1894, page 1, column 2, NewspaperARCHIVE, www.newspaperarchive.com.
"Lee Mendel, of Main street, First ward, the second hand dealer, has had for the last four or five days in his window, an oil painting. It is supposed to be that of Mrs. George Hughes (nee Miss Carrie Cornell) which was painted by George White sr., the deceased artist. It does not look like her in the least and therefore was never taken off of the artist’s hands. A few days ago George White, jr., the son of the late artist, resurrected the picture from the barn of a First ward saloon, where he had it stored. Mendel said he would compel the family to buy it, asking $25 for it. He put the painting in his window and put upon it a card like this. “Miss Carrie Cornell painted by George White, sr.”."37Stella Weiler Taylor, “Rosemary-That’s for Remembrance”, Hamilton Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio, 29 Aug. 1935, page 9.
" In the course of a Rosemary ramble of the week I chanced upon a notable honor paid some years ago to the memory of Campbell Meeker, soldier-son of the Hon. Claude and Bessie Parks Meeker, so well-remembered here. The morning stroll took me to the fine old home of Dr. Huber on North Front street, to which has just returned the youngest daughter of the family, Miss Lilian Huber. Since the death last year of her sister, Alice, Miss Huber has been staying in Olney, Ill., with her sisters, Mrs. W. N. Gray and Eloise Huber. Much of this summer was spent in a leisurely tour of Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont, before her decision to return, for a while, to Hamilton.
The Huber home has the dignity and charm of the setting of an Edith Wharton novel. Victorian furniture, massive and velvety,--quaint china vases, silver and crystal candlesticks, marble-topped tables, book-shelves filled with standard English and American novels, history, poetry, and travels. Upon the walls, over the fireplaces and in the halls, are heavily framed family portraits, painted by Hamilton’s most renowned artist, George W. White, whose studio was on North Third street and whose gifted hand traced upon canvas the austere dignity of pioneer paters familias and the demure charms of the matrons, maids and children of the long ago. A particularly lovely painting is that of Mrs. Huber, wife of the doctor, as a girl, with her arms about a younger sister, Sallie, who later became the bride of Dr. John Parks…."38"George White, Artist", Hamilton Journal-News, Hamilton, Ohio, Nov. 23, 1935, page 11, columns 3-4, NewspaperARCHIVE, www.newspaperarchive.com.
" Rosemary recalls another North Third street resident of prominence, George W. White, the artist, who lived about where Doctor Zerfuss’ office now is. He was probably the most notable art contribution in Butler county’s history. Heavily gilt-framed portraits of aristocratic pioneers and of ringletted young beauties with tiny waists and cameo brooches were painted by George White to adorn the walls of formal drawing-rooms, many of the painting still extant in the home of the old aristocracy. They were genuine works of art, too, accurate likenesses of the civic and social leaders of the time.
A quiet, modest man, this artist, a widower with a young son, as Rosemary recalls him. Many of his paintings were lost in a fire at Woods’ Museum where they had been on exhibition."39Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, <www.npg.si.edu>, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
(1) Ulysses Simpson Grant. Sitter: Ulysses Simpson Grant, 27 Apr 1822 - 23 Jul 1885. Artist: George White, active 1840s. Related to: Frederick Gutekunst, 1831 - 1917(Photographer). Date of Work: after 1865. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: Sight (Accurate): 144.2 x 106cm (56 3/4 x 41 3/4"). Owner: Queen City Club [331 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202, www.queencityclub.com/xq1pagine1/fine_art_collection.htm]. Ref. OH140003. (2) Palo Alto, Death of Major Ringgold [pictured]. Sitter: Samuel Ringgold,1796 - 11 May 1846. Artist: John C. McRae, active 1850 - 1880. Copy after: George White, active 1840s. Date of Work: c. 1846. Medium: Engraving and etching on paper. Dimensions: Image: 14.4 x 18.2 cm. (5 11/16 x 7 3/16") Sheet: 16.6 x 25.2 cm. (6 9/16 x 9 15/16"). Owner: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Acquisition Date: 1997-06-23. Credit Line: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; gift of the Estate of William Woodville, VIII. Ref. NPG.97.20. (3) William Tecumseh Sherman. Sitter: William Tecumseh Sherman, 8 Feb 1820 - 14 Feb 1891. Artist: George White, active 1840s. Date of Work: mid-late 19th Century. Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: Sight (Accurate): 142.5 x 104.2cm (56 1/8 x 41"). Owner: Queen City Club [331 East Fourth Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202, www.queencityclub.com/xq1pagine1/fine_art_collection.htm]. Ref. OH140006.
NPG Portrait Search on 2 May 2005 showed three works by George White:40Laura Henderson, message of 6 May 2005 to Rick Crume, Miami University Art Museum, Miami University Art Museum, 801 S. Patterson Avenue, Oxford, Ohio 45056, Fax 513/529-6555 .
Following is a list of the accession numbers, titles and locations of the paintings: 1909.P.2.2 Rural Landscape, 1842 McGuffey Museum
"In response to your inquiry about paintings by George W. White, there are eight paintings in the Miami University Collection, according to my records. Two of them are in the collection of the William Holmes McGuffey Museum and the other six are in the collection of the Art Museum. Three of the paintings are on loan to Lewis Place (the MU President's house) and are on permanent display...
1909.P.14.14 James Hervey Buchanan, 1855 Lewis Place (on loan from Art Museum)
1909.P.14.15 Mary Carpenter Buchanan, 1855 Lewis Place (on loan from Art Museum)
1909.P.18.20 John Witherspoon Scott, 1857 Art Museum
1973.P.9.1 White Mountain Landscape, 1850-60 Art Museum
1976.P.19.12 Two Nudes in Landscape, ca.1845 Art Museum
1985.62 Portrait of Susan Wells Keely, ca.1855 Lewis Place (on loan from McGuffey Museum)
1986.9 Landscape with Stone Bridge, 1850-60 Art Museum Laura B. Henderson
Museum Registrar
Miami University Art Museum.".41Ohio Historical Society, Online Collections Catalog, <www.ohiohistory.org>, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.
"Title/Object: Painting / Young Woman. Maker: George W. White. Place of Origin: . State/Province: Ohio. Town/City: Hamilton. Description: 1 item. Details: Materials :Oil on canvas. Color: Multicolor. Decoration: No frame. Style: Portrait. Dimensions: 25.2 x 30.2 in. Art Medium: Oil. History Subjects: Communication artifacts. Other Titles: Young Woman."
Catalog searched on 2 May 2005.
1Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton, Butler County, Ohio.
See messages of 26 Feb. 2006 from Kate Bruck & 4 May 2006 from Joyce Cates.
Mary A. White was born in Hamilton, OH to John And Sarah Crane. She died at age 42 on 5/10/1872 of inflamation of the brain. These people are buried in section Vault lot #709. Other surnames in lot is Crane/White/David/ McCormack.2A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio: with illustrations and sketches of its representative men, Cincinnati:Western Biographical Publ. Co., 1882, p. 365, RootsWeb, <www.rootsweb.com/~ohbutler/cyc/516.htm>.
Rick Crume's file C 116d, C 1522.3International Genealogical Index, www.familysearch.com.
4Butler County, Ohio marriage records, book 4, p. 100, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA, film 355,779.
Rick Crume's file C 1682.
"Date file and recorded: 20 Dec. 1866. No. 310. Married on the 1st day of November 1866, by Rev.d C. Ferguson, George W. White and Mary A. Crane. (US Int. R. 5 ct Stamp)."51870 U.S. Census, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, stamped 125, Ancestry.com.
George W. White, 42, Portrait Painter, real estate worth $3500, personal estate worth $300, born in Ohio. Mary A., 39, born in Ohio. Ettie McComie, 13, born in Ohio.6A History and Biographical Cyclopaedia of Butler County, Ohio: with illustrations and sketches of its representative men, p. 365.
7Obituary of Mary A. (Crane) White, The Hamilton Telegraph, Hamilton, Ohio, 30 May 1872, p. 2, col. 5.
Rick Crume's file C 1679.
"Died. On Thursday morning, May 10th, 1872, at 4 o'clock, of Brain Fever, Mrs. Mary A. Crane wife of Geo. W. White. Aged 42 years."81850 U.S. Census, Fairfield Twp., Butler Co., Ohio, p. 240 (stamped), Ancestry.com.
"John Crane 55 M Merchant NJ
Sarah " 50 F "
Mary " 19 F O.
Mariah " 16 F "
John " 14 M "
Jane " 9 F "
Joseph Crane 7 M O. Attended school within the year
Henry Hutchins 28 M Laborer "."91860 U.S. Census, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, p. 184, Ancestry.com.
"John Crane 64 M. Occupation: --. Value of real estate: --. Value of personal estate: $200. Born in NJ.
Mary " . 30 F. Born in Ohio.
Jane " . 19 F. Real estate worth $2,000. Born in Ohio."101870 U.S. Census, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, stamped 125.
George W. White, 42, Portrait Painter, real estate worth $3500, personal estate worth $300, born in Ohio. Mary A., 39, born in Ohio. Ettie McComie, 13, born in Ohio.
11880 U.S. Census, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, p. 11, stamped 414C., Ancestry.com.
George W. White, 54, Artist, born in Ohio, father born in Va, mother born in Pa. George W. C. White, 9, son, born in Ohio, parents born in Ohio.2“Pungent Points”, Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 29 July 1892, World Vital Records.
"George White yesterday rounded his 21st birthday. The boys of the Threes are thankful to him for some fine cigars."31880 U.S. Census, Hamilton, Butler Co., Ohio, p. 11, stamped 414C.
George W. White, 54, Artist, born in Ohio, father born in Va, mother born in Pa. George W. C. White, 9, son, born in Ohio, parents born in Ohio.4"Burned While Extinguishing a Fire", Hamilton Daily Democrat, 24 Sept. 1891, World Vital Records.
"Last night some curtains caught fire at the residence of George White, jr. The Threes were called and extinguished the flames. Both George White and John Little were severely burned about the head, face and arms. White is suffering considerable pain today."5Court House News, Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 27 Oct. 1891, World Vital Records.
"John Seward was today appointed guardian of Geo. W. White, aged 20 years, son of the well known artist, recently deceased."6"Disguised as a Woman-A Practical Joker", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, 22 Jan. 1892, World Vital Records.
" At the old White residence on North Third street, which is now occupied as a boarding house, an Indian patent medicine doctor and his wife are among the boarders. Young George White also resides in the house and is something of a practical joker. Wednesday night he disguised himself as a young lady and called on the doctor for consultation. On being informed that the lady (?) was a stranger here the doctor escorted her across the street to the Third ward engine house and the horses were practiced for some little time for the benefit of the young lady (!). Although young George has lived across the street from the engine house all his life and has always been [hall?] fellow well met with the fire department members, yet the boys failed to recognize him.
The young lady (?) finally gave the thing away and now the joke is on the doctor and the engine house men."7"Artists at Work", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, June 12, 1893, page 3, column 1, NewspaperARCHIVE, www.newspaperarchive.com.
" George White, son of the late artist, George W. White, has been sued in ejectment of the premises he occupies on High street as a saloon, for failure to pay rent. George’s associates of late have been of the kind to relieve him of his inherited money and let him hold the experience as security. In this way George has gotten rid of three or four thousand dollars. Where it has gone no one knows, not even George."8"They Treated Him 'White'", Hamilton Daily Democrat, Hamilton, Ohio, June 17, 1893, page 5, column 3, 17 Jun 1893, North Dakota Historical Society, Bismarck, ND.
" Bunco-stoerers. Three-card-monte-men. Shell workers; skin faro or any other robber gambling lay-out is not in it in comparison to the deal worked on your George White, the son of the late artist, George W. White.
Six months ago young White became of age and came into possession of some $7,000 in money and property. Today he was set out on the sidewalk and all he has left are some bar room fixtures that are probably worth, at a high estimate, $800, and a great big pile of experience.
George has little sympathy in his trouble, yet it is a shame that a young boy could be fleeced in such a manner. He first went into the saloon business with a fellow named Keadle. No money was made. Keadle is now gone.
Next Constable Ike Stephenson became his manager. Ike managed business so well that young White was today set out in the street, and Stephenson is, --well no one seems to know where. White is too dazed to talk. He has a vacant stare and probably hasn’t “come to” yet.
The sum total of the whole business is that some half dozen fellows have lined their pockets at the expense of the young boy; his money is all gone; so are his friends; the gang of bums who infested his saloon and drank his beer and smoked his cigars, and “charged it,” have also sought another sucker. Young White’s downfall has been rapid and sure. He will now probably have a chance to work for a living."9"An Oil Painting Cases a Sensation at Lee Mendel’s Main Street Store", page 1, column 2, NewspaperARCHIVE, www.newspaperarchive.com.
" Lee Mendel, of Main street, First ward, the second hand dealer, has had for the last four or five days in his window, an oil painting. It is supposed to be that of Mrs. George Hughes (nee Miss Carrie Cornell) which was painted by George White sr., the deceased artist. It does not look like her in the least and therefore was never taken off of the artist’s hands. A few days ago George White, jr., the son of the late artist, resurrected the picture from the barn of a First ward saloon, where he had it stored. Mendel said he would compel the family to buy it, asking $25 for it. He put the painting in his window and put upon it a card like this. “Miss Carrie Cornell painted by George White, sr.”."101900 U.S. Census, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, E.D. 191, sheet B3, Ancestry.com.
Footnote.com, 20 Mar. 2010.
"White, George. Roomer. W M. July 1871. 28 S[ingle]. Born Ohio. Parents born Ohio. [Palteno?] Maker."
He's in the household of Albert Knotzsch.
1901 Cincinnati city directory. Knotzsch, Albert, ins. Agt. H. 2133 B, Freeman Av.
1900, p. 952. Knotzsch, Albert, ins. Agt. H. 2133 B, Freeman Av
There’s no George White at this address in 1900 or 1901.111920 U.S. Census, Denver, Denver Co., Colorado, page 9901 (handwritten), Ancestry.com.
"White, Geo W Lodger W M 49 S[ingle] Born Ohio. Parents born Ohio. Assayer.
" , Hulda. Lodger. W M 47 S[ingle] Mississippi. Parents born in Mississippi. Occupation: None."
Is this George W. C. White?.
11850 U.S. Census, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio, dwelling 434, Ancestry.com.
21850 U.S. Census, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio, dwelling 434.
31860 U.s. Census, Oxford, Butler Co., Ohio, p. 205, dwelling 73, family 81, Ancestry.com.
"Maria Winston, 24, F, Seamstress, born in Ohio,
Narcisa White, 23, F, Music Teacher, born in Ohio."
35. Carl Harper
1Probate file of William G. White, Butler County Records Center and Archives, Hamilton, OH.
Rick Crume's file C 1680.2Probate file of William G. White.
1Obituary of Mrs. Elisa Crume, Wabash Intelligencer, Thursday, March 14, 1861.
Rick Crume's file C 571.
"DIED.
CRUME--In this place, on the 4th inst., at the residence of Mr. Wm. Ditton, her brother-in-law, Mrs. ELISA CRUME.
The deceased was born on the 7th of January, 1827, in Lancaster, Penn. She leaves behind her two orphan children and large number of relatives to mourn her untimely death."
1Green-White-Crume Family Bible, J. Emory and B. Waugh for the Methodist Episcopal Church, at the Conference Office, 14 Crosby-Street, New York, 1829, Rick Crume, 131 130th St S, Glyndon MN 56547-9551.
Rick Crume's file C 10.2Death record of John W. Crume, book C, page 21, line 6, Clerk of Court, Clay County Courthouse, Moorhead, MN.
Rick Crume's file #C 43.
"John W. Crume, white, male, married. Born 22 Jan 1849 Indiana. Died 4 Mar 1909 aged 60 yrs, 1 month, 10 days. Late residence: Moorhead. Buried: Moorhead. Undertaker: Beck & Wright, Moorhead. Cause of death: Tuberculosis, duration 12 years. Attending physician: O. J. Hagen, Moorhead. Occupation: Carpenter. Parents: Marks Crume, place of birth unknown; Mary Schaubert, place of birth unknown."3Funeral home record, John W. Crume, Wright Funeral Home, Moorhead, MN.
Records viewed by Rick Crume, 29 Sep 1978. Rick Crume's file #C 69, C 1023.
"John W. Crume, b. 22 Jan 1849, d 4 Mar 1909. Cause of death - T.B. of the bladder with perforations. He was a carpenter. Married 24 Oct 1907."
The date of marriage, 24 Oct. 1907, seems to be in error.4Obituary of J. W. Crume, The Moorhead Independent, Moorhead, Minn., Friday, March 5, 1909, page 5, Clay County Museum, Moorhead, MN.
Rick Crume's file C 113.
"J. W. Crume, a retired farmer, died of old age and illness at his home at 233 Third street south, yesterday. He is survived by a wife and seven children."5Obituary of John W. Crume, Moorhead, Weekly News, March 11, 1909, Clay County Museum, Moorhead, MN.
Rick Crume's file C 83.
"The City: Thursday
John W. Crume, sixty-one years of age, residing at 233 Third street south, died at 9:45 this morning. Cause of death was tuberculosis. He leaves a wife and seven children, the youngest being less than two years old. The funeral will probably be held Saturday afternoon.
Saturday
Owing to the illness of the Rev. Mr. McIntyre [pastor of the First Presbyterian Church], the Rev. Mr. Hunter of Fargo conudcted the funeral service over the remains of the late John Crume this afternoon."61885 Minnesota State Census, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota, p. 476, Ancestry.com, <www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1058>.
"John Crume. 26. Male. White. Born Ind.
Eliz. " . 26. Female. White. Born New York.
Thos. " . 8. Male. White. Born Minn.
None of their parents were foreign-born."71895 state census, Butternut Valley Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, page 467, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul MN.
Rick Crume's file C266.
"John Crume 41 M W Indiana Carpenter (12 months of last year). Resident of state for 25 years. Resident of enumeration district for 8-12 years.
Crume, May 24 F W Minn.
Crume, Thomas 19 M W Minn.
Crume, William 5 M W Minn.
Crume, Charley 3 M W Minn.
Crume, Frank 1 M W."
Enumerated 20 June 1895.
11885 Minnesota State Census, Mankato, Blue Earth Co., Minnesota, p. 476, Ancestry.com, <www.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1058>.
"John Crume. 26. Male. White. Born Ind.
Eliz. " . 26. Female. White. Born New York.
Thos. " . 8. Male. White. Born Minn.
None of their parents were foreign-born."
11880 U.S. Census, Aldrich, Wadena Co., Minnesota, p. 12, dwelling 113, Ancestry.com.
Elvira Hall, 8, born Minn., parents born Canada. She is a ward in the household of William A. Bryant, 32, born Ill., father born Mass., mother born N.Y. and his wife Bianca E., 23, born Canada, parents born Canada. Is this Lura May Alvira Hall?.21895 state census, Butternut Valley Township, Blue Earth County, Minnesota, page 467, Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul MN.
Rick Crume's file C266.
"John Crume 41 M W Indiana Carpenter (12 months of last year). Resident of state for 25 years. Resident of enumeration district for 8-12 years.
Crume, May 24 F W Minn.
Crume, Thomas 19 M W Minn.
Crume, William 5 M W Minn.
Crume, Charley 3 M W Minn.
Crume, Frank 1 M W."
Enumerated 20 June 1895.31930 U.S. Census, Rochester Twp., Cass Co., North Dakota, Ancestry.com, p, 2B, image 426.
"Hoppe, Laura, Servant, female, white, 53, married, age 19 at first marriage, did not attend school within the year, can read & write. Born in Minnesota, father born in the United States, mother born in Holland. Servant in a private home."
Living with her daughter Bernice in the household of Matt Murphy & two laborers. Not living in the same household as her husband William.