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White, Charles S., was born in Rensselaer county September 5, 1833, educated in the district schools, and finished
at private boarding school. He followed farming until 1862. September 9, 1856, he married Frances S. Tuft, by whom
he has one son, Fred. C. Mr. White came to this town in 1874, having been in the mercantile trade at his old home
for twelve years. and this business he has successfully followed since 1875, in this town. Fred. C. was educated
in the common schools, with a year in Troy, and in the Union School and Academy. In 1880 he became a partner in
the business, under the firm name of C. S. White & Son. He married Minnie M. Horton. of East Newark, and they
have a son, Elmer F. H. Mr. White's father, Jacob White, was born in Medway, Mass., in 1788, and was a manufacturer.
In 1814 he married Prisa Lewis, of Walpole, Mass., and they had eleven children: Lewis, Sally, Prisa, Miranda,
Philip, Jacob, David. William, Charles S., Martha, and Mary J. He came with his family to this State in 18 6, where
he died in 1870. and his wife in 1888, at the age of ninety four. Mrs. White's father, Sprague Tuft, was born in
New York State in 1800, and married first a Miss Culver, by whom he had one daughter. Lydia M. life married second
Sophia B. Watson, and had twelve children: George W., lames E., W. Dewitt, Frances S., H. Cordelia, Melinda V.,
Amelia C., I. Nelson, Watson, Lucerne, Emerson, and Martha A Both parents are now living. Our subject is a member
of Newark Lodge No. 82, F. and A. M.
From:
Landmarks of Wayne County, New York
Edited by: Hon. George W. Cowles
Assisted by: H. P. Smith and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1895
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