William White (Father)
William White, son of Grafton White, a Revolutionary War Patriot, and Margaret Denny, was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, on August 15, 1783. He was the fourth great grandson of Stephen White who went to Maryland in 1659. Grafton White bought 1,050 acres of land in Dunkard Creek, Monongalia County, Virginia in January 1809. William White and Mary Darling were married by Joseph Shackelford on Christmas Day, 1809 in Monongalia County. They moved to the Dunkard Creek property around 1820 with four of their children and built the log cabin that stands today on the Reunion grounds. William was a teacher, farmer, surveyor, weaver and church leader at the “Old” Mt. Tabor church near Jollytown, Pennsylvania. He was the father of ten sons and one daughter. In 1850 he was living near several of his many sons on what came to be known as “White Creek”. William died March 2, 1860, and is buried in the White Family cemetery on the Reunion grounds.
Mary Darling White (Mother)
Mary Darling White, daughter of James and Rachel Darling, was born in Kent County, Delaware, September 30, 1791. Her father died when she was three years old. Her mother then moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania and settled near Geneva, where they lived until her mother’s death, when she was ten years old. She married William White on December 25, 1809, in Monongalia County, West Virginia. She had eleven children, ten boys and one girl. After her husband’s death in 1860, she lived with her children, sometimes with one and then with another. She died on September 28, 1878, and is buried in the White family cemetery next to her husband. She wrote her Autobiography and it is included in full among the documents on this website.
Here are links to each of the children with photos if available
Stephen
John Darling
James Grafton
Michael
William (died age 15)
Thomas
Joseph S.
Lydia Ann
Richard A
Simon L
Daniel
William White, son of Grafton White, a Revolutionary War Patriot, and Margaret Denny, was born in Baltimore County, Maryland, on August 15, 1783. He was the fourth great grandson of Stephen White who went to Maryland in 1659. Grafton White bought 1,050 acres of land in Dunkard Creek, Monongalia County, Virginia in January 1809. William White and Mary Darling were married by Joseph Shackelford on Christmas Day, 1809 in Monongalia County. They moved to the Dunkard Creek property around 1820 with four of their children and built the log cabin that stands today on the Reunion grounds. William was a teacher, farmer, surveyor, weaver and church leader at the “Old” Mt. Tabor church near Jollytown, Pennsylvania. He was the father of ten sons and one daughter. In 1850 he was living near several of his many sons on what came to be known as “White Creek”. William died March 2, 1860, and is buried in the White Family cemetery on the Reunion grounds.
Mary Darling White (Mother)
Mary Darling White, daughter of James and Rachel Darling, was born in Kent County, Delaware, September 30, 1791. Her father died when she was three years old. Her mother then moved to Fayette County, Pennsylvania and settled near Geneva, where they lived until her mother’s death, when she was ten years old. She married William White on December 25, 1809, in Monongalia County, West Virginia. She had eleven children, ten boys and one girl. After her husband’s death in 1860, she lived with her children, sometimes with one and then with another. She died on September 28, 1878, and is buried in the White family cemetery next to her husband. She wrote her Autobiography and it is included in full among the documents on this website.
Here are links to each of the children with photos if available
Stephen
John Darling
James Grafton
Michael
William (died age 15)
Thomas
Joseph S.
Lydia Ann
Richard A
Simon L
Daniel