of Columbiana County, Ohio · documented from the public record
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Philip H. White
parentsWhite
Philip H. White⚭ Margaret B. Smith
childrenGeorge F. White · Mary S. White
Their story
What the record says
Tinner and coppersmith.
Came to Wellsville at 18, worked in Cleveland & Pittsburg Railroad shops 10 years, then opened a tin-shop in west end of Wellsville in 1882.
Business became P. H. White & Son (with son G. F. White) at No. 1325 Main St., Wellsville.
Member Second Presbyterian Church of Wellsville, Republican, School Board, Odd Fellows (Iris Lodge).
Father worked in Baltimore & Ohio Railroad shops, moved to Edgar County, Illinois in 1873, Mason.
His mother married a daughter of Jacob Isleib of Paterson, NJ (she died 1881 aged 51).
Siblings: Henry (deceased), Charles (on homestead), George W. of Wellsville.
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