Daniel Price White
Born: November 16, 1814
Birthplace: Green County, Kentucky
Father: William Price White 1798 – 1822
(Buried: White Cemetery, Black Gnat, Kentucky)
Mother: Judith Taylor 1794 – 1882
(Buried: White Cemetery, Black Gnat, Kentucky)
Wife: Nancy Ferris Clark 1826 – 1898
(Buried: White Cemetery, Black Gnat, Kentucky)
Children:
Irene Elizabeth White 1842 – 1904
(Buried: White Cemetery, Black Gnat, Kentucky)
Daniel A. "Bud" White 1843 – 1896
Dr. William Price White 1844 – 1914
(Buried: White Cemetery, Black Gnat, Kentucky)
James Clarke White 1847 – 1848
(Buried: White Cemetery, Black Gnat, Kentucky)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
Attended Centre College
Studied medicine in Lexington, Kentucky, and Cincinnati, Ohio
Occupation before War:
Medical Doctor in Green County, Kentucky
Kentucky State Representative
1857 – 1859: Speaker of Kentucky State House of Representatives
1860: Kentucky Delegate to Democratic Party National Convention
1860: Douglas Democrat Presidential Elector for Kentucky
1860: Declared his allegiance to the Southern cause after Election
Civil War Career:
Transported his slave property to Yell County, Arkansas
Offered medical service to Kentucky Volunteers at Camp Boone
1861 – 1862: Kentucky Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress
Occupied office in Provisional Congress for only six weeks
He tried to reserve to Governor George W. Johnson the appointment of most officers of Kentucky volunteer militia units
He accepted the need for more central control
He did not join the large clique of border state congressmen who would keep the President from using local defense troops.
1862: Choose not to run for regular Confederate Congress.
1862 – 1865: Volunteer surgeon in the field at numerous battles
Occupation after War:
Tobacco Businessman in Louisville, Kentucky
Died: April 12, 1890
Place of Death: Louisville, Kentucky
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: White Cemetery, Black Gnat, Kentucky
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