There is a bit of mystery of my grandfather’s side of the family – which creates some frustration while trying to trace back the line. The story goes like this…
The White family emigrated from England to the Carolina’s and from there travelled west on the Wagon Train. While traveling, Native Americans attacked the train and all of the White family were killed…EXCEPT for one baby boy! A family named Clark took him in and raised him, and they settled in West Virginia. This baby is who we call Mr. White.
The information given to me by some family members could be outdated…meaning, maybe they have discovered more information now, I am not sure. I am, of course, still in the process of sorting this all out (and probably will be for a while), but this is what I have currently. Note: A lot of what got me started was given to me by my grandfather and I believe one of his cousins had done the research. I am not sure on the accuracy of this information. I have also done my own research on ancestry.com to fill in the gaps.
Generation No. 1
- MR. WHITE (In my own research, I believe his name may be William and he may have been born around 1819. However, I can not 100% verify this, so Mr. White is still a big question mark in my family tree.)
Children of Mr. White:
- BAZIL A. WHITE, b. 2 Jan 1844, d. 25 Apr 1896
- NAPOLEON B. WHITE, b. Feb 1838, d. 1916
Generation No. 2
2. BAZIL A. WHITE. He married ELLEN FRANCIS MORRIS May 12 1870 in Kanawha Co, West Virginia, daughter of ROBERT MORRIS and ELIZABETH WILLIAMS.
Notes for Bazil: I’ve found several different spellings for his name and actually think there may have been 2 different Bazil Whites alive at approximately the same time. I base this on the forms for Union Civil War Vet’s headstones. (image below) The first two are both Bazil/Bazel with different rankings and different death dates, so it stands to reason there are two of them. Which, of course, makes research so much harder. As far as military documents I’ve seen, our Bazel spells it with an E instead of an I. …but that could just be the person filling out the form. Who knows. So. Frustrating.
Okay, so my relative has several more notes on him – which included the story at the top. These are not my notes so I can not attest to their validity. But here they are:
Basil and his farther were both war veterans. Basil was a farmer, his family was well educated.
Buried, Brown’s Creek cemetery. Nickname – Bud. (Information compiled by Virginia (White) [last name withheld]. Granddaughter of Basil White.
Bazil’s brother — Napolean White, b. abt 1808 (sidebar from Kassie, I think that date is wrong), in the 1860 census he was living in Accomac Co., VA this is in the Chesp. Bay Area, he was a farmer.
1850 Census – Bazzel White, Green Co. Penna.
Nov 1, 1861 enrolled, K company, 7th Virginia Volunteer, Union at Sisterville, VA. His name was spelled Bazil White.
Union Muster Roll listed as “White, Basel”, “K”, “Sistersville, W.Va.”
Union Index Card listed as – White, Bazil
7th Regt. W.Va. Inf – Co. Muster Roll Cards
Bazil – Jan-Feb 1863 – absent, in hospital at Alexandra, V.
Bazil – July-Aug 1863 – absent at General Hospital, Washington, D.C.
Bazel – Sept-Oct 1863 – absent, sick at hospitalU.S. General Hospital, Armory Square, Washington, D.C.
ward _____ # of bed 21 rank Corpora
Bazzill White
Co. K Regt. 7 Va
Disease or illness Pebility (Kass note – debility??)
admitted – August 19, 1863 transfer to Philadelphia – Oct 2, 1863
Nearest friend
Mary White – Oak Forest, Green Co. Pa.Bazzel – Dec 31 1863 to Apr 30 1864 – absent – sick at hospital, Philadelphia, Pa.
Bazel – July-Aug 1964 – present
Sept 15, 1864 Discharged – Corporal Bazel White (Kass Note – same person or different?)
Notation Card – Bazil White
“Discharged to date Sept 23, 1864 for promotion to 2nd Lieut. – 41″ U.S.C.I by S.O. no 305, par 3′, A.S.O. Sept 15, 1864.”Co. Muster – Out Roll
Dated July 1, 1865War Department
Adjutant General Office
Washington, Sept 15th, 1864The following enlisted man will be honorably discharged to accept appointment in the US Colored Troops on the receipt of the order at the places where they may be serving.
Corporal Bazel White, company “K”, 7th Virginia Volunteer
White, Bazel – 2nd Lt. (41st USCT) Co. G, muster into service Sept. 20, 1864
White Bazil – Resigned – May 17, 1865
Notes for ELLEN FRANCIS MORRIS: Died of a heart attack.
Children of BAZIL WHITE and ELLEN MORRIS:
4. i. JOHN FRANKLIN WHITE, b. 3 Oct 1887, d. 23 Mar 1961
5. ii. MINNIE CORA WHITE, b. 12 Sep 1873, d. 22 Aug 1947
6. iii. EVELYN (EVA) WHITE, b. Aug 1879
7. iv. SALIA WHITE
8. v. HENRY M. WHITE, b. 12 Nov 1871 ?, d. 14 Jan 1924
9. vi. CHARLES WHITE, b. abt 1877
vii. ROMA WHITE, b. Feb 1892
Notes: Died at age 21, typhoid fever.
10. viii. VIRGINIA WHITE, b. abt 1878, d. 23 Aug 1963
ix. NATHAN F. WHITE, b. Jul 1876
3. NAPOLEAN WHITE was born February 1838. He married SARAH (SALLIE) ANGEL.
Children of NAPOLEAN WHITE and SARAH ANGEL:
i. WALTER C. WHITE, b Sept 4, 1901, St. Albans, Kanawaha Co., West Virginia; d. Feb 12 1968, St. Albans, Kanawha Co., West Virginia
Notes: Buried – Teays Hill Cemetery, St. Albans, Kanawha Co., West Virginia
Info: Alley Casdorph Funeral Home Records 1946-1975
ii. GOLDIE WHITE, b. June 1897 Kanawha Co., West Virginia
I’ll finish there for today. I want to do a little more research and then I’ll post some more info starting with Bazil’s children.
If you have any other information, corrections or questions please let me know!
-Kassie
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