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Luther C WHITE

Fairview Cemetery
Crawford County,
Arkansas

Dr. Luther C. White
February 6, 1810 - April 5, 1888

Husband of Harriet Dyer White
Husband of Emily H Williams White
Husband of Asenath C Dodson White

Dr. Luther C. White was born February 16, 1810 in Woolwich, Maine of Scottish descent.
He passed from this life on April 5, 1888 in Van Buren, Arkansas.

He lived upon a farm until nearly grown and then clerked in a drug store in New York City for a short time. He then began the study of medicine and graduated from the Bellevue College, after which he went to Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania and began his practice.
In 1851 he moved to Stephenson County, Illinois and later moved to Van Buren in 1857.

He was married three times. His first wife, Harriet Dyer, was born in Maine and died July 4, 1844. In 1848 he married Miss Aseneth C. Dodson, daughter of Joel Dodson of Wilkesbarre, Pennsylvania. She was born November 11, 1819 in Luzerne County, Penn. and died August 31, 1872 in Stephenson County, Illnois while on a visit. On February 9, 1874 Dr White married Emily H. Williams Moore who died in September of the same year.
Dr. White had four children by second wife; Annie Caroline, Henry Kirk, George Melvin and John D.

Dr. White supported the Union during the Civil War and served as United States Marshal of the Western District of Arkansas four years, being appointed by President Lincoln. He was a stanch Republican and in 1872 represented the Eighth
District in the State Legislature.
Dr. White was a skilled physician and a member of the State Medical Society, a charter member and director and stockholder in the Citizens Bank of Van Buren and a stockholder in the Van Buren Canning Factory.

Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth

Contributed on 6/15/22 by Billsully060
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Submitted: 6/15/22 • Approved: 6/28/22 • Last Updated: 7/1/22 • R1436623-G0-S3

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