Some Descendants of Benjamin White (Benjamin, Guy, Guy) and Rebecca Odell Chiswell (Stephen, William, Richard) of Medleys, Montgomery, Maryland

1. Stephen Newton White was born in 1793 in Bucklodge, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] He died on 16 Oct 1865 in Poolesville. [Ref] He is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery in Beallsville. [Ref] He married Mary Elizabeth Veirs on 2 Dec 1824 [Ref] in Montgomery county. [Ref] Mary, the daughter of Elijah and Ann (Swann) Veirs, was born on 8 Apr 1791, died on 6 Jun 1855 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
   In 1850 Stephen N. White, age 57, and Mary White, age 59, lived in Medleys. Stephen was a farmer with real estate worth $6,100. [Ref] In 1860 Stephen N. White, age 67, was living in Medleys. He was a farmer with a personal estate of $12,500 and real estate worth $18,500. [Ref]
   
   1. Benjamin Veirs White [Ref] was born on 3 Oct 1827 in Poolesville, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref, Oct 1827 in Maryland][Ref] He died on 16 Feb 1907 in Poolesville and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] He married Sarah Elizabeth Jones on 23 Jan 1868 in Poolesville. [Ref] Sarah, the daughter of John Willams and Mary Elizabeth (Darnell) Jones, was born on 16 Feb 1841. [Ref] She died on 24 Jun 1894 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
      In 1850 Benjamin, age 25, was a farmer and was living with his parents in Medleys. [Ref] In 1860 Benjamin, age 34, was a farmer and was living with his father in Medleys. [Ref] In 1880 Benjamin, age 54, and Sarah E., age 39, were living in Medleys and Benjamin was a farmer. [Ref] In 1900 Benjamin was a widowed farmer living in Medleys. [Ref]
      
      1. Harvey Jones White was on 9 Mar 1869 [Ref] in Maryland [Ref]. He died on 28 Feb 1950 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] He married first Ida Dyson. [Ref] Ida, the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Catherine Jane (Pyles) Dyson, was born on 24 Jul 1872. [Ref] She died on 19 Oct 1919 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] He married second Nannie Dickerson Poole. [Ref] Nannie, the daughter of William Wallace and Avilda Ann (Allnutt) Poole, was born on 10 Nov 1869. [Ref] She died on 8 Feb 1928 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] Click here to see a photo of her. He married third as her third husband Alethea Brewer. [Ref]
         
         1. Dr. Bryon Dyson White was born on 10 Feb 1895. [Ref] He died on 5 Feb 1963 and is buried in the Moncacy Cemetery. [Ref] He married Matilda Thompson. [Ref]
            Matilda, the daughter of Alexander Campbell and Clara (Barnard) Thompson, was born on 1 May 1901. [Ref] She died on 21 Feb 1986 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
            Click here to see a photo of Bryon on the Findagrave website. Click here to see a photo of Matilda.
            
         2. Katherine Elizabeth White was born on 23 Oct 1896 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 2 Oct 1985 in Clearwater, Pinellas, Florida. [Ref] She married Frederick Poole Hays on 24 Oct 1923 in Poolesville. [Ref] Frederick, the son of of Frederick Procorus and Ida Lee (Hempstone) Hays, was born on 31 Oct 1892 in Barnesville, Montgomery county, Maryland. [Ref] He died on 27 Apr 1983 in Clearwater. [Ref]
            Click here to see a photo of Katherine on the Findagrave website. Click here to see a photo of Frederick.
            
         3. Unknown Daughter White was stillborn in Mar 1906 in Montgomery county, Maryland. [Ref]
            
      2. Mary White was born on 4 Sep 1870 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 4 Nov 1961. [Ref] She was buried in the Saint Marks Apostolic Church Cemetery in Petersville, Frederick, Maryland. [Ref] She married Honore Martin Claggett on 26 Aug 1889 in Poolesville. [Ref] Honore, the son of Thomas John and Sarah Ane Peary (Hilleary) Claggett, was born on 6 Feb 1863 in Braddock Heights, Frederick, Maryland. [Ref] He died on 12 May 1926 and is buried in the Saint Marks Apostolic Church Cemetery. [Ref]
         In 1880 Mary, age nine, was living with her parents in Medleys. [Ref]
         1. Thomas Claggett was born in 1890. [Ref]
         2. Benjamin White Claggett was born in 1892. [Ref]
         3. Honore Martin Claggett was born on 1 Mar 1894 in Petersville, Frederick, Maryland. He was lost at sea on 9 Nov 1917 when the USS Chauncey was sunk off the coast of England. [Ref]
         4. Lawrence Gray Claggett was born in 1897 and died in 1931. [Ref]
         5. Richard Martin Claggett was born in 1902. [Ref]
         6. Mary Martin Claggett was born in 1910. [Ref]
      3. Flora Darnell White was born on 18 Feb 1872 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 19 Aug 1872 in Poolesville and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
      4. Anna Dade White was born on 10 May 1873 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 28 Jan 1879 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
      5. Louise Darnell White was born on 19 Aug 1874 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 2 Jul 1876 in Poolesville and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
         
      6. Benjamin White was born in Sep 1875 in Maryland. [Ref] He died on 17 Apr 1976 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] He married Sarah Carter Graves on 10 Jun 1913 in Hancock, Maryland. [Ref] Sarah, the daughter of Ralph Charlton and Sarah Stevens (Carter) Graves, was born on 14 May 1885. [Ref] She died on 18 Jan 1975. [Ref]
         In 1880 Benjamin, age four, was living with his parents in Medleys. [Ref] In 1880 Benjamin, age 24, was a farmer and was living with his father in Medleys. [Ref] Benjamin graduated from the Baltimore Business School. [Ref] He worked for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad as an accountant until 1916. [Ref] He then returned to Poolesville and became head of the Poolesville Bank. [Ref] He retired at age 78. [Ref]
         
         1. Jane W. White [Ref] She married Unknown Blair and lived in Kilmarnock, Virginia. [Ref] She died after 24 Apr 2006. [Ref]
         2. Florence White was born on 11 Aug 1919 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 24 Apr 2006 in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] She married first Mason W. Gray III. [Ref] Mason, the son of Mason Wilbur and Beryl (Evans) Gray, was born on 19 Oct 1916. [Ref] He died on 30 Sep 1950 in Frederick and was buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] She married second Carlton G. Van Emon. [Ref] He died in 1968. [Ref]
            Florence was a teachers aid in the Montgomery county public schools; she was a member of the St. Peters Episcopal Parish in Poolesville and the Monocacy Garden Club; she was an avid bridge player. [Ref]
            Click here to see a photo of Florence.
         3. Sarah "Sally" Carter White was born on 4 Oct 1925 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 27 Oct 2010 in Dickerson, Montgomery, Maryland and is buried in the Saint Rose of Lima Cemetery in Gaithersburg, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] She married Joseph "Joe" M. Boland. [Ref]
            Sarah graduated from the Poolesville High School in 1943 and attended the Strayer Secretarial School in Washington. [Ref] Joseph was a Nationwide Insurance agent in Gaithersburg for 30 years. [Ref]
      7. Marshall Jones White was born on 8 Mar 1877 in Poolesville. [Ref] He died on 29 Jun 1879 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
         
      8. Sarah Louise White was born on 30 Mar 1878 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 5 Jun 1956 and is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Frederick, Frederick, Maryland. [Ref] She married Stephen Matthew Ball in Mar 1900 in Poolesville. [Ref] Stephen was born on 28 Jan 1877 in Tennessee. [Ref] He died on 25 Apr 1921. [Ref]
         In 1880 Louise, age two, was living with her parents in Medleys. [Ref]
         
         1. Anna Ball was born on 6 Jan 1904. [Ref] She died on 27 Jul 1997 and is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. [Ref] She married Unknown Curry. [Ref]
         2. Unknown Child Ball was born and died in Nov 1908 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
            
         3. Garnett Cawood Ball was born on 3 Nov 1912. [Ref] He died on 2 Sep 1981 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] He married Sarah Newton Chiswell Darby. [Ref] Sarah, the daughter of Thomas Chiswell and Estelle (Allnutt) Darby, was born on 15 Feb 1910 in Darnestown, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] She died on 10 Jan 2009 in Silver Spring, Montgomery, Maryland and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
         4. Virginia Ball was born on 15 Feb 1914. She died on 28 Oct 2008 and is buried in the Mount Olivet Cemetery. [Ref] She married Unknown Donaldson. [Ref]
            Virginia lived in Baltimore, Maryland. [Ref]
         5. J. Lee Ball lived in Lanham, Maryland. [Ref]
         6. William M. Ball lived in Muskogee, Oklahoma. [Ref]
            
      9. Unknown Child White was born in 1879 in Poolesville, died on 8 Dec 1879 in Poolesville and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
         
      10. Dr. Elijah Wootton White was born on 5 Mar 1882 [Ref] in Maryland. [Ref, Mar 1882] He died on 29 May 1942 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery in Beallsville. [Ref] He married Florence Pyles. [Ref][Ref] She was born on 6 Jun 1882 [Ref] in Maryland [Ref]. She died in Apr 1968. [Ref] Florence, the daughter of Michael Thomas and Ann Elizabeth [this is not consistent with the 1910 census] (Williams) Pyles, was born on 6 Jun 1882 and died on 13 Apr 1968. [Ref] She is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
          In 1900 Elijah, age 18, was living was a farmer and was living with his father in Medleys. [Ref] In 1910 Elijah, age 28, and Florence, age 28, were living in Poolesville, Montgomery, Maryland. Elijah was a physician. Elijah's mother-in-law Florence Pyles lived with them. [Ref] In 1920 Dr. Elijah, age 37, and Florence, age 37, were living in Poolesville. [Ref] In 1930 Elijah, age 48, and Florence, age 47, were living in Poolesville and Elijah was a doctor. [Ref] In 1940 E. W., age 58, and Florence P., age 57, were living in Montgomery county and E. W. was a physician. [Ref] At the time of her death Florence was living in Poolesville. [Ref]
          Click here to see a photo of Elijah on the Findagrave website. Click here to see a photo of Florence.
          1. Elizabeth W. White was born on 1 Oct 1910 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 11 Jan 2007, [Ref] age 96, in Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] She was buried in the Monocacy Cemetery in Beallsville. [Ref] She married James Brawner Nicholson [Ref] in Poolesville. [Ref] James, the son of James Brawner and Mary (Trail) was born on 6 Oct 1908 and died on 7 Jun 1979. [Ref] He is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] Elizabeth and James had no children. [Ref]
             In 1920 Elizabeth W., age nine, was living with her parents in Poolesville. [Ref] In 1930 Elizabeth W., 19, was a student nurse living in Baltimore. [Ref] Elizabeth was a registered nurse. [Ref] Elizabeth and James lived in Washington, DC and later moved to Rockville. [Ref] At the time of her death Elizabeth was living in Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref]
          2. Mary Darnell White was born on 23 Jun 1913 [Ref] in Maryland [Ref]. She died on 19 Jan 2003. [Ref] She is buried in the Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery in Fletcher, Henderson, North Carolina. [Ref] She married Albin Francisco Knight. [Ref] Albin, the son of Merrill Donaldson Knight, was born on 17 Mar 1907 in Maryland. [Ref] He died on 16 Nov 1984 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina. [Ref] He is buried in the Calvary Episcopal Church Cemetery. [Ref]
             In 1920 Mary, age six, was living with her parents in Poolesville. [Ref] In 1930 Mary, age 16, was living with her parents in Poolesville. [Ref] In 1940 Mary, age 26, was living with her parents in Montgomery county. She was a teacher. [Ref] At the time of her death, Mary was survived by two daughters, fourgrand children and six great grandchildren. [Ref]
             
          3. Dr. Elijah Wooten White was born on 1 Aug 1916 [Ref][Ref] in Maryland [Ref]. He died on 30 Oct 1990 [Ref] in Pinellas county, Florida. [Ref] He is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery in Beallsville, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] He married Catherine Boland. [Ref] Catherine, the daughter of Francis Glenn and Edith Clare (Welsh) Boland, was born on 25 Feb 1915 and died on 28 Nov 1985. [Ref] She is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
             In 1930 Elijah W. was 13 and living with his parents in Poolesville. [Ref] In 1940 E. W., age 23, was living with his parents in Montgomery county. He was a clerk in a garage. [Ref]
             Click here to a photo of Elijah on the Findagrave website.
             
          4. Florence Helen White was born on 18 Sep 1919 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 21 Jun 2006 in Rockville, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] She was buried on 28 Jun 2006 in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] She had no surviving children. [Ref]
      11. John Russell White was born on 12 Mar 1883 in Poolesville. [Ref] He died on 30 Mar 1884 in Poolesville and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
          
   2. Ann Veirs White [Ref] was born on 4 Mar 1827 in Bucklodge, Montgomery, Maryland. [Ref] She died on 5 Mar 1903 in Poolesville and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref] She married Joseph White. [Ref]
      
   3. Mary Elizabeth White was born in 1829 in Poolesville. [Ref] She died on 22 Feb 1839 and is buried in the Monocacy Cemetery. [Ref]
   4. Col. Elijah Veirs White [Ref] was born on 29 Aug 1832 in Stoney Castle, Maryland. [Ref] He died on 11 Jan 1907 in Virginia. [Ref] He is buried in the Union Cemetery, Leesburg, Virginia. [Ref] He married first Sarah Elizabeth Gott. [Ref] Eliabeth was born on 15 Jan 1836. She died on 23 Mar 1893 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] He married second Margaret B. Unknown. [Ref] Margaret was born on 29 Sep 1836. [Ref] She died on 23 Oct 1925 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
      Elijah was educated at the Lima Seminary in New York and at Granville county in Ohio. [Ref] He served as a member of a Missouri company raised to fight abolitionists. [Ref] He enlisted as a private on 15 Jun 1861 and was mustered into company G of the 7th Virginia cavalry. [Ref] He was promoted to capitain in the 7th cavalry and to Lt. Colonol on 4 Feb 1863. [Ref] He was hospitalised for remittent fever on 30 Sep 1864 in Charlottesville, Virginia. [Ref] After the war Elijah lived in Loudoun county, Virgina. [Ref]
      Click here to see some photos of Elijah.
      1. Stephen Newton White was born on 3 Oct 1858. [Ref] He died on 18 Jan 1862 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
      2. Melvin White was born in 1860. [Ref] He died on 12 Mar 1862 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
      3. Mary Elizabeth Gott White was born on 18 Apr 1861. She died in 1872 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
      4. Sen. Elijah Brockenborough White was born on 6 Apr 1864 in Page county, Virginia, near Luray. [Ref] He died on 17 Dec 1926 At his "Selma" estate four miles north of Leesburg in Loudoun county, Virginia and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] He married first Rosa Lee Pancoast. [Ref] Rosa, the daughter of Joseph and Jane Ann (Dowell) Pancoast, was born on 13 Feb 1865 in Loudoun county. [Ref] She died on 24 Jul 1893 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] She died in St. Louis, Missouri. [Ref] He married second Alice B. Harrison. [Ref] Alice, the daughter of Powell and Janet Knox (Fauntleroy) Harrison, was born in Jun 1871 in Virginia. [Ref] She died on 16 Apr 1945 in Virginia and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
         Sen. White graduated from the Carnes Military School in Alexandria in 1883. [Ref] In 1890 he went to Baltimore and became a member of the Chamber of Commerce. [Ref] He was a member of the Virginia State Senate and president of the Peoples National Bank of Leesburg. [Ref] He was a farmer, orchadist and breeder of horses and cattle. [Ref] Early in 1925 he became ill with typhoid fever and never fully recovered. [Ref]
         1. Hazelle Pancoast White was born on 3 Feb 1888. [Ref] She died on 25 Jan 1920 in Atlanta, Georgia [Ref] and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] She married Joel Chandler
            Joel Chandler "Jake" Harris, Jr. Joel, the son of Chandler and Esther (LaRose) Harris, was born on 5 Feb 1888 in his family's home "The Wren's Nest" in Fulton county, Georgia. [Ref] He died on 12 Sep 1964 in Fulton county and is buried in the Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. [Ref] He married second Dorothy Dean in 1922 in Atlanta. [Ref]
         2. Jane Elizabeth White was the younger daughter of her father's first wife. [Ref]
            
      5. Benjamin Veirs White was born on 14 Oct 1865 in Leesburg, Loundon, Virginia. [Ref] He died on 18 May 1931 in Leesburg and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] He married Lillian Carter Brosius. [Ref] Lillian was born in 1870. [Ref] She died on 23 Dec 1951 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
         Benjamin was president of the Leesburg Lime Company Incorporated of Leesburg [Ref]
         1. Lillian White was born on 22 Sep 1893. [Ref] She died on 23 Dec 1967 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] She married John Alexander Tebbs. [Ref] Alexander was born in 1893 and died in 1945. [Ref]
         2. Capt Benjamin Heath White was born on 18 May 1896. [Ref] He died on 26 Nov 1969 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] He married Dorothy Murray. [Ref]
            Dorothy was born on 11 Mar 1905. [Ref] She died on 13 Oct 1989 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
            Benjamin was a captain in the 90th Virginia Infantry in World War I. [Ref]
         3. Elijah Viers White was born on 12 Aug 1899. [Ref] He died on 28 Aug 1965 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] He married Mary Pittman. [Ref] Mary was born on 21 Nov 1905. [Ref] She died on 8 Mar 1976 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
            Click here to see a photo of Elijah.
         4. Albert Stephens White was born in 1901. [Ref] He died in 1965 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] He married Anne Elizabeth Unknown. [Ref] Anne was born in 1908. [Ref] She died on 6 Jan 1958 and was buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
      6. Richard Gott White was born in 1870. [Ref] He died in 1879 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
      7. Ada White was born on 30 Jun 1871. [Ref] She died on 27 Mar 1907 and is buried in the Uniton Cemetery. [Ref] She married Isaac Trimble Long. [Ref] Isaac was born on 16 May 1866. [Ref] He died on 9 Feb 1956 and was buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
         1. Inez Long was born on 6 Oct 1893. [Ref] She died on 10 Nov 1968 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] She married Charles Walter Norman. [Ref] Charles was born on 19 Jun 1889. He died on 9 Jan 1969 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
            1. Eppa Lynn Norman was born on 26 Apr 1916. [Ref] He died on 30 Apr 1977 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref] He married Anna Carpenter. [Ref] Anne, the daughter of Jesse L. and Isa S. Carpenter, was born on 4 Jun 1917 in Frederick county, Virginia. [Ref] She died on 28 Mar 2011 in Winchester, Frederick, Virginia and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
               Click here to see a photo of Anne.
               
               • Lewis W. Norman died before 28 Mar 2011. [Ref]
         2. Elijah White Long was born on 23 Oct 1897. [Ref] He died on 3 May 1936 and is buried in the Mountain View Cemetery, Lovingston, Virgina. [Ref]
         3. Isaac Adelbert Long was born on 8 Aug 1899. [Ref] He died on 15 Nov 1993 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
      8. John Gott White was born in Feb 1873. [Ref] He died on 3 Feb 1934 and is buried in the Union Cemetery. [Ref]
         John was a resident of Kansas City, Missouri and a World War I veteran. [Ref]