Jonathan White
Born in 1820, in Red Bank, New Jersey. He married Eleanor Ten Eyck on February 22, 1843. They had eight children in 21 years. He died on April 25, 1901, in Warren, Ohio, having lived a long life of 81 years, and was buried in Franklin, Ohio
Jonathan White, Obituary
Franklin Chronicle
May 2, 1901
Jonathan White was the son of Henry and Hannah Morris White. He was born at Red Bank, Monmouth County, New Jersey, on March 11, 1820. His father died when Mr. White was but an infant. His Mother brought him with his sister to Ohio in 1821 and located near Lebanon. Soon after his mother’s death he came to the neighborhood of Carlisle.
He was united in marriage with Eleanor Teri Eyck, February 22, 1843. Eight children were born to them, four sons and four daughters. All the daughters and two sons survive to comfort their mother in her sorrow and loneliness. He closed his earthly life on Thursday, April 25th, 1901, at the rare and ripe age of 81 years, 1 month and 14 days.
Perhaps no man, not in public life or business, ever lived in this community who was more widely known than Mr. White. For eighty years he had lived in Warren County and had witnessed its transformation from a thickly wooded region to one of cultivated fields and beautiful homes. His own hands had their full share in this change.
Mr. White was a man, when in his prime and vigor, of splendid strength and great bodily endurance. He was a man of intuition and of quick perception of the motives that actuated men – not suspicious but always alert.
He was a just man and hated an injustice with all the intensity of a vigorous soul. He spurned hypocrisy and sham. He did not believe in the mere artificial belongings of the times. He had no short cuts to the accumulation of property. He was first vexed then pained by misplaced confidence. He had a kindly sympathy for the poor and unfortunate. Honesty was his pride. He sought by word and deed to inculcate the principle of fair dealing.
He lived on the farm near Franklin for 55 years and had removed to the suburb of Franklin but a few weeks before his death. His funeral was April 27, 1901, where a large number of his old friends and relatives assembled to pay tribute to his memory.
Services were conducted by Rev. B.F. Clayton assisted by Rev. C. D. Wilson.