J. William White

Excerpt from J. William White: A Biography
James William White was born in Philadelphia on the 2d of November, 1850. He was of English ancestry, the family dating back to one Henry White, who in 1649 left England, and came to Virginia. Four generations of Henry White's descendants lived in, or near, Albemarle, North Carolina. One of the fifth generation, James White, moved to Burlington, New Jersey. His son, William Rose White, married Mary Stockton, a descendant of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Their son, James William White, senior, practised medicine for many years in Philadelphia. He was a keen diagnostician, much sought in consultations, and he was also an able man of affairs, first president of the S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company, whose products had as wide a market in Europe as in the United States. His strong and advanced opinions brought him both friends and foes. A firm abolitionist, he fought a lifelong and unyielding battle against slavery.
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