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Preferred Citation

Thornton Edlow White Papers, 1864-1969. Accession 51829. Personal papers collection, The Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia.

Acquisition Information

Lent for copying by Cheryl Gentry, Urbanna.

Biographical Information

Thornton Edlow White was born in Buckingham County, Virginia on 8 November 1919. He was the son of James Chapman White, Sr. (1891-1958) and Elsie Lambert Pickels (1897-1983). He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. On 25 April 1942, he married Elsie Lee (Haynes) Hicks. They resided in Richmond, where he was employed as a plumber with Philip Morris. Thornton Edlow White died on 2 June 1977 and is buried in Westhampton Memorial Park in Richmond.

Scope and Content

Papers, 1864-1969, of Thornton Edlow White (1919-1977) of Richmond, Virginia, containing his genealogical research on the descendants of Chapman White (1806-1887) and Mary Frances Philips (1815-1904) of Buckingham, Cumberland, and Fluvanna Counties, Virginia. The collection includes copies and transcriptions of Bible records, correspondence, maps, military records, and tax records. There is also information on the 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment, as well as Westhampton Lodge No. 302 A.F. & A.M. in Richmond.