A Collection in the Library of Virginia
Accession Number 51829
Library of Virginia
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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.
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.
Charcoal Drawing of Thornton Edlow White, 17 September 1942
Box 1
Folder 2
Confederate Veterans and Civil War Histories.
Box 1
Folder 3
Correspondence.
Map-case 54
Drawer 7
Genealogical Chart - Descendants of Richard P. White and Mary Meriwether by Ernest Grafton Goodwin
Map-case 54
Drawer 7
Maps - Battlefields of Chancellorsville, Salem Church and Fredericksburg; Battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic (3); Environs
of Warrenton and Richmond (2); Maps by Prison Civil War Roundtable (2)
Box 1
Folder 4
Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Folder 5
Westhampton Masonic Lodge.
Box 1
Folder 6
White - Miscellaneous.
Box 1
Folder 7
Chapman White.
Box 1
Folder 8
Emma R. White.
Box 1
Folder 9
Eugenia White.
Box 1
Folder 10
Fountain White.
Box 1
Folder 11
Hester Ann White/Sarah Joanna White.
Box 1
Folder 12
James C. White/Elsie L. Pickels.
Box 1
Folder 13
Joella P. White.
Box 1
Folder 14
John White/White Family Hitsory.
Box 1
Folder 15
John White of Fluvanna County and His Descendants.