march january american military officer lawyer court clerk politician states virginia west_virginia american civil war white served captain headed bureau treasury white served commands early responsible land registration records destruction union_army forces white command company 23rd white served clerk court west_virginia years served chairman 1870s leadership registered members grew white appointed west_virginia governor inaugural commissioners established fish near time served commission president white member white political family virginia west_virginia son grandson prominent virginia judge great nephew united_states house representative younger brother west_virginia attorney general family background born march virginia present day west_virginia second eldest son clerk court white second wife ann white grandson prominent virginia judge older brother later served attorney general west_virginia likely named maternal grandfather reverend lutheran minister winchester virginia swiss descent white received education american civil war service april following outbreak american_civil_war private later 13th command captain white promoted sergeant white company command departed june months white promoted non commissioned officer ranks acting adjutant 13th promoted adjutant white receive commission white served 13th little year discharged service account disability white developed fever ordered recover hospital following recovery winter white served clerk treasury richmond later received post head entire bureau department white father served treasury death october spring white recovered disability serve cavalry unable serve infantry white resigned post head bureau treasury received commission captain confederate states president terms commission president davis white raised company special service union controlled areas virginia special service company include reconnaissance scouts espionage personnel white began recruitment company virginia counties neighboring states union control company charged reconnaissance mountainous region virginia spanning highland hardy hampshire counties special service company white command company 23rd white company initially consisted men treasury richmond recruitment raised company numbering men permitted retain men remaining recruits sought service subsequently joined cavalry general brother served company lieutenant served company second lieutenant white declined subsequent promotions remained command company conclusion american_civil_war white company saw combat early early summer white company participated battles skirmishes including picket fights men killed men wounded later died result wounds men taken prisoner october white company horses white received severe wound june minor wounds campaigns white felt effects wounds remainder life military service american civil war white served commands early following surrender general april white remaining company traveled north_carolina join forces command general forces surrendered white troops reach white remnants company disbanded surrendering white returned june land records white father clerk court learned advancement union_army forces concerned safety county records father proceeded load land registration records books wagons transported winchester virginia winchester longer safe location storage land records destruction union_army forces took responsibility records transferred royal royal endangered advancing union_army forces white records moved remained months fall county record books rescued white company union_army troops process destroying white company loaded record books wagon taken north_carolina remained safely duration war land records survived returned courthouse following conclusion american_civil_war likely soldier returning area north_carolina white father white separated records sent bound volumes away lost records course war remained courthouse destroyed political career following return war hometown june white unable practice law hold public office existing state laws constitution west virginia government military personnel white situation complicated pardoned united_states service white rented farm engaged successful agricultural pursuits struck state constitution white elected position began term following year tenure white served term clerk declined run second term office prior american_civil_war white father served county years white served years father served position combined total years following war white elected member white serving chairman holding post white organized carried extensive campaigning membership political candidates efforts number registered democrats preceding election year held august white proposed advocated reform anti monopoly resolutions passed adopted west virginia democratic party convention prior passage convention white proposal received strong opposition reform anti monopoly resolutions similar white proposal adopted national democratic_party platform white democratic_party members openly declare opposition fiscal policies administration united_states president white leadership democratic delegation democratic county organization west_virginia hold public meetings opposition cleveland fiscal policies county executive committee chairman white democrat deliver public speech denouncing policies white participated delegate conventions west_virginia state gubernatorial convention exception white described prominent men west virginia consistent liberal democrat historians west_virginia self proclaimed liberal democrat west_virginia historians history stated white independent thought character fearless following convictions follower party leaders february act entitled act increase supply food fishes rivers waters state passed creating west virginia fish commission purpose streams west_virginia transform viable fisheries white appointed west_virginia governor inaugural commissioners june white appointed term years newly appointed commission convened july white elected secretary harris president white commissioner colleagues dedicated cause beginning efforts faced opposition public officials understand importance fish commission white embarked search potential locations state fish summer purchased springs acres near white erected equipped fish costing expense successful operation fishes distributed later purchased white springs surrounding acres vastly improved expanded construction ponds erection fence facility residence constructed facility manager following miller resignation commission white appointed president june june ponds springs enlarged hatching house built additions manager residence white direction white personally served manager fish manager appointments fish populations streams west_virginia self sustaining operations discontinued united_states fish commissioner requested west_virginia introduce salmon streams expensive efforts involved hatching salmon west_virginia streams accomplish feat white designed built culture salmon salmon released south branch flourished caught fishermen washington salmon introduced white commission migrated chesapeake_bay return west_virginia streams spawn west virginia fish commission successfully hatched distributed salmon trout black bass gray bass pike perch silver perch jack blue mill pond food bass report quality white wrote small scale accidentally killed draining pond fried pan fish eaten family pronounced good decade appointment commission white colleagues continued perform duties office pay west virginia legislature legislature continued authorize annually hatching fish west_virginia streams white commissioner succeeding democratic governor majority tenure serving west virginia fish commission white held post commission president confederate memorial activities spring residence brother white brother robert wife sister later white wife originated idea monument confederate dead discussion led decoration confederate graves indian mound cemetery june subsequent erection dedicated september formation june white served commander number united confederate veterans camp organized west_virginia headquarters new_orleans august white appointed general inaugural members committee charged organizing consolidating association selecting chairman white committee responsible erection great building memorial hall known battle abbey south proposed private white committee nominated general chairman atlanta october colonel served white white failing health caused resign position committee early acceptance resignation brother appointed replace business pursuits february passed act incorporating responsible construction operation branch line connecting baltimore main line white named legislature commissioners charged responsibility signing investors purchase capital stock company white corporations operating white held share valued loan association raised money purpose providing loans purchase property home improvement construction property incorporated west_virginia secretary state march white shares created acquisition land near establishment hotel summer resort development residential real estate incorporated walker successor july later life death white continued serve public office late life serving commissioner son robert white continued operate law practice son robert white died january age interred wife second wife white family plot indian mound cemetery personal life practicing member presbyterian faith white mason clinton lodge served master resided marriage issue white married july elizabeth daughter wife born november netherlands scottish descent father professor foreign languages father served white wife child son following death wife june white married born belfast dublin daughter west_virginia time marriage white arrived united_states age seven raised father native dublin secretary white wife children sons daughters white second wife died interred indian mound cemetery personal possessions white possession number pieces furniture significant historical value items possessed 6th lord cameron including pair heavy brass heads possibly use lord estate white possessed richly table types wood belonged grandfather virginia judge beneath table framework small slip paper signed date noted similarity white father grandfather white owned sugar bowl switzerland originated china possession white families centuries
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