attorney general february december american military officer lawyer politician state west_virginia white served attorney general west_virginia served terms west virginia house delegates representing born virginia present day west_virginia white son second wife educated worked father office years studied white admitted bar practiced law prior outbreak american_civil_war white commissioned captain later company 13th commanded colonel commissioned colonel command 23rd served capacity unit disbanded april following war white returned practiced law john jacob devoted efforts bringing economic development south branch war white members revive literary society following war organization successfully secured west virginia schools deaf blind served terms school white established president white elected west_virginia attorney general served charged important lawsuits prominent state tax railroad companies white argued case ruled white favor ultimately enriched west_virginia state treasury successfully secured pennsylvania accused burning courthouse fled williams white argued favor rights confederate soldiers supreme_court united_states secured favorable verdict following tenure attorney general white served terms west virginia house delegates represented state dedication white subsequently served terms city solicitor later counsel baltimore later life white involved confederate memorial activities member board trustees chief officer united confederate veterans served commander rank major general national organization white chairman construction committee richmond served grand master state west_virginia white attended 100th anniversary burial george_washington chosen grand marshal ceremonies attending noted lecturer later years following prolonged illness white died early life education born february virginia present day west_virginia white eldest son child court clerk white second wife ann white grandson prominent virginia judge likely named grandfather judge white older half sisters father marriage father second marriage mother white siblings including brothers sisters white obtained primary education local common schools including presided beginning age worked father clerk office years following law father white studied lexington following completion legal studies white admitted bar march immediately began practicing law relative father brother active influential member bar prior american_civil_war white enrolled member military career following raid october virginia volunteer military company known formed white commanding officer rank captain following outbreak civil war governor ordered frontier report lieutenant general ferry white unit marched unit traveled north baltimore mainline green spring following arrival white company reassigned company 13th commanded colonel company marched ferry winchester returned june time occupied town days detachment white command consisting 1st tennessee sent destroy railroad bridges detachment successfully burned bridges engaged skirmish white forces defeated guards captured cannons trophies war colonel hill marched winchester company came command general winter white reassigned ordnance department served capacity authorized raise command battalion cavalry white formed 41st september continued serve battalion commanding officer seven companies consolidated companies form 23rd april white commissioned colonel command cavalry regiment served capacity unit disbanded april white remained service white served ability war saw action virginia war white father left wife youngest children traveled richmond served treasury government president white father died soon arrival richmond october reconstruction efforts following war white returned account father death war white eldest son family patriarch resumed practicing law provide entered practice began tenure governor west_virginia white expanded law practice largest kind west_virginia continued law practice attorney general west_virginia white devoted efforts bringing economic development south branch devastated course american_civil_war remained undeveloped effort rebuild hometown following war white sought confederate war dead early spring meeting held white home wife brother later sister later following meeting inspired group women assembled adopted constitution white wife served president association efforts decoration confederate graves indian mound cemetery took place june association sponsored construction confederate memorial indian dedicated september members including white commenced effort revive society activities library destroyed war state west_virginia founded institution deaf blind students white helped pass legislative act established west virginia schools deaf blind april meeting schools white sent formal offer buildings grounds board white efforts school established campus remains white subsequently appointed serve terms schools white appointed second terms served secretary time report governor close institutions school year white wrote board express entire satisfaction present condition institution discipline progress pupils studies general improvement deserve highest deaf dumb blind institution patronage state addition appointments schools white appointed state boards trustees resigned position board trustees remained member board white created railway line linking baltimore mainline green spring established accomplish served company president years relocating efforts means finances raised construct railway political career attorney general west_virginia white lifelong member democratic_party white nominated held charleston party candidate attorney general west_virginia despite expressing interest position november white elected office largest majority won politician west_virginia time time election state capital april relocated family serve post morning departure residents community bid white farewell turning brass bands escorting white family outskirts town address delivered elder residents white family left tenure attorney general white charge important lawsuits prominent state tax railroad companies prior election attorney general railroads paid taxes state west_virginia white instituted proceedings tax railroads state obtained injunction taxes leading judicial test case white argued case lower courts ruled white favor supreme_court united_states affirmed ruling state supreme court compelled railroads pay taxes state ultimately west_virginia state treasury white played prominent role position attorney general case convicted burning county courthouse public records burning sleeping courthouse time fire sentenced death crimes following sentence escaped pennsylvania company friends supporters family prominent region west_virginia governor white subsequently requested appear pennsylvania governor argue west_virginia white successful argument governor issued order immediately obtained writ corpus brought presided judge wilson pennsylvania white traveled met infuriated mob friends supporters awaiting attorney appearance mob threatened lynch white attempting return west_virginia carry sentence white informed threats friend advised leave town quietly white responded stating duty perform perform higher power die attempt secure right justice white way courthouse chosen remarks secured attention crowd white depicted crime detail time reportedly feet hours minutes west_virginia white associated high profile case williams involved rights confederate soldiers case appeal white argued case securing favorable verdict case significant hundreds similar cases previously fought point rights confederate soldiers recognized term attorney general white maintained private law office street white declined accept reelection office west_virginia attorney general following tenure west_virginia attorney general white served terms west virginia house delegates representing according biography white described able active legislator sessions served chairman served important capacities including composed largely members white member white colleagues legislature delivered white gratitude service stated sir members legislature west_virginia general desire express formal way appreciation great zeal ability industry marked course legislature session chairman house duties incumbent exceeding sic important committee room floor house performance duties conservative attract attention win respect confidence entire legislature deserve thanks gratitude fellow members people state large permit tender expression appreciation benefit state derived earnest feel fully deserved right gratitude respect fellow citizens state west_virginia subsequent political positions white appointed governor represent state west_virginia dedication washington dedication ceremony february white acted assistants grand marshal white served terms city solicitor years served counsel baltimore tenure white charged important cases tried courts west_virginia time twice elected president time white served legal advisor board directors later life death white presbyterian faith years served ruling elder represented centennial session general_assembly met philadelphia white member arbitration convention sons american revolution held washington served president organization white member board trustees september member organization executive committee tennessee white served chief officer united confederate veterans organization white held position commander rank major general white confederate memorial ceremony held richmond following september meeting charleston white reelected post commander white led local endeavor establish confederate veterans chairman committee construction richmond ceremony held richmond laying cornerstone white gave ceremony principal address delivered history movement construction abbey spoke importance abbey built confederate capital called cooperation southern states providing artifacts abbey early adulthood death white served grand master state west_virginia capacity laid cornerstone capitol building prior relocation master clinton lodge october gave address according ritual cornerstone laying ceremony new school white attended 100th anniversary george_washington december chosen chief ceremonies attending staff charge procession matters celebration reproduction washington funeral services held white served commander occasion stood president address attendance prior anniversary november published sheets anti secret society publication denied washington white released statement remarked attack thing saw christian publication went illustrate historic narrative citing dates washington activities white called serve grand marshal visit admiral february remembered subsequently sent white picture signature later life white noted lecturer popular lectures entitled old foundation stands prepared delivered white response lecture foundation faith criticized white delivered lecture states summer white traveled europe visited village germany created lecture illustrating white active member years served president celebrated birthday february enjoyed dinner close friends place home suffered prolonged illness caused miss number high profile engagements example white guest lieutenant governor virginia richmond cancelled visit account ill health slated address commencement exercises june unable attend declining health white died old age december residence place having ill months prior white interred december white survived daughter kate white brother wife ellen wife died richmond december interred personal life family white married july december daughter influential banker old richmond mother related chief justice united_states paternal grandfather wealthy merchant white wife ellen children died age died infancy died war july businessman philadelphia eleanor white february september died railroad collision near kate white february july married richmond later married relocating white wife resided 13th street later relocated 14th street house contributing property addition national_register_of_historic_places november couple final residence place legacy biography white published volume white described brilliant lawyers produced state west_virginia obituary published white described kind time strictly exact virginia lieutenant governor said richmond owed white man efforts securing location
Robert White (attorney general)