Barclay White (April 4, 1821 – November 23, 1906) was Superintendent of Indian Affairs during the administration of

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, a published authority on the history of

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and the genealogy of local families, and a pioneering

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farmer. Barclay White was born of Quaker parentage at

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to Joseph White (December 28, 1785 – May 25, 1827) and Rebecca Smith, his wife. His father and uncle,

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, were prominent entrepreneurs. He became an orphan at the age of six. White was educated at

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, and Smith's Academy,

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. White lived for many years on his farm at

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. He was married three times, fathering five sons. The children of Barclay and Rebecca Merritt (Lamb) White were: Howard, born April 12, 1844; Joseph Josiah, born January 22, 1846; George Foster, born November 13, 1847; and Barclay Jr., born February 20, 1850, and with his second wife, Beulah, Daniel Smith White born 1853. Joseph J. White's daughter, Elizabeth Coleman White, pioneered the development and commercialization of the cultivated blueberry. Barclay White died at

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and was interred at Arney's Mount Friends Meetinghouse and Burial Ground, Springfield Township.''New Jersey Mirror'', November 28, 1906: "The funeral services were held yesterday morning at 11 o'clock at the Mount Meeting House, Arney's Mount, and were largely attended. Interment was made in the burying ground adjoining."

References

Bibliography

* White, Joseph J. (1870). ''Cranberry culture''. New York: Orange Judd & Co.

External links

Biography of Joseph White
Based on information provided by Barclay White, recorded by Thomas Shourds, and published in ''History and genealogy of Fenwick's Colony, New Jersey''.
Find A Grave Memorial for Barclay White

''Early Settlements in Springfield Township, Burlington County, N.J.''
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