Daniel Price White (November 16, 1814 – April 12, 1890) was a prominent

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politician.

Early life

He was born in

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, to his mother Judith Taylor and father Major General William Price White. He was educated at

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and medicine at

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and Cincinnati Ohio. Afterwards he practiced medicine in Green County. He married Nancy Ferris Clark in 1837. He had 4 children: Irene Elizabeth White was born in 1842, Daniel A. "Bud" White was born in 1843, Dr. William Price White was born in 1844 and James Clarke White was born in 1847 and died in the following year of 1848.

Political life

He joined the Kentucky legislature before becoming

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in 1857–1859. He joined the Democratic National Committee in 1860. He joined the Confederate States of America in 1861. Represented the state in the

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from 1861 to 1862.

Later life

After the collapse of the CSA he worked at White, Brown and White Green River Tobacco Warehouse. He died on April 12, 1890.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:White, Daniel Price 1814 births 1890 deaths Deputies and delegates to the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States 19th-century American politicians People from Green County, Kentucky