George Elon White {700}

  General Notes:

George Elon White was a republican member of the Illinois state legislature.

Quote from web page:

White, George Elon (1848-1935) — also known as George E. White — of Chicago, Cook County <http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO3.html>, Ill. Born in Massachusetts, 1848 <http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1848/index.html>. Republican. Member of Illinois state legislature; U.S. Representative from Illinois <http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/ofc/usrep.html> 5th District, 1895-99. Died in 1935 <http://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1935/index.html>. Entombed in mausoleum at Rosehill Cemetery <http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/IL/CO5.html>, Chicago, Ill.

Web page address is:

http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/white4.html

Graveyard address is:

Rosehill Cemetery
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Founded 1859

  Research Notes:

Full Name Sex/Race Cert # Death Date County City

WHITE, GEORGE ELON M/W 6014127 1935-05-17 COOK CHICAGO


The biography below can be found at the following URL:

http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=W000371

WHITE, George Elon, (1848 - 1935)

WHITE, George Elon, a Representative from Illinois; born in Millbury, Worcester County, Mass., March 7, 1848; attended the public schools; during the Civil War enlisted as a private in the Fifty-seventh Regiment, Massachusetts Veteran Volunteers; after the close of the war entered a commercial college in Worcester, Mass.; moved to Chicago, Ill., in 1867 and engaged in the lumber business and also became interested in banking; member of the board of aldermen of Chicago; member of the State senate 1878-1886; elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth and Fifty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1895-March 3, 1899); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1898 to the Fifty-sixth Congress; resumed his former business pursuits in Chicago, Ill., and served as president of the White Lumber Co.; died in Chicago, Ill., on May 17, 1935; interment in the mausoleum in Rosehill Cemetery.

George married Emily Louisa Harris {613} [MRIN: 234], daughter of James K. Harris {584} and Martha Tipler {608}. (Emily Louisa Harris {613} was born on October 11, 1882 in Toronto, Ontario.)