George Elon White
- Born: 7 Mar 1848, Millbury, Worcester County, Massachusetts
- Marriage: Emily Louisa Harris
- Died: 17 May 1935, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. aged 87
- Buried: 19 May 1935, Rosehill Cemetary Mausoleum, Chicago, Illinois
 General Information:
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 Information:
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, daughter of James K. Harris and Martha Tipler. (Emily Louisa Harris was born on 11 Oct 1882 in Toronto, Ontario.)
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