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Note: Nancy Timmons Samuels & Barbara Roach Knox, "Old Northwest Texas", Vol. I-B, Navarro County 1846-1860, (Fort Worth Genealogical Society), pg. 674 David left home as a young teenager to join his half brothers as Rangers at Fort Belknap. In 1863, he was transferred to Chickasaw division, CSA, as a scout. After the war he and one of his half-brothers established a store near Atoka when they called Stringtown, Chickasaw Nation. In 1869, David settled at Calvert, Texas and went into the brick business; in 1872 he went into business at Marlin, Falls Co., Texas. In 1877 he moved to Thornton, Limestone Co., Texas; in 1879 he moved to Jones Co., Texas; in 1880 he opened a store at Buffalo Gap, Texas; in 1887 he moved to Abilene, Texas; and about 1895 he moved to Amarillo. He married in 1875 at Marlin, Falls Co., Texas to Sallie S. Bledsoe.
Historical and Biographical Record of the Cattle Industry and the Cattlemen of Texas and Adjacent Territory, Vol. II--Biographical, Texas State Archives, Austin, Texas (written 1894) "At the age of twelve, David left his father's farm in Navarro County to join his brother's (Capt. Newt. White) company of rangers at Fort Belknap. In 1863 he was transferred to Chickasaw division, CSA, as courier and scout. "Little Dave" soon won the title of the "slick kid" for his daring in the performance of his duties. At one time, when running the gauntlet alone with his messages, the "blue coats" rose up, apparently out of the ground, all around him and ordered him to halt, which he answered by a shot and putting spurs to his horse, laying flat, Indian fashion, along the side of his pony, broke through the line and made his escape. But he lost the pommel of his saddle and his hand was half amputated reminding him of the sharpness of a Yankee sabre. After the war, he, with his brother, located in the Chickasaw nation and established a trading store near Atoka, which they dubbed Stringtown, an appellation which the place bears to this day. The stock was what they could buy on credit and was necessarily small, and with a few head of cows started in life making money and to spare. But this did not suit the roving disposition of young Dave and he saddled his pony, giving his interest in the store to his brother, and started on the trail to Kansas. With his salary he bought apples and hauled them to Arkansas trading them off to good advantage and again sought the trail for a livelihood. In 1869 he settled in Calvert, Texas and embarked in the brick business on a small scale and in the summer of 1870, having saved $1,000, he decided to go to school, taking and finishing a commercial course. In 1872 he engaged in the mercantile business at Marlin, Texas. He married Miss Bledsoe in 1875 and in 1876 sold his store and went to Galveston, launching into the cotton and grain commission business. In 1877 he returned to the interior, opening a store in Thornton, Limestone County, where he located his first ranch on Elm Creek. In 1879 he moved his ranch west, locating his herd of 1100 cattle in Jones County, moving his family the following year to Buffalo Gap and opening a general store there. Here he made his first "big" money, buying range cattle, speculating in beeves, and merchandising, the latter being the smallest interest but netting him $40,000 in eighteen months. In 1882 he went to Colorado City and formed the Short Horn Cattle Company. He was chosen Secretary and Treasurer, and also the General Manager, and located the ranch on the Gilie River. In 1883 he sold out to the company and reinvested in local interests near Colorado City. In 1887 he returned to Abilene but his ever active disposition would not permit him to remain stationary. In 1891 he was the principal spirit in locating the Eddy & Bissell Live Stock Company in Texas. He is manager of the stock department, with a ranch in Bailey County of 200,000 acres on which they carry 15,000 head of stock cattle; also an open range in Eddy County, New Mexico, on which they run 8,000 head of stock cattle, and a ranch near Salida, Colorado, on which they run 7,000 steers. In energy and financial ability, few men with his opportunities have equaled him. He is a man, active in mind and body, of unbounded resources, a clear thinker and possessing good judgment. He is a type of the men who have made the Texas of to-day, and all true Texasans are as proud of the record of such men as though directly participating in the wealth they have acquired. He has recently moved to Amarillo."
According to the introductory section of the Old Northwest Texas, "the data in this section [biographical sketches] has been amassed from many varied sources - documentary, printed, tradition, hearsay. The personal files of the compilers have been used extensively. Some of the contributors cited their sources; some did not." The book does not appear to indicate the names of the individuals who contributed information to the biographical section. The references used for the article on David White Sr. (et al) are as follows: Robertson County Tax Rolls Navarro County Tax Rolls Shaw & Blaylock's Land Titles, 1878 1850 census Grimes County 1850 census Houston County Navarro County Marriages Texas State Archives (1928) Capt' David Franklin White, Pension Number: 43861, McCord's Frontier Regiment, Texas Cavalry. The following came from the Texas State Archives in the civil war records of David Franklin White. The name of Capt' David Franklin White, has been connected with various activities in Texas for a number of years, and he has accomplished much in the way of development in more than one industry, but at present is residing at El Paso and devoting himself to ranch and cattle brokerage. He was born May 25th, 1848, a son of Dr. Joseph and Elizabeth Gary White. Dr. Joseph White was born at Richmond, Virginia in 1802. The family was driven out of Scotland by religious oppression, and sought refuge in the American Colonies, and upon settling in Virginia, became brick makers. Left an orphan at an early age, Doctor White bound himself to Tom Crutchfield, of Richmond, and when his period of service had expired he studied medicine in his native city, and when he had completed his studies he went to Mississippi, and while practicing his profession was also engaged in farming. In 1851 he received his quota of land in Texas, and brought with him a colony of ten families to Navarro County where his land was located, and they were the first White people to settle in that region. In his new home he continued his professional work and farming, and became one of the best known men of the county, over which he rode on horseback to minister to his numerous patients. While on a visit in Falls County, Texas, he died in 1873, and in his passing his community suffered a severe loss. The mother died in 1853, not long after the migration to Texas. Doctor White, was a warm personal friend and great admirer of Gen. Sam Houston. During the war between the states, Doctor White equipped and sent out a large company to serve in the Confederate army, although he had done everything in his power to keep Texas in the Union. He cared for the widows and children of soldiers, just as he had always looked after them for he was a man of broad sympathy and kindly nature. Three times married, he had twenty-one children born to him, and of the seven born of his marriage with the mother of Capt' White, the latter was the fourth child. Capt' White first attended school held in a log school house in Navarro county, and proved an apt pupil but the great war of the sixties not only interfered with his education, but took him at the immature age of fourteen years into the service. He enlisted at Fort Belknap in the Newt White company, Buck Barrys regiment, Bankhead division, under the command of his brother Capt' Newt White, in support of the Confederacy. Later he was transferred to Prices command, and was wounded while serving as currier. Still later he was with Quantrell, as a member of Frank Colbert's company when that unit took the ferry named for Colbert on the Red River north of Dennison. During a period when he was carrying dispatches to Gen. Albert Pike in Arkansas, he had some exciting experiences and although he escaped capture, received a saber cut.
NOTE from Lilly Beal Engleman: There is a discrepancy between the birth & death dates for Joseph E. White. The records for David have 1802-1873, Joseph's headstone has 1803-1874.
1880 Precinct 1, Taylor Co., Texas, pg. 273B White, D. F. 32 GA Merchant GA GA White, S. B. 23 VA Keeping House VA VA White, M. M. 3 Texas GA VA Bledsoe, F. M. SisterL 10 Texas VA VA 1900 Pct. 5, Pecos Co., Texas, ED 64, pg. 9B, line 1 White, David F May 1848 52 married 25 years MS VA AL cattle raiser Sarah B Oct 1854 45 2 children 2 living VA VA VA Edgar W July 1881 18 Texas MS VA ranch labor 1910 Abilene, Taylor Co., Texas, ED266, pg. 94, line 94 White, David F 60 married 30 yrs MS IR MS stockman ranch Sallie B 55 2 children 2 living VA VA VA Ashley, Mabel dau 25 wd Texas MS VA teacher music Sarah gdau 10 Texas VA Texas 1920 El Paso, El Paso Co., Texas, ED64, pg. 9B, line 58 White, David F 71 GA VA VA cattle buyer Sara 65 VA VA VA Kerr, Louise gdau 19 Texas VA Texas
El Paso Times, El Paso, Texas, "Obit of David Franklin White," Feb. 9, 1929, pg. 3. Funeral services for David Franklin White, 81, of 2611 Aurora Street, who died at a local hospital Thursday afternoon, will be held in the Peak-Hagedon Chapel at 2 pm today, the Rev. W. R. Hall officiating. Burial will be in Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Peak-Hagedon. Members of Fraternity lodge No. 111, A.F. & A.M., will serve as pallbearers. Mr. White has been a resident of west Texas for 45 years. He was born in Pontotoc County, Mississippi, his father, Dr. Joseph White moving to Texas in 1851. He was prominent in business and was extensively interested in livestock and ranching. In 1911, Mr. White established the D. F. White Commission Company in El Paso and engaged in the general livestock commission business. He was a charter member of Fraternity Lodge No. 1111, A.F. & A.M., and a Confederate veteran. Mr. White served in the Confederate army as a courtier when he was 17 years of age. He carried messages from the field for Gen. Albert Pike and was wounded by a seber cut on the hand when pursued by Union soldiers on one occasion. He escaped with his messages. Mr. White is survived by a brother, Louis of Clint, a son, Edgar of Dallas, and a daughter, Mrs. Mabel Cook, in El Paso.
Informant on death certificate was L. B. White of Clint, Texas.
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