The “52 Cousins” series of biographical sketches are Artificial Intelligence (AI) compiled narratives of selected individuals from my Genealogical database. The selected AI will used the RootsMagic Individual Summary from my Genealogical Software, Root s Magic. All genealogical data is my research material acquired over the past 46 years of research. Today's Biography of Andrew White (1847-1908)) was compiled with the assistance of Claude Sonnett 4 and is entitled:
"Andrew White: A Carolina Farmer's Life (1847-1908)"
Early Life and Family Origins
Andrew White was born around 1847 in Chesterfield, South Carolina, during a time when the rural South was still largely agricultural and families worked the land together. He was the son of Richmond White (born 1815) and M. Anne Parsons (1818-1883), who were raising their family in the Chesterfield area.
Andrew grew up with several siblings in a bustling household. His brothers and sisters included William, James, Mary, and his younger brother Alvin. The 1850 census captured three-year-old Andrew living at home with his parents and siblings, and by 1860, when he was about twelve years old, the family had grown even larger with additional siblings Thomas J., Eliza J., Marshall, and Ellen.
Marriage and Starting a Family
In a move that took him across state lines, Andrew married Julie C. Hay (also recorded as Julia Allen in some records) on July 6, 1873, in Floyd, Georgia. Julie, born March 18, 1847, in Marlboro County, South Carolina, was the same age as Andrew. She came from a well-established local family—her parents were Gideon Hay (1817-1901) and Frances McIntosh (1823-1899), and she had several siblings including Preston Whitman, Rebecca, David McIntosh, Fannie, Victoria, and Mary Ellen.
Andrew and Julie built their life together and welcomed five children:
Dorsey J. White (born about 1873), who later married Mary McPherson and eventually passed away on June 16, 1951, in Cheraw, South Carolina
William B. White (born around July 1879), who married Beulah J. Hare and died December 11, 1940, in Southport, South Carolina.
Daniel Columbus White (born April 22, 1880), who married Jessie Luck on December 28, 1911, and lived until June 13, 1955.
Anna White (born July 12, 1893/March 1894), who married Spencer Bennett and passed away April 4, 1962, in Lillington, North Carolina
Julia said in 1910 during the enumeration of the 1910 Census of her son, William B. White, that she had 5 children with 4 living. So we have one child that is unaccounted for at this time.
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| 1910 Census, Marlboro County, SC, |
Life as a Farmer
Andrew made his living as a farmer, a common occupation in the rural South during the late 19th century. The 1880 census found the family living in Smithville, Marlboro, South Carolina, where twenty-seven-year-old Andrew was working the land with his wife Julie and their young sons Dossey (age 7) and William (just eleven months old).
By 1900, the family had moved to Williamson in Scotland County, North Carolina. At age fifty, Andrew was still farming, now with Julie and their sons William (18) and Daniel (16), plus their young daughter Anna (7) at home. The census recorded that Andrew and Julie had been married for twenty-one years by that point and had raised four children, all of whom were still living—a notable achievement in an era when childhood mortality was common.
Historical Context
Andrew's life spanned some of the most transformative decades in American history. Born just before the mid-century, he would have been a teenager during the Civil War (1861-1865), though at age 14-18, his direct involvement, if any, isn't documented in these records. The war's aftermath, known as Reconstruction (1865-1877), shaped the South during his young adulthood, and he married Julie just as that era was drawing to a close.
The period from 1880 to 1900 saw dramatic changes in American life—the expansion of railroads, the rise of industrialization, and significant population movements. Yet Andrew and Julie remained rooted in agricultural life, working the land in the Carolinas as their parents and grandparents had done before them.
Final Years
Andrew White died around 1908, sometime between the 1900 census and 1910, when his widow Julie was recorded living with their son William B. White in Smithville, Marlboro, South Carolina. She was listed as a widow at age sixty-three, having outlived her husband by about thirteen years.
Julie continued living in the area until her death on November 16, 1921, at age seventy-four in Southport, Marlboro, South Carolina. She was buried the following day at New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery in Wallace, Marlboro County, where she rests today.
Legacy
Four of Andrew and Julie White's children all survived to adulthood and started families of their own, carrying forward the White family name into the twentieth century. Their descendants continue to trace their roots back to this farming family who weathered the dramatic changes of post-Civil War America while maintaining their ties to the Carolina soil.
Andrew White is my 1st Cousin 3X Removed.
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1. 1850 U. S. Census, Chesterfield, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 180A (Stamped); Line 16, Dwelling 1251, Family 1251, Household of Richmond WHITE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online July 2025); citing National Archives Microfilm M432 Roll 851.
2. 1860 U. S. Census, Chesterfield County, South Carolina, population schedule, Chesterfield, South Carolina, Page: 106 (Stamped); Line 28, Dwelling 179, Family 178, Household of Richd WHITE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : online July 2025); citing National Archives Microfilm M653_1217.
3. 1880 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Smithville, Marlboro, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 111, Page 562B (Stamped); Line:#2, Dwelling:#390; Family:#390, Household of Andrew WHITE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online June 2025); citing National Archives Microfilm T9_1235.
4. 1900 US Census, Scotland County, North Carolina, population schedule, Williamson, Scotland, North Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 97, Page:#129B (Stamped); Line:#98, Dwelling:#206; Family:#206, Household of Andrew WHITE; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : on line June 2025); citing National Archives Microfilm T623, Roll 1220.
5. " Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : online June 2025), Marriage: Andrew White & Julia Allen, https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4766/records/21020626.
6. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, database and digital images, (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed June 2025); Memorial page for Julia Hay White; (18 May 1847–16 November 1921); Find a Grave memorial # 106657381 , Citing New Hope United Methodist Church Cemetery; Wallace, Marlboro County, South Carolina, USA.
7. 1910 U. S. Census, Marlboro County, South Carolina, population schedule, Smithville, Marlboro, South Carolina, enumeration district (ED) 89, Page:#54A (Stamped); Line:#68, Dwelling:#265; Family:#272, Household of William WHITE; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://ancestry.com : online June 2025); citing National Archives Microfilm T624.
8. Julia White, death certificate 318650 (Death Date 16 Nov 1921), Vital Records, Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia, Richland County, South Carolina.

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