William Allen White (1868 - 1944)

Born 10 Feb 1868 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sallie Moss (Lindsay) White — married 27 Apr 1893 in Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States

Died 29 Jan 1944 at age 75 in Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States

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William White was a Kansan.

Biography

Early Childhood

William Allen White was born in Emporia, Kansas to Allen White and Mary Ann Hatten. They moved to El Dorado, Kansas where he spent a majority of his childhood. ^{[1] [2]}

Education

White attended the College of Emporia and the University of Kansas. He also holds 10 honorary degrees from universities, including Harvard. ^[1]

Employment

White started at The Kansas City Star in 1889 as an editorial writer. In 1895, he bought the Emporia Gazette for $3000 from William Yoast Morgan and became the editor. He had 22 works published throughout his life. Many were collections of short stories, articles, and speeches he gave throughout his long career. ^[1]

Political Views

White was a firm fighter for Middle America. He was good friends with President Theodore Roosevelt that lasted until Roosevelt's death in 1919. The President visited often to White's home, Red Rocks, during his trips across the US. ^[1]

Posthumous

• City of Emporia raised $25,000 in war bonds during WWII and was granted naming rights for a B-29 bomber in early 1945. They named it after White. This bomber was sent to the island of Tinian and was part of the bomber squadron that the Enola Gay was in.^[1]
• During WWII, the William Allen White Liberty ship was launched from Richmond, California on May 8, 1944.^[1]
• His autobiography was published in 1946 and won the 1947 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.^[1]
• The US Postal Service made the 3 cent stamp with his likeness in 1948.^[1][3]
• The University of Kansas Journalism School is named for him, as is the library at Emporia State University. There are two awards: The William Allen White Award for outstanding Journalistic merit and the Children's Book Award.^[1]
• Emporia, Kansas honors him to this day with city limit signs on I-35, US-50, and K-99 announcing "Home of William Allen White".^[1]
• White's image is used by the band They Might Be Giants in stagecraft and music videos.^[1]

Family

White married Sallie Lindsay in 1893. They had two children, William Lindsay (1900) and Mary Katherine (1904). Mary died in 1921 in a horse-riding accident. White published the famous eulogy, "Mary White", on May 17, 1921. ^[1]

William Lindsay took charge of the Gazette after his father's death. William L.'s wife, Katherine, ran the newspaper after he died. Their daughter, Barbara, and her husband, David Walker, took over for her father. The paper is currently ran by White's great-grandson, Christopher White Walker. ^[1]

Vitals

Birth:

Date: February 10, 1868

Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas

Death:

Date: January 29, 1944

Place: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas

Burial:

Place: Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas^[4]

Plot: Section 25, Lot 47, Space 5

Family

Father: Allen White

Mother: Mary Ann Hatten

Siblings:

1. Fredrick Hatten White

Children:

1. William Lindsay White
2. Mary Katherine White

Spouse

Spouse: Sallie Moss Lindsay

Date: April 27, 1893^[5]

Place: Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas

Events

• United States Census, 1870: El Dorado, Butler, Kansas^[6]
• United States Census, 1880: El Dorado, Butler, Kansas^[7]
• United States Census, 1900': Emporia, Lyon, Kansas^[8]
• United States Census, 1910: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas^[9]
• United States Census, 1920: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas^[10]
• United States Census, 1930: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas^[11]
• United States Census, 1940: Emporia, Lyon, Kansas^[12]

See Also

• Passport Application, 1923^[13]
• New York Passenger List, 1933^[14]
• Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger List, 1925^[15]
• Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger List, 1927^[16]
• New York Passenger List, 1928^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12} Wikipedia: William Allen White]
2. ↑ Kansapedia, Kansas Historical Society.
3. ↑ 3-cent William Allen White issue (1948), Smithsonian National Postal Museum.
4. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #15689910
5. ↑ "Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FW28-55T : 14 January 2020), William A. White, 1893.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJN-YJW : 24 May 2021), William White in entry for Allen White, 1870.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFPK-XQH : 19 February 2021), Wm White in household of Allen White, El Dorado, Butler, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 150, sheet 16D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,374.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMY9-KQ5 : accessed 4 June 2021), William A White, Emporia Township Emporia city Ward 4, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 72, sheet 7A, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,487.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2CL-39H : accessed 4 June 2021), William A White, Emporia Ward 4, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 50, sheet 8A, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 445; FHL microfilm 1,374,458.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF6P-Y5H : 1 February 2021), William A White, 1920.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7QN-MXX : accessed 4 June 2021), W A White, Emporia, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 16A, line 37, family 324, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 709; FHL microfilm 2,340,444.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRKV-9C4 : 28 February 2020), William A White, Ward 4, Emporia, Emporia City, Lyon, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 56-23, sheet 8B, line 79, family 211, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1242.
13. ↑ "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-ZF2G : 16 March 2018), William Allen White, 1923; citing Passport Application, Kansas, United States, source certificate #247092, Passport Applications, January 2, 1906 - March 31, 1925, 2175, NARA microfilm publications M1490 and M1372 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
14. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24VC-22Y : 2 March 2021), William Allen White, 1933; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
15. ↑ "Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR9-29FS : 8 March 2021), William Allen White, 1925; citing Ship Maui, NARA microfilm publication A3422 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
16. ↑ "Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVR9-GXMB : 8 March 2021), William Allen White, 1927; citing Ship , NARA microfilm publication A3422 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
17. ↑ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24XW-ZVB : 2 March 2021), William Allen White, 1928; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).