John Baker White was a 19th-century American military officer, lawyer, court clerk, and civil servant in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Photographed in 1937, the Wirgman Building in Romney was built for and housed the Bank of the Valley of Virginia around 1825. The structure was razed in 1965 for the construction of the current Bank of Romney building.
The Hampshire County Courthouse in Romney, where John Baker White served as Clerk of Court for Hampshire County. This courthouse was built in 1833 and remained in service until it burned in 1921.
White's residence, which later became known as "Liberty Hall," along East Main Street in Romney
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Christian Streit White was an American military officer, lawyer, court clerk, pisciculturist, and politician in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.
John Baker White (clerk of court)
…Virginia judge Robert White (1759–1831) and the father of West Virginia Attorney General Robert White (1833–1915) and Hampshire County Clerk of Court Christian Streit White (1839–1917). John Baker White was born on August 4, 1794, near Winchester in Frederick County, Virginia. White was the third and youngest child of…
Portrait of Christian Streit White
The Confederate Memorial at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia. Dedicated on September 26, 1867, the idea for the memorial had originated between White, his brother Robert White and his wife, his sister Fannie White, and his future wife Bessie Jane Schultze.
Gravestone at the interment site of Christian Streit White at Indian Mound Cemetery in Romney, West Virginia