White, Daniel Appleton, 1776-1861

Daniel Appleton White was born to John and Elizabeth (Haynes) White in what is now Lawrence, Massachusetts on June 7, 1776. He grew up on the family's farm, leaving in June 1792 to study under Silas Dinsmoor at Atkinson Academy in New Hampshire. White was a diligent student and gained admission to Harvard College in July 1793. He received an A.B. with highest honors from Harvard in 1797, taught at the Medford (Massachusetts) grammar school from 1797 to 1799, and was Latin tutor at Harvard from 1799 to 1803. White studied law while he was a Harvard tutor and was admitted to the bar in Massachusetts in 1804. After living in Salem, Massachusetts for a brief time from 1803 to 1804, White moved to Newburyport, Massachusetts, where he established a law practice. White stayed in Newburyport until 1817, when he returned to Salem. He was a member of the Massachusetts legislature from 1810 to 1815 and was elected a judge in Essex County, Massachusetts, in 1815; he held this office for thirty-eight years, until 1853. White was also an active member of the Essex Institute and the Massachusetts Historical Society and served as an Overseer at Harvard from 1842 to 1853. He was married three times. Daniel Appleton White died in Salem, Massachusetts on March 30, 1861.

White graduated from Harvard in 1797 and served as tutor from 1799 to 1803 and Overseer at Harvard.