White family.

The White family was prominent in Syracuse, New York. Hamilton White (1807-1865) was an investor; his brother, Horace White (1802-1860), was the father of Andrew Dickson White (first president of Cornell University) and Horace K. White.

Hamilton S. White (1853-1899) played an important role in the development of the Syracuse Fire Department and died fighting a fire in 1899. A public outdoor monument, paid for by private subscriptions, was erected in his memory. He graduated from Cornell in 1877 and invested in real estate and stocks. His wife, the former Adelaide Whitbread, was a singer and an inventor.

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