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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.

Hamilton Howard White (1885-1959) was an insurance agent, collected stamps, and graduated from Cornell in 1908. The Hamilton White building housed his insurance company. His wife, the former Katharine Cook, hosted a radio program, The Social Shopper, in the 1930s.

His son, Hamilton Salisbury White (1919-1983), was a lawyer. His sister-in-law, Lila Stanley (b. 1927), was mentally retarded and attended Devereux and The Woods Schools and later lived in The Convent of St. Anne; his mother-in-law (Dorothy S. Stanley) and his wife (the former Dorothy Stanley) were both in nursing homes. He attended Pebble Hill School, Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan), Cornell, Harvard Law School, and Cornell Law School.

From the description of White family papers, 1829-1983. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155419434

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associatedWith Carhart family. family
associatedWith Cook family. family
associatedWith Corbett, Gail Sherman. person
associatedWith Covent of St. Anne (Kingston, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith Devereux Schools (Devon, Pa.) corporateBody
associatedWith Hamilton White, Inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Kappa Alpha Society. Cornell Chapter. corporateBody
associatedWith Keewaydin Camp corporateBody
associatedWith Sherman, Gail. person
associatedWith Stanley, Dorothy S. person
associatedWith Stanley, Lila. person
associatedWith St. Paul's Cathedral (Syracuse, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith St. Paul's Church (Syracuse, N.Y.). corporateBody
associatedWith The Cranbrook School (Bloomfield Hills, Mi.). corporateBody
associatedWith The Woods Schools (Langhorne, Pa.). corporateBody
associatedWith White, Andrew Dickson, 1832-1918. person
associatedWith White, Hamilton, 1807-1865. person
associatedWith White, Hamilton H. (Hamilton Howard), 1885-1959. person
associatedWith White, Hamilton S. (Hamilton Salisbury), 1853-1899. person
associatedWith White, Hamilton S. (Hamilton Salisbury), 1919-1983. person
Place Name Admin Code Country
Lewis County (N.Y.)
New York (State)--Syracuse
Syracuse (N.Y.)
Michigan (State)--Bloomfield Hills
New York (State)--Onondaga County
United States
Osceola (N.Y.)
Subject
Religion
Chemical fire engines
Coins
Developmental disabilities
Special education
Embezzlement
Fire engines
Fire extinction
Fires
Fires
Genealogy
Insurance
Inventors
Investments
Law
Memorials
Mental retardation
Mental retardation
Monuments
Postage-stamps
Radio and women
Radio broadcasting
Schools
Stamp collecting
Women inventors
Women sculptors
Occupation
Fire fighters
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Active 1829

Active 1983

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