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William J. White (1841–1917)
An English convert held after the siege who married Mary Cook of the roll and settled in the Carson Valley, Nevada.
- On the roll
- White, William, in the 1861–62 roll of membership printed in 1886
- Born
- March 1841, England (Family Tree)
- Died
- 1917, Washington (Family Tree)
- June 1862
- Taken at Kington Fort: printed as “William White” in the Deseret News list of June 25, 1862, held to $1,500 bail for the March 1863 term
- Family Tree
- FamilySearch LCCL-MLL, William J. White (1841-1917). Husband of the roll's Mary Cook (LCCP-6HT); their children were born in the Carson Valley from 1863. CHD roster of the Charles A. Harper Company, 1855. Val Holley (UHQ 2008) names a William White among the Slaterville men held after the siege. Died at Spokane. Identified by editor (CHD roster and FamilySearch).
- Connected names on the roll
- Cook, Mary; White, Hannah; Harris, Sarah; Jones, Rhoda
What the sources say
William J. White (1841–1917), born in England, son of William and Rhoda White, who came to Utah with his mother (the roll’s Rhoda Jones) and his sisters Hannah and Sarah (the roll’s Sarah Harris) in the Charles A. Harper Company of 1855 (Church History Biographical Database; FamilySearch LCCL-MLL). Held to bail after the siege as “William White” (Deseret News, June 25, 1862); Holley names him among the Slaterville and Marriott men taken prisoner (Holley, UHQ 2008). Family Tree gives his marriage in 1862 to Mary Cook, also on the roll; their children were born in the Carson Valley, Nevada, from 1863. He died at Spokane, Washington, in 1917.
Sources
- Holley, Val. “Slouching Towards Slaterville.” Utah Historical Quarterly 76, no. 3 (Summer 2008): 247 ff.
- Church History Biographical Database, pioneer companies. Church History Department
- Deseret News, June 25, 1862, p. 412.
- FamilySearch Family Tree, LCCL-MLL. Consulted November 3, 2026.
Cite this page
Rogers, Eric Paul, ed. “William J. White (1841–1917).” Morrisite.org. https://morrisite.org/person/william-j-white.html. Updated November 4, 2026.