Kentucky: A History of the State, Perrin, Battle, Kniffin, 8th ed., 1888,
Jefferson Co.

WILLIAM P. WHITE, M.D., was born in Greensburg, Ky., April 21, 1844, and
is a son of Dr. Daniel P. and Nancy F. (Clark) White.  Dr. Daniel P. White
was born in Greensburg, Green County, Ky., in 1813, and was a graduate
from the medical department of Transylvania University.  In 1857 he was
speaker in the lower house of the State Legislature, and in 1860 was a
Douglas elector.  Subsequently he was elected to represent his district in
the Confederate Congress.  At present he is proprietor of the Green River
Tobacco Warehouse.  William P. White entered Georgetown College in 1859,
where he remained until the breaking out of the late civil war.  He then
went to Arkansas and enlisted in the Second Arkansas Confederate Cavalry,
under General Sterling Price, and served during the war, participating in
the battles of Cain Hill, Prairie Grove, two engagements at Fayetteville,
Prairie De Ann, Poison Springs, Marks Mill, Jenkins Ferry, Pine Bluff,
Arkansas Lake Village, Louisiana, Pilot Knob, Franklin, Booneville,
Lexington, Independence, Big Blue and Little Blue, Mo.  Near Fort Scott,
Kansas, Gen. Price lost all his artillery and wagons, and the subject of
this sketch was wounded and captured, but making his escape, was in the
battle of Newtonia, Mo., a few days afterward.  Besides these he took part
in various other engagements in Louisiana, Arkansas, Indian Territory,
Missouri and Kansas.  After the war closed, he completed his literary
education at Georgetown College; studied medicine in the office of Dr.
David W. Yaudell, and graduated from the medical department of the
University of Louisville in 1869, and at once commenced practice in
Louisville.  He was for several years a member of the Board of Health of
the city, and appointed surgeon-general of the State by Gov. P. H. Leslie.
He is a member of the Louisville Academy of Medicine; of the College of
Physicians and Surgeons of Louisville, and of the State Medical Society,
and takes an active interest in these organizations.

White Clark Yaudell
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Scott-KY Fayette-KY Greensburg-Green-KY AR

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