George Calvin White
Sex: M
AKA: Bud
Individual Information
Birth Date: 8 Mar 1857 - Louisiana, USA
Christening:
Death: 24 Feb 1890 - ( at age 32)
Burial: in Springfield Cemetery, Springfield, Livingston, Louisiana, United States
Cause of Death: murdered
Find A Grave ID: 69894676
Parents
Father: George Washington White Jr
Mother: Elizabeth Kinchen
Spouses and Children
1. *Victoria Glasscock
Marriage: 26 Feb 1878 - , Tangipahoa, Louisiana, USA
Marriage Notes
Per Louisiana Marriages, 1718-1925
Name:Victoria Glasscock
Spouse:George C. White
Marriage Date:26 Feb 1878
Marriage Place:Tangipahoa
Children:
1. Lulu Bell White
2. William Duncan White
3. Mary Almeda White
4. Nora N. White
George Calvon (Bud) White: Between 1857 and 1890
Born: March 8, 1857
Died: February 24, 1890
George had two brothers, Jerry and Preston and two sisters called "Pet" and "Pete". "Pet" married a McCarrol and "Pete" married a McIntyre.
George married Victoria Glasscock in 1878. They had 4 children. Lula born January 16, 1879, Duncan, who was epileptic, born January 10, 1882, Mary Almeda born January 3, 1885, and Nora born March 29, 1888.
George was the first Clerk of Court of Livingston Parish, but I have no record of this. Some time later he was a detective with the Grannan Detective Bureau Co. out of Cincinnati, Ohio. His badge and last card issued April 13, 1889 is in the family's possession.
Some time during 1889 yellow fever was going through the community. Near Springfield, where George lived, there was a black settlement called Haynes " Settlement". In those days people were afraid of the fever and would not go around anyone if they suspected that they had it. Some of the blacks contracted the fever and no one would go around them. George would take food and medicine and leave it outside for Haynes to pick up, and
probably kept him from starving.
Toward the end of 1889 George had arrested a man for bootlegging. The Man's family was angry and swore to get revenge.
On February 24, 1890 George and a friend by the name of Harm/Hyrm? Kinchen were returning to Springfield from Baton Rouge on horseback.
Unknown to them Zack/Jack? Hall and Luther Morgan and four other men were waiting for them.
The Six men opened fire on George and Hyrm/Harm. Hyrm/Harm was shot through the neck but did not die. He played dead to save his life. George was not shot but his horse was killed and fell on him, and he was unable to get to his gun. Harm said that George begged the men not to kill him but all six shot him.
After the men left Harm crawled through the woods to Jerry White's house for help. He later told the family what had happened and who the men were. Five of the men were killed by members of the family and friends. Only one remained.
Haynes went to the family and told them he owed Mr. George White a favor because he had been the only person to help him when they had the yellow fever. Haynes said the last man belonged to him.
Haynes know that the man liked to fish so he sent word to him that the fish were biting on the Natalbany River.
The morning that the man was to come, Haynes sent everyone in the settlement down to the river and he waited alone. When the man arrived Haynes told him he had some new poles leaning by the chimney on the side of the house. When the man went around the house Haynes went inside and got his double barreled shotgun and shot him through the window. He put the gun away took his fishing pole and went to the river. The evening when all the blacks came home they found the man dead. They called the sheriff and all said they had been at the river all day and know nothing.
No one ever told on Haynes and he was never arrested.
My grandmother, Almeda, "MeMe", was only five when her father was killed, but she remembered the wake. George was waked at home. In those days they did not embalm people and my grandmother said they had put a large box of sand under the coffin because there were so many bullet holes in her father they were afraid some blood would drip onto the floor.
George Calvin White was buried in Springfield Cemetery.
Georgia's wife, Victoria, later married Jim Beverly but did not stay with him long. She divorced Beverly and Married David Lawrence Smith. Smith had one son by a previous marriage named Edward Lawrence Smith.
Victoria lived until January 9, 1932. Harm Kinchen had a son named Henry. Henry had a daughter named Nora who married a Glasscock.
THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO ME, MAXINE HOOVER, MANY TIMES BY MY FATHER MAX JENKINS. I AM TELLING IT AS BEST I REMEMBER IT>
Notes
General:
Per 1880 US Census: 6/14/1880, Ward 6, Livingston, LA
George C. White is a 23 year old white male, a laborer born in Louisiana, as were his parents. He cannot read or write. His wife, Victoria White, is 19, keeps house, and was born in Louisiana, as were her parents.
Their daughter is 1 year old Lulu Bell, born in Louisiana
Living with them is sister-in-law, 14 year old Mary H. Glascock, who is at school.
Image Source: Year: 1880; Census Place: 6th Ward, Livingston, Louisiana; Roll: T9_456; Family History Film: 1254456; Page: 149D; Enumeration District: 137; Image: 0299.
Per The Times-Democrat Paper From New Orleans, LA Wednesday, February 26, 1890
A Cowardly Murder
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The Outgrowth of an Old Feud
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A Deputy Sheriff Killed and A Boy Wounded\emdash The Sheriff Makes Little Effort to Apprehend the Murderers
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Special to The Times-Democrat,
Springfield, LA, Feb. 25,-- The town of, Springfield, in the parish of Livingston, at midnight Monday, was the scene of the heartless assassination of one man, the dangerous wounding of a boy, and the attempted killing of a third man, brother of the one who was killed, to say nothing of the killing of the horse the murdered man was riding.
The man who was killed outright was J.C. White, a deputy sheriff who has held theat position for three years. The boy who was shot was Harmond Kinchen, whom, it is presumed, the assassins mistook for J.B. Bettoon, whom they desired to slay, as he was known to be a friend of the man killed. The third party the tried to assassinate was Wm. White, brother of J.C. White. The weapons used were double-barreled shotguns loaded with buckshot. But one single shot struck White, and that entered his left temple, killing him instantly. Yet his forehead was badly powder-marked, proving how closely the shot was fired.
Another single ball from the same load, struck his horse, just behind his head, breaking his neck, and horse and rider fell at the same time, White falling with his head under his horse's neck. The band of assassins then opened up on Kinchen, filling his neck, breast and shoulders with buckshot. They also fired several shots at Wm. White, but none took effect, he escaping by the swiftness of his horse. Kinchen, although desperately wounded, managed to keep on his horse and succeeded in escaping being killrd outright by the assassins, as was evidentially their intention, as they continued to fire at him until he was out of sight.
These three men had been at the house of Representative Bettoon, and a few minutes before 12 o'clock started to leave for their homes. Mr. Bettoon objected to their going, owing to the lateness of the hour, and offered them a room at his house. They refused, and then Mr. Bettoon insisted upon G.C. White, the deputy sheriff, riding a blooded horse of his instead of his own animal, which White agreed to. The three men bid their host good night and started out of town, taking the Greensburg and Springfield road, running north from the town, When about a quarter of a mile from the town they were fired upon, with the result above described.
It is presumed that Deputy Sheriff White, who was on Settoon's horse, was taken by the assassins for Settoon, and killed. That the boy Kinchen, whom the assassins could not have had any grudge against, was taken for White, and hence the shooting at him. The only reason that can be assigned for the shooting at Wm. White was that he was in the party, and that they would have no witnesses to the deed.
As to the perpetrators of this horrible crime there are four persons suspected, but when search was made for them, and as Hall and Morgan had fled, warrants have only been issued against two. Lucien Morgan, a man named Hall, Sylvester and Thomas Gainey, all laborers b y occupation, are suspected, because they all had previous difficulties and grudges against Deputy Sheriff White, and had on more than one occasion threatened to take his life. They also hated Representative Bettoon, as he was a staunch friend of White's, and knew that they ran politics together and stood by one another.
The only reason assigned for not arresting the Gainey brothers was that they were not to be found yesterday when search was made for them, and as Hall and Morgan had fled, it is thought probable they were the only two men who committed the deed. White was a very determined officer in the discharge of his duty, and while he had a number of enemies, he was also a desperate and daring man, and there were a number of persons who pretended friendship rather than gain his animosity, consequently he carried his life in his hands as he well knew, and was always ready for an emergency.
The reasons assigned for this cold-blooded assassination dates back a year ago and continues on to within twenty-four hours of White's death. A year ago a band of regulators, numbering about fifty men drove into Centerville, the parish seat of Livingston parish, and forced open the jail. They took a white man charged with arson and a negro charged with larceny out, and carrying them into the woods, whipped them almost to death and then turned them loose.
White made up his mind to ferret out the perpetrators of this crime and he set about doing it. His life was threatened, but it had no effect, and last November he had gathered sufficient evidence to justify the grand jury when they sat last November, to indict Hall, Morgan, and V.A. Stewart, a merchant in Springfield, for jail breaking and rescuing a prisoner. This made Hall, Morgan, and Stewart , as well as their followers, bitter enemies of White's and they swore to be revenged.
The charges against these accused are still pending in court, and were to have been tried in April. Ever since these indictments there has been bad blood among the men, and whenever they met there was a row of some character or another. About a week ago White met Lucien Morgan in front of a store in Springfield, and asked him if he had made a certain remark about him.
Morgan denied that he had, but notwithstanding this fact White seized a double-barreled shotgun which Morgan held in his hand, took it away from him and destroyed it against a log.
He then made Morgan get on his knees and beg for his forgiveness. He then let Morgan up, and told him to go about his business. Morgan subsequently purchased a new gun, which he said he was going to use on White.
Last Saturday night as White came riding along through Springfield, he saw Thomas and Sylvester Gainey beating a man named Henry Smith. White jumped from his horse and knocked Sylvester Gainey down and while down he kicked him several times, Sylvester got up and after promising to meat White Sunday evening at 4 o'clock went down the road with his brother Tom. White overtook them on the road and administered a beating to Thos. Gainey with the limb of a tree and then started them again down the road. True to their promise the Gainey brothers returned Sunday evening and asked for White.
White was not present and they went to Stewart's saloon. White came along presently and asked Stewart for the Gainey brothers. Tom Gainey appeared behind a fence. White took a stick and gave him another beating. White then left and nothing more was heard of the matter until White was shot to death Monday night. It was first intended to arrest all parties who had had the recent difficulties with White, but as the Gainey brothers showed up as usual, yesterday morning it was concluded that they did not have a hand in the shooting, but the whole affair was laid at the door of Hall and Morgan, who were missing from their homes and the parish.
Consequently one of White's brothers swore out affidavits against the two suspects and warrants were placed in Sheriff Geo. Felder's hands for execution. The sheriff reached Springfield at noon yesterday and was seen by The Times-Democrat correspondent last night. He had sworn in a posse of five men and had ridden around a few miles to try and arrest Morgan and Hall, but on learning that they were in the swamps. armed with shotguns, he had discharged his posse and was sitting quietly on the steps of a grocery.
Although the man murdered was one of his own men, he had not even searched the houses of the accused, not had he seen Kinchen . nor Wm. White who were present when his deputy was shot down. He did not even know that White had had previous quarrels with anyone or that any one had threatened his life. He admitted that he was ignorant of any of the circumstances connected with the case, and had not taken the trouble to find out anything. He said that was the coroner's business.
If he saw the two men whom he held warrants for he would arrest them, but thought he would have trouble doing so. Fortunately for Hall and Morgan they were not captured, for had they been taken last night , owing to the excitement in Springfield, they would not have escaped lynching.
Kinchen, the wounded boy, and William White, the only witnesses to the shooting, when interviewed, said they only saw one man fire and could not identify him.
It was reported last night that a band of men had ridden to the houses of Morgan and Hall, some miles out of Springfield, and had riddled them with bullets.
The feeling here is very bitter against the assassin nation of White, and if his murderers are caught it will go very hard with them, unless the officials are very cautious. White leaves a wife and four children, the eldest eleven, and the youngest a baby in Arms.
Per Article in the Daily Advocate 6/12/1890 (Posted on Ancestry by AuntBoosie)
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR $500 REWARD
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT State of Louisiana
Whereas, I have been officially informed the the 24th day of February, 1890, between the hours of 11 and 12 p.m. near the town of Springfield, in the parish of Livingston, G. C. White was killed and murdered and from information received, Zack Hall and Luther Morgan are charged with the commission of said crime.
Now therefore, I, Francis T. Nicholls, Governor of the state of Louisiana, have thought it proper to issue this my proclamation, calling on the good people of the State, to aid and assist the authorities in procuring the arrest of said Zack Hall and Luther Morgan, so that they may be brought to justice and dealt with as the law directs; and by virtue of the authority in me vested by law, I do hereby offer a reward of five hundred dollars ($500) for the arrest and conviction of said Zack Hall and Luther Morgan, for the crime for which they are charged.
DESCRIPTION:
Zack Hall is very stout, weighs about 175 or 180 pounds; is 5 feet 8 inches high; light complexion; dark hair; round face; blue eyes; neat mustache; swing both hands when walking; has very positive way of speaking; when last seen wore light pants and wide brim white hat.
Luther Morgan is a slender built man; weighs about 140 or 150 pounds; 5 feet 10 inches high; dark complexion; dark grey eyes; has a stumbling walk; with a quick downcast look; stoop shoulders; quick step; when last seen wore a short coat and high top soft hat.
This proclamation to be in full force and effect during the period of sixty days from date. Given under my signature and the seal of the state of Louisiana, as the city of Baton Rouge, this 7th day or March, A. D. 1890.
FRANCIS T NICHOLS, governor of Louisiana
By the Governor: L. F. Mason, [title cut off]
Per Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name:G C White
Gender:Male
Birth Date:6 Mar 1857 [photo of tombstone on website has 8 not 6]
Death Date: 24 Feb 1890
Cemetery:Springfield Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place: Springfield, Livingston Parish, Louisiana, United States of America
MEMORIAL ID69894676
Has Bio?:N
Spouse:Victoria Glasscock White
Children:Lula White Perilloux