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.

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 (New York State Historical Documents).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