St. John's Cemetery Individual Record

[No Photo]Howard Lee   Capt. White

Howard Lee Capt. White
(November 12, 1851 -- June 4, 1913)

Section: 19
Space: 2
Lot: 10
Parents: Thomas and Ann (Fell) White
Spouse: Lydia Isaacs
Place of Birth: Warrington, FL
Occupation: Maritime

Howard Lee White was born November 12, 1851 in Warrington, one of four children born to Thomas and Ann (Fell) White.  Howard White was a ship Captain for 40 years, and once president of the Bar Pilots Association.  On July 24, 1874 in Escambia County, Howard White married Lydia Isaacs.  Howard and Lydia White were the parents of seven known children born in Escambia County: Ruth (1875-1958; married Albert H. Runyan), Howard Gilbert, Lula Mary (married James Robert Nix), Edith (1882-1975;married James Quarles), Arthur (1886-1961), Ada (married George Edward Nicholson), and Raymond Newton White.  Captain Howard Lee White died June 4, 1913, buried next to his wife Lydia Isaacs White, daughter Ethel White Quarles and her husband James Quarles, daughter Ada White Nicholson and her husband George Edward Nicholson, son-in-law James Robert Nix, grandson James Kendrick Nix, granddaughter Marjorie Lydia Nix, daughter-in-law Viola Roch White and Margaret Duncan.