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White, William 1748-1836
Clergyman; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 4, 1748; graduated at Philadelphia College in 1765; studied theology, and was admitted to priest's orders in England in April, 1772.
Returning to Philadelphia, he became assis s, and in April, 1779, was chosen rector of those churches.
He was elected chaplain to Congress at York, Pa., in 1778. Dr. White presided at the first convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America in 1785, and the constitution of that Ch n 1786, and he was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Feb. 4, 1787, returning to Philadelphia on Easter Day. Bishop White was very active in the Church and in society.
He was president of the Philadelphia Bible Society, of the DispensaryDispensary, of the Prison Society, and of the societies for the benefit of the deaf and dumb and the blind.
William White. He published Memoirs of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States.
He died in Philadelphia, Pa., July 17, 1836.
Winslow, Edward 1595-
Colonial governor; born in Droitwich, England, Oct. 18, 1595; became a Puritan in his youth; married the daughter of a Dissenter; came to America from Holland, in the Mayflower, in 1620; and soon afterwards buried his bride here.
He then married Susannah, widow of William White, and one of his fellow-passengers.
Winslow offered himself to Massasoit, the Indian sachem, as a hostage, at the first conference between the English and the natives, and won his respect and affection, especially by his curing the old ruler of an illness in 1623.
He made two voyages to England
Edward Winslow. (1623-1624) as agent for the colony, and in 1633 he succeeded Bradford as governor.
He again visited England, where he was imprisoned by Archbishop Laud seventeen weeks for teaching in the church and performing the marriage ceremony as a magistrate.
Winslow was one of the most active men in the colony, and was governor three successive terms.
On his return from England,
Zagonyi's charge.
When on his march southward, in October, 1861, General Fremont sent the combined cavalry forces of Zagonyi, a Hungarian commanding his guard, and Major White to reconnoitre the position of the Confederates at Springfield, Mo. They were led by the former, who was instructed to attempt the capture of Springfield if circumstances should promise success.
The whole force did not exceed 300 men. As they approached the place (Oct. 24), they were informed that the Confederates
On their centre a lieutenant, with thirty men, dashed madly, breaking their line and scattering the whole body in confusion over the neighboring cornfields.
The remainder of Zagonyi's men charged, and at the same moment fifty Irish dragoons of White's command, led by Major McNaughton, fell upon the foe, and the Confederate cavalry and infantry fled in terror, pursued by a portion of Zagonyi's guard.
Through the streets of Springfield they were chased, while the Union women cheered on the vi