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JAMES L. WHITE.

The subject of this sketch is the son of Wm. Y. C. White and his wife,
Margaret Greenway. Was born at Carpet Hill, Abingdon, Va., the home of

James L. White.

his father, on the 29th of August, 1842. Was educated
at the Abingdon Academy and University of
Virginia. Was a student at the University of Virginia
in the spring of 1861, joined a company at
the University and went to Harper's Ferry in the
spring of that year. Became lieutenant of Captain
J. F. McIlhaney's company (Russell county) in the
Thirty-seventh Virginia Regiment, and became adjutant
of the Thirty-seventh Virginia Regiment. Afterwards
served on the staff of General Wm. Terry.
Wounded at Appomattox Springs a few days before
the surrender, and was left upon the battle-field and
thought to be dead. Afterwards recovered and returned
to his home. After the close of the war he studied law, and graduated
in this profession from Washington and Lee University. Was licensed
and began the practice of law in Abingdon, and in the spring of 1870 was
elected Commonwealth's Attorney for this county by 1,600 majority.
Since that time has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession,
and has attained that position where it may be said of him that he is the
peer of any lawyer to be found in our country. A high-toned, honorable
gentleman, an honor to his country and a credit to his profession. Early
in life he married Miss Kate Robertson, daughter of Governor Wyndham
Robertson, and they have reared a large family of sons and daughters.