“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago: Western Historical Company. 1879. DR. H. O. WHITE, Fort Atkinson; born in Salem, Mass., Dec. 6, 1824; son of Judge D. A. White, of Salem, Mass., where he received his early education; entered Harvard College at Cambridge, Mass., when only 14 years old, and graduated in the spring of 1843; studied medicine with Dr. William Johnson Walker, of Boston; also afterward attended University of Pennsylvania; about 1845, began a European tour and studied to increase his knowledge of surgery; in 1848, returned to America, locating in Salem, Mass., where he practiced as City Physician till in 1850, when he went to St. Louis; practiced there for two years; in 1852, came to Wisconsin, locating at Fort Atkinson. Married, in 1855, Miss Dorothea Dargavel, daughter of William Dargavel, of Brockville, Ontario Province, Canada; have six children - Mary W., born Aug. 22, 1856; Emily H., June 13, 1858; Daniel A., March 24, 1860; Lizzie W., June 27, 1862; William D., Nov. 2, 1863; Henry M., June 2, 1869. Dr. White is a member of the Medical State Boards of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Missouri. Family attend the Unitarian Church; Democratic. Submitted by: Linda Pingel (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)