Ruth White

1912 - 2000  (87 years)

• Name	Ruth White  [1, 2]
  Birth	21 Nov 1912	Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky   [3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  Death	29 Oct 2000  [6]
  Burial	Briarfield Cemetery, Orlando, Rockcastle, Kentucky   [6]
  Siblings	11 siblings
  1. Edward Finley White   d. 17 Dec 1906, Whitley County, Kentucky + 2. Sarah N. White ,   b. 8 Oct 1899, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 8 Jul 1988, Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio  (Age 88 years) ▻ Brad Mayfield ;  William Harrison Ward ,  m. Aft Oct 1927   3. Ernest White ,   b. Abt 1902, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 26 Jun 1902, Whitley County, Kentucky  (Age ~ 0 years) + 4. Everett Luke White ,   b. 15 Mar 1905, Goldbug, Whitley, Kentucky d. 5 Dec 1967, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan  (Age 62 years) ▻ Gwendolyn Lottie Gyles ,  m. 5 Aug 1930 + 5. Jerome "Jerry" White ,   b. 28 Oct 1907   d. 3 Feb 1934  (Age 26 years) ▻ Ruth   6. Jesse White ,   b. Apr 1910, Kentucky d. 1 Apr 1916, Whitley County, Kentucky  (Age ~ 5 years)   7. Bessie Elizabeth White ,   b. Apr 1910, Kentucky d. 9 Mar 1936, Redbud, Harlan, Kentucky  (Age ~ 25 years) ▻ Charles Osborne + 8. Ruth White ,   b. 21 Nov 1912, Wofford, Whitley, Kentucky d. 29 Oct 2000  (Age 87 years) ▻ George Owens ;  William Jonah Mullins   9. Robert Lawrence White ,   b. 5 Mar 1915, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky d. 11 Apr 1965, Warren County, Kentucky  (Age 50 years) + 10. Mary Edna "Ted" White ,   b. 15 Apr 1917, Harlan County, Kentucky d. 16 Dec 2007, Frankfort, Franklin, Kentucky  (Age 90 years) ▻ Murphy Sergent + 11. Myra Jean White ,   b. 1 Oct 1919, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 8 Apr 1994, Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky  (Age 74 years) ▻ Noble M. "Nobe" Helton   12. Mary White ,   b. 22 Oct 1932  (Age 90 years)
  Person ID	I3905	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	24 May 2020

  
  

  Father	Alfred Franklin White,   b. 14 Apr 1880, Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky d. 6 Sep 1952, Dayhoit, Harlan, Kentucky (Age 72 years)
  Mother	Mary Jane Freeman,   b. 27 Feb 1880, Whitley County, Kentucky d. 22 Oct 1932, Kayjay, Knox, Kentucky (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	4 Jan 1899	Williamsburg, Whitley, Kentucky   [7]
  Notes	A family story has it that they eloped and married in Tennessee, where the age to marry without parental consent was (allegedly) lower. But the actual record of their marriage shows this to be untrue. They were married by the Rev. Henry Patrick in Williamsburg, Whitley County, Kentucky, on 4 Jan 1899. The record includes two laid-in notes handwritten on small pieces of ruled paper. One reads "Jan the 4. 1899. We have no objection to Alfred White and Mary Freeman a mering [sic]. John Freeman, Stase Freeman". The other is substantially illegible, but it's clearly signed "J. N. White".
  Family ID	F4170	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	George Owens,   b. Abt 1903
  Family ID	F2268	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2023

  
  

  Family 2	William Jonah Mullins,   b. 17 Mar 1911, Ida May, Lee, Kentucky d. 9 Aug 1956, Lynch, Harlan, Kentucky (Age 45 years)
  Children	+ 1. Ruby Faye Mullins,   b. 15 Sep 1929, Harlan, Kentucky d. 30 May 1997, Paducah, McCracken, Kentucky (Age 67 years)   2. Alfred F. Mullins,   b. 23 May 1931, Rockcastle County, Kentucky d. 25 Jan 1974, Lansing, Ingham, Michigan (Age 42 years)   3. Billie Jean Mullins,   b. Abt 1935, Kayjay, Knox, Kentucky d. Aft 30 May 1997 (Age ~ 62 years)   4. Robert Clarence Mullins,   b. 1940, Benito, Harlan, Kentucky d. 30 Sep 1940, Dizney, Harlan, Kentucky (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F2667	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2014

  
  

• Notes

  She married her stepbrother. William J. Mullins was a son of her father's second wife, by her first marriage. Her father's 1942 draft card gives "Mrs. Ruth Mullins, Rhea, Ky." as the "person who will always know your address."

  
  

• Sources

  [S4183] "Jean Helton." Harlan (Kentucky) Daily Enterprise, 11 Apr 1994. [S2849] Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, on ancestry.com. [S2144] Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1965, on ancestry.com., place only. [S285] Notes and records of Jeannette (White) Hayden (1935-living), mother of Patrick Nielsen Hayden., date and state only. [S4194] Find a Grave page for Ruth White Mullins., date only. [S4194] Find a Grave page for Ruth White Mullins. [S3485] Kentucky, County Marriage Records, 1783-1965, on ancestry.com.