FAIRFIELD COUNTY OHIO - BIOS: WHITE, Y.F. (published 1914)
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CENTENNIAL HISTORY OF GRANT COUNTY INDIANA 1812-1912
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1914
Page 751-752 with photo

        Y.F. WHITE.  In November 1912, the people of Grant county chose for
the office of sheriff a citizen whose fitness for such responsibility and
honor is unquestioned and exceptional. Sheriff White has been a resident of
Grant county most of his life, has been a practical and successful farmer,
and has always been noted for his honesty and efficiency in every
undertaking with which his name has been connected.
        Y. F. White was born February 4, 1867, in Fairfield county, Ohio, a
son of Levi and Carrie (Borns) White. The father, a native of Pennsylvania,
was a farmer by occupation and during the Civil war served as a soldier of
the Union. From Pennsylvania he moved into Ohio, where he spent ten years,
and then came to Indiana when his son Y.F. was six years of age, locating
in Monroe township, Grant county. The following year he transferred his
residence into Washington township, where he bought a farm which remained
his own home for many years, and was the place where the children grew to
manhood. About eight years before his death the father moved into Marion,
where he died in 1908. The mother passed away in the same year. They were
the parents of five sons, who are all living and named as follows: Curtis
A. White of Marion; Y.F.; William E. of Marion; Frank L., and owner of a
farm in Van Buren township in this county; and John I., on the old home
farm. Mr. Y.F. White was born on the farm, remained a farmer practically
all his career, being still engaged in that occupation, though he has for
four years resided in Marion. His early education was attained in the
district schools and was completed at the Marion Normal College. When
twenty-two years of age he left the home farm and spent the next three
years on another place owned by his father in Van Buren township. At the
end of that time his industry and good management had enabled him to begin
business on his own account, and he bought a farm in Huntington county,
close to the Grant county line. That remained his place of residence and
activities until his removal to Marion four years ago. He lived in Texas
with his family, in the winter of 1909, but then returned and opened a real
estate office in Marion.
        An influential Democrat in this county for many years, Mr. White
was nominated on May 11, 1912, for the office of sheriff, made a successful
campaign and entered upon the duties of his office on January 1, 1913. Mr.
White still retains ownership of a farm in Washington township, and the old
home place in Huntington county. In 1889 he married Miss Sarah E. Ridenour,
daughter of Solomon Ridenour of Hocking county, Ohio. The two children born
to their marriage are Boyd C. and Blanche White, both at home. Fraternally
Mr. White is affiliated with the Loyal Order of Moose and the Elks lodge,
and he and his family worship in the United Brethren church.