MM White Timeline

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted on January 15, 2022

The Capitol Takeover That Wasn’t In 1861, a pro-Southern mob wanted to block the tallying of electoral votes for Lincoln. So did some congressmen.

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted in , | Posted on February 25, 2021

This happened on MM White same block infront of Capital building in 1861. In the confusion that followed Wednesday’s desecration of the Capitol, it was widely reported that the last time the building was stormed was in 1814. That overlooked a desperate day in 1861, nearly as lethal to democracy. On Feb. 13, a mob gathered outside the Capitol and tried to force its way in to disrupt the counting of the electoral certificates that would confirm Abraham Lincoln’s election three months earlier. LINK

New York Times

White was a Patent Office watchman 1845-1849

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted in , | Posted on February 25, 2021

The great Streets of Washington blog has a

Patent Department building article. MM White was employed there as a nightwatchman there from 1845-1849. The Old Patent Office Building, the city's first national museum LINK

Congressional Cemetery burials in my tree

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted in , | Posted on October 15, 2020

Congressional Cemetery Burials in My Tree by Nancy on Scribd

John Reed's will 1867

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted in , | Posted on October 13, 2020

 M.M. White and E.C. Merriam (his son-in-law MM daughter Helen is married to ECM ) attest to a black man (newspaper says colored) John Reed's will in 1867.


 I do know that John Reed had at one time lived with the White family - but his family connection remains a mystery. Here is Reed listed in 1866 DC Directory as living N Capital n Mass Ave (the White residence that year)


He names Gilson Brown as his executor and leaves him $50 and leaves balance of his property to his son J.J. (John James) Reed of Jefferson County, VA and his cousin, Susan Moore of DC.


His will, I would love to more about who Mr Reed was or find his descendants.



1873 Ellen Deale White dies ...

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted on October 04, 2020

 MM dies in 1868 when Margaret Alice is only 10 years old and before she's 15 her mother also dies. We know Ellen left the family the house at Massachusetts and North Capital and we find the youngest two children, brother and sister ( Boyds directory of DC 1874)  John C.C. (only 5 years older) living with his sister, Margaret A. (Maggie)  at 17 Mass av nw. (some cheap apartments Mass Ave in the 1920s)







1860 undertakers Boyd's Washington directory

Posted by Cunningb2 | Posted in | Posted on October 03, 2020

Boyd's Washington and Georgetown directory : containing a business directory of Washington

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