M.M.White undertaker WashingtonDC Matthias M. White undertaker of Washington , DC Fisk and Raymond metallic coffins

This is a timeline and list of know burials/funerals and in many cases Fisk metallic caskets provided by Mathias M. White in Washington, District of Columbia from the years 1849- 1868.

In his many DC newspaper advertisement of the time M.M. White is listed as the District of Columbia's sole proprietor of Fisk airtight caskets.

I am going to do many individual posts for what I know of each deaths and burials including articles, congressional records, images etc. I have created a special label for Madison and Calhoun so you can read all I have on them and all the others are labeled 'congress' so you can read about the Speaker, Senators and Representatives he was undertaker to.

Timeline: MM White Undertaking - Known Congressional/Government Burials  

1848- Fisk receives patent for Fisk Metallic Burial Case 

1849- Fisk is displaying the caskets in the United State Congressional rotunda April 1849 

1849 -Former first lady, Dolley Madison died DC buried Congressional Cemetery (July 12, 1849) 

1850- Former Vice President John C. Calhoun died DC buried Congressional Cemetery and South Carolina (March 31, 1850) 

1850- Hon Thomas J. Campbell Clerk of the United States House of Representatives & U.S. Representative Tennessee (April 13, 1850)

1850- Hon. Franklin Elmore U.S. Representative and Senator SC died DC (May 29, 1850) 

1851- Hon. David S. Kaufman U.S. Representative died DC buried Congressional Cemetery (January 31, 1851) 

1852- Hon. Henry Clay, Speaker of the House of Representatives Kentucky died DC National Hotel Penn. Ave. in his room (Room 116) (June 29, 1852) 

1852- Hon. Robert Rantoul Jr. U.S. Representative and Senator Massachusetts died DC (August 7, 1852) 

1853- Hon. Orin Fowler U.S. Representative Massachusetts died DC (September 3, 1852) 

1854- Hon. Brookins Campbell U.S. Representative Tennessee died DC (December 25, 1853) 

1854- Hon. Henry Augustus Muhlenberg U.S. Representative Pennsylvania died DC (January 9, 1854) 

1856- Hon. Moses Norris Jr. U.S. Representative New Hampshire died DC (January 11, 1855) 

1857- Hon. Preston Smith Brooks U.S. Representative SC died DC (January 27, 1857)

1858- Hon. Sampson W. Harris U.S. Representative Alabama died DC buried Congressional Cemetery (March 3, 1857) 

Other Known burials Congressional Cemetery  

1855- John Bruce (December 24th) 

1856- John Neal (January 12th) 

1857- Commodore John T. Newton (July 28th)  

Known burials Glenwood Cemetery  

1856- Benjamin Grenup 1st Fireman killed in line of duty (May 8) 

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Mathias M. White did not only acted as undertaker for his customers,  but also for his own family.  

Known Family Burials Congressional Cemetery 

1856- Unknown White child of MM White (August 28, 1856) 

1859- Andrew Bain child (Winnie, grandchild of MM) buries in Congressional Cemetery District of Columbia (July 28, 1859) 

1868- E.C. Merriam (In law of MM) buries in Congressional Cemetery District of Columbia (June 7, 1868)