Gideon White
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Gideon White | |
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| Member of the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for Barrington | |
| In office 1790–1793 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Aplin |
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| Born | March 1753 Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay |
| Died | September 30, 1833 (aged 80) Shelburne, Nova Scotia |
| Spouse |
Deborah Whitworth (m. 1787) |
| Relations | Edward Winslow (cousin) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nova Scotia |
| Branch/service | American Civil War |
Gideon White (March 1753 – September 30, 1833) was an American military officer who served as a captain in the Duke of Cumberland's Regiment and then became a merchant, judge and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Barrington Township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1790 to 1793.
Early life
He was born in
Career
White was in Nova Scotia in 1776. In September that same year, he was captured[
He served as a justice of the peace for Halifax County and then Shelburne County, also serving as custos rotulorum, major in the militia, customs collector, justice in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and as commissioner of bridges and roads.
He was elected to the assembly in a by-election held after Joseph Aplin left the province in 1789, taking his seat March 1, 1790.
Personal life
In 1787, he married Deborah Whitworth. White died in Shelburne, Nova Scotia at the age of 80. He was a cousin of Edward Winslow.
See also
References
- Harvey, Mary M (1987). "Gideon White". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
- Elliott, Shirley B. (1984). The Legislative Assembly of Nova Scotia, 1758-1983: a biographical directory (PDF). Halifax: Province of Nova Scotia. p. 253&231–232. ISBN 0-88871-050-X.
External links
- "Gideon White Family Papers: Loyalists of Shelburne". Nova Scotia Archives. Government of Nova Scotia. Retrieved April 27, 2011.