Bartow White (November 7, 1776 in

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– December 12, 1862 in Fishkill,

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) was an American physician and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Dr. Ebenezer White (1746–1826) and Helena (Bartow) White. He attended the common schools and completed preparatory studies. Then he studied

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with his father, and with Dr. Seaman in New York City, and commenced practice in Fishkill in 1799. In May 1804, he married Ann Schenck (1783–1861), and they had nine daughters and three sons. White was elected to the

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, holding office from March 4, 1825, to March 3, 1827. Afterwards he resumed the practice of medicine. He was a

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on the Whig ticket in

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voting for

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. In 1845, the Board of Regents of the

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conferred an honorary degree of

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on White. He suffered from

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during the last 15 years of his life. He was buried in the Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery in Fishkill.

External links

''Around Fishkill''
published by the Fishkill Historical Society (page 12)
''Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of New York''
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