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THOMAS WHITE
Vol. 3, p. 1174

One of the men most prominent in the oil producing district of
Northeastern Oklahoma is Thomas WHITE of Tulsa. Mr. White is a
Pennsylvania man, as are a great many of the prominent oil men of the
Middle West, and came to the Kansas and Oklahoma oil fields a number
of years ago. He is officially identified with several of the large
companies with headquarters at Tulsa, and his offices are in the
Palace Building.

Born in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, July 21, 1871, Thomas White is
a son of Patrick and Sarah (brennan) White. Both parents were natives
of Ireland, his mother having died in `875. His father was born in
1839 and is still living. Three of their seven children are living,
and Thomas White was the fifth in order of birth. Patrick White came
to this country when twenty years of age, making the journey on a
sailing vessel and landing at New York City. He was a tanner by trade
and found his first employment in that occupation at Poughkeepsie,
New York, where he lived some four or five years. He next spent about
three years in the tanning business at Kingston, New York, moved to
Emporium in Cameron County, Pennsylvania, and in 1874 removed to
Sheffield, Pennsylvania, continuing there in the same industry up to
1879. From that year to 1886 he was in the tanning business at
Clarendon, Pennsylvania, and them removed to Warren in the same
locality. He finally retired from active business affairs in 1891. In
politics he is a democrat.

Thomas White grew up in Pennsylvania, attended the common schools of
Clarendon County, and having a fair education began learning the
tanning industry at the age of eighteen. Subsequently, he became a
contractor and builder at Warren, his work calling him into various
adjoining counties, and he built up a profitable business and
remained in Pennsylvania until 1903. In that year he came west to
Chanute, Kansas, and took up the oil well supply business. He was
later located at Independence, Kansas, and in 1906 removed to Tulsa
where he has since been among the oil producers, and one of the
oldest oil men in the city. He is secretary of the Oil Producing
Company, is vice president of the Lucas Oil Company, and a director
in the Exchange National Bank at Tulsa.

On November 6, 1906, Mr. White married Miss Anna E. MCBRIDE, who was
born in Lock- haven, Pennsylvania. Their only son was named Edward
Justin, and was born November 17, 1907, and died at the age of five
years. Mr. White is affiliated with Tulsa Lodge No. 946 of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, is active in the Tulsa
Commercial Club, and also a member of the Country Club. Politically
he is a democrat.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Linda Ricco November 7, 1998.