Jarvis White | |
Birth Date: | 21 April 1833 |
Birth Place: | Whiting, Vermont |
Death Place: | South Superior, Wisconsin |
Occupation: | Military officer, businessman, politician |
Party: | Republican |
Office: | Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly |
Term: | 1897 |
Jarvis White (1833–1904) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
White was born on April 21, 1833 in Whiting, Vermont.[1] During the American Civil War, White enlisted in the Union Army and eventually reached the rank of captain. During the Second Battle of Deep Bottom, he received a serious wound in his thigh. Afterwards, White became a businessman in Milford, Massachusetts before moving to Davenport, Iowa in 1874.[1]
He settled South Superior, Wisconsin in 1890, where he was a dealer of wallpaper, oils and paints. The following year, he married Loreta Hickman. White died at his home in South Superior on August 8, 1904.[1]
White was elected to the Assembly in 1896.[2] Additionally, he was an alderman and Postmaster of South Superior. He was a Republican.