Who Was Who II of Hanover, IL - Grant Home

Charles Goss and Rachel Adelaide (Montgomery) White. He graduated from Hanover
High School in 1899. Harry moved to South Fork, Minnesota after graduating from
high school. He and his wife Eleanor R. White had one known son: Jonathan J. White.
In 1910 Harry was living in Sherman, Idaho and in 1920 he was living in Spokane,
Washington.
White, Mary Jo (Donnan) was born December 8, 1936 and was the daughter of Earl
John “Bill” and Josephine Agness (Ryan) Donnan. She graduated from Hanover High
School in 1954. Mary Jo later graduated from a business college in St. Paul, Minnesota
and began working for Merrill Lynch. Mary Jo married Leo J. White on September 6,
1958 and this union gave her four stepchildren: John White, Nancy (White) Sherrod,
Mary Beth (White) Green, and William “Bill” White. Three children were also born to
this union: Suzy (White) Foster, Jeffery “Jeff” White, and Katy (White) Amberg. In
November 1959 the family moved to LaJolla, California where Mary Jo was active in
many community organizations. Mary Jo died October 29, 2004 in LaJolla.
White, Orrin Augustine was born December 5, 1883 in Hanover and was the son of
Albert Brown “A.B.” and Martha S. (Reynolds) White. He graduated from Hanover
High School in 1897, graduated from Notre Dame University in 1902, and studied
textile design at the Philadelphia School of Applied Art until 1906. A few years were
spent as an assistant professor of chemistry at Portland University in Oregon and as a
textile designer in his parents’ factory, the Hanover Woolen Mill. Tiring of this line of
work, he moved to Los Angeles in 1912 and worked for an interior decorating company
while painting landscapes in his leisure. When his work was accepted for exhibition at
the Panama Pacific International Exposition in 1915, he decided to devote full-time to
painting. His art career was briefly interrupted during World War I when he served as
a second lieutenant in the 40 th Engineers. Upon discharge, he returned to Los Angeles
and from that time earned his living as a landscape painter. He married Margaret
Elizabeth Fitschen on November 27, 1923 in Los Angeles and two known daughters
were born to this union: Martha A. (White) Smith and Margaret Eleanor White. The
couple build a studio-home in Pasadena, California from here he made regular
sketching trips to Palm Springs, the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and into Mexico in
search of subject matter. His wife Margaret died March 22, 1988 and Orrin died April
28, 1969 in Pasadena.
Whites, Jeanette M. (Inman) was born September 26, 1917 in Hanover and was the
daughter of Manilla Mae Inman. She married Lawrence Arthur Whites on March 30,
1940 in Monticello, Missouri and two children were born to this union: Arland Eugene
Whites and one other child. Jeanette died December 14, 1994 in Phoenix, Arizona and
is buried in East Resthaven Cemetery, Phoenix.
Whittington, Glenn Thomas was born November 5, 1915 in Wanlock, Illinois and was
the son of Clifford Sumner and Laurel Cyntitha (Sullivan) Whittington. He graduated
from Viola, Illinois High School in 1935. Glenn married Margaret Frances Josephine
Needham on November 18, 1936 in Viola and six children were born to this union:
Richard Lee Whittington, Jerry Wayne Whittington, Robert Dean Whittington, Roger
Allen Whittington, Rose Ann (Whittington) Wilson, and Janice Kay (Whittington)
Johnson. Glenn worked as a hydraulic press operator for John Deere Company for
thirty years, retiring in 1971. The couple moved to Hanover in 1970. Glenn died
October 8, 2005 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
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