Thomas S. White, born in Canada in 1872, came to the United States in 1888 to settle in Wells County. In 1899, he married Katherine Sweeney, the daughter of James Sweeney, who was born on May 31, 1878 at Cheyenne, Wyoming. The family moved to Montana where the mother died in 1881. Katherine and her sister Mary came to North Dakota in 1883 with her father who homesteaded in Birtsell Township. In 1900 Tom White came to Foster County to farm on his father‑in‑law's land on Section 30 in Birtsell Township.
The Whites had nine children: James, Thomas, Frank, Charles, George, John, Ray, Winnifred and Katherine.
Mr. White died in 1928. Mrs. White then moved into Carrington to live. She died July 7, 1968. They are buried in the Carrington Cemetery.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 5B