THOMAS HENRY WHITE -- 118th INFANTRY and 49th WI INFANTRY DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY TWICE - Thomas Henry White, the son of Wilbur White and Lydia Giviniau, was born in Altona in 1842. He was still living with his parents when he enlisted in the 118th Infantry in Plattsburgh in August 1862, and was assigned to Captain William Bailey's Company H. The regiment was in Washington when Thomas was admitted to Finley General Hospital in April 1863 and was discharged or disability on May 27th. He spent some time in Massachusetts and then returned to Clinton County where the family decided to move West with the first stop in Syracuse. In February 1865, Thomas enlisted in the 49th Wisconsin Infantry when they were recruiting for their new regiment. He was again discharged for disability on June 17, 1865. By the 1880s, the family was in Nebraska where his father died in May 1882. In November of the same year, he married Mary Billings (Marie Belisle) who was over 20 years his junior. They started their family of six children, two of whom died in infancy and one who lived until 1969. In the couple's later years, they moved to California to be with their daughter, Flora Belle. Thomas died in Ontario, CA, near San Bernardino, in 1896, and was buried in Bellevue Memorial Park in Ontario, under a military headstone. Mary continued to live in Ontario and died in 1951. After Thomas' death, she applied for pensions for herself and her their minor children which were granted.
