Owen, Thomas McAdory, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol. 4, Chicago: S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1921
Page 1756
“WHITE, GEORGE PHILLIPS, planter, was born July 20, 1847, near Uniontown, Perry County; son of George M. and Nancy McDavid (Morgan) White, the former who was a native of Granville County, N. C., later removed to Perry County, near Uniontown, and engaged in farming; grandson of Joshua White and of William M. and Margaret (Cunningham) Morgan of Laurens district, S. C.; great-grandson of James Dorroh, who was born in County Antrim, Ireland, came to America a short time after the Revolution, settled in Laurens County, S. C. The ancestors of the White family were English, coming to this country a short time before the Revolutionary War. George P. White received his primary education in the old field schools; attended the Southern university at Greensboro, 1865-66; engaged in farming and cotton buying; was tax collector of Perry County, 1880-88; represented that county in the legislature, 1890-91, 1892-93, and again in 1907; was county commissioner, 18961900. He served in Selden's battery during the War of Secession and was paroled at Meridian, Miss., May, 1865. He is a Democrat, has served on the Democratic executive committee of his county; is an elder in the Presbyterian church; and a Mason. Married: (1) on May 5, 1870, at Marion, to Mary Elizabeth Bailey, who died January 22, 1902, daughter of James Francis and Ellen Amanda (Moseley) Bailey; (2) to Mrs. Nannie (Ezelle) Bates, daughter of Robert L. and Annie( Morris) Ezelle, of Clarke County. Children: by first marriage, 1. Fannie Bell, m. Isaac N. Underwood; 2. James Bailey, m. Berta Jones; 3. George Morgan, m. Mary Roark; 4. Hugh Lee, deceased; 5. Henry Phillips; 6. John Gwin, m. Addie Morgan; 7. Ruby, m. Ford King; 8. Thomas R.; 9. Stanley; by second marriage: 10. Inez Ezelle; 11. name unavailable. Residence: Birmingham.”