Charles Abiathar White was born on January 26, 1826, in North Dighton, Massachusetts.

He was a physician, geologist, and paleontologist. He first studied natural history and geology in Massachusetts. He received his M.D. degree from Rush Medical College of Chicago (University of Chicago). In 1862, he took a break from medical work to work as an assistant to the State Geologist of New York. In 1864, White established a medical practice in Iowa City but returned to the field of geology when he was appointed the State Geologist of Iowa in 1866. He became Professor of Natural History at the State University of Iowa (1867-1873) and Bowdoin College, Maine (1873-1875). In 1874, he was appointed geologist and paleontologist of the U. S. Geological Survey, a position he held until 1892. He became a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1868 and served as its General Secretary in 1872 and Vice President in 1888. In 1883, he was elected President of the Biological Society of Washington. He was one of the original members of the Geological Society of America. White was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 1889. The honorary degree of LL.D. was conferred upon him by Iowa State University in 1893. In 1895, he served as an associate in paleontology at the United States National Museum. Abiathar Peak in Yellowstone National Park was named in his honour in 1885.

In 1848, he married Charlotte R. Pilkington (1829–1902). He died on June 29, 1910, in Washington, D. C.

Charles David White was born on July 1, 1862, in Palmyra, New York.

He was a geologist and paleobotanist. After teaching in rural schools for two years, he attended Cornell University (B.Sc., 1886). In 1889, he became a member of the U. S. Geological Survey and began his forty-nine-year research and administrative career with the organization, eventually becoming its chief geologist. In 1903, White became an associate curator of paleobotany at the Smithsonian Institution. He made one of the most comprehensive studies on the Glossopteris Flora, the main component of the fossil deposits of mineral coal in Brazil. White was involved in petroleum research and led a drive to estimate the nation’s oil reserves in Texas. He served as president of the Paleontological Society, the Washington Academy of Sciences, the Geological Society of Washington, and the Geological Society of America. He received an honorary degree of D.Sc. from the University of Rochester (1924), the University of Cincinnati (1924), and Williams College (1925). White won the Thompson Medal in 1931 and the Walcott Medal in 1934. He wrote numerous papers on geological and paleontological subjects. The David White House, his home for fifteen years, is a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

In 1888, he married Mary Elizabeth Houghton (1856–1936). He died on February 7, 1935, in Washington, D.C.

Arthur Richard Vaughan White was born November 8, 1905 in Montreal. He graduated from University of Manitoba in 1927 with a B.Sc. After two years at University of Manitoba Medical School, he started at McGill Medical school in 1929. He graduated from the McGill Medical Faculty in 1932 and set up practice in Stanstead, Quebec.

He aided in the 1960 health initiative of Mrs G. J. Shipway to improve the health of schoolchildren in local school districts.

Andrew White was a carpenter who lived in Montreal. He was born in approximately 1782 and died in approximately 1847.