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Peter White (Michigan)
Peter Quintard White (October 31, 1830 – June 6, 1908) was one of the original settlers of Marquette, Michigan. He was a banker, businessman, real estate developer, and a philanthropist; and was involved in a number of the area's iron mining-related businesses, including acting as a director the Cleveland Iron Company. White served in many local and state public offices, including postmaster, county clerk, school board member, state representative and senator, and as a member of the state library commission and a Regent of the University of Michigan. Poet William Henry Drummond said of White, "the trail Peter White has cut through life is blessed by acts of private charity and deeds of public devotion that will serve as a guide to those who follow in the footsteps of a truly great, and above all, good man."
==Early life (1830–1848)==
Peter White was born on October 31, 1830 in Rome, New York, the son of Episcopal clergyman Dr. Stephen White and Harriet Tubbs White.〔〔(Williams, page 30 )〕 Peter's grandparents were Captain Stephan White, who commanded Fort Stanwix in 1777 during the American Revolutionary War and Mary Quintard White, from whom Peter received his middle name.〔
Peter White's mother, Harriet, died when he was a young boy.〔 Soon after, when Peter was nine, his family moved to Green Bay, Wisconsin.〔(Williams, page 31 )〕 White attended school in Green Bay, and his father remarried.〔 In 1842, White became dissatisfied with his family life, and left home to fend for himself at the age of 13.〔 White travelled to Mackinac Island, doing odd jobs until he found steady employment tending a store.〔 After a time, White drifted to Sault Ste. Marie, and from there hired on to crew a schooner sailing between Detroit and the Sault.〔 During one of the voyages, the schooner sank, and the sailors took passage on another ship.〔(Williams, page 32 )〕 While in port in Bay City, Michigan, White fell while boarding the ship and broke his arm.〔 The arm was badly set and swelled; on arrival in Detroit, local doctors thought it required amputation.〔 However, Dr. Zina Pitcher, invited to observe the operation, recommended waiting;〔(Williams, page 33 )〕 the swelling subsided, Pitcher reset the arm, and White's arm was saved.〔
It took White's arm four months to heal, but as soon as he was able he began work as a clerk at Freeman & Bro., a store on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit.〔(Williams, page 34 )〕 He stayed on as a clerk for a year, then shipped out, hoping to be an assistant lighthouse keeper at the Waugoshance Light.〔 This position fell through, and White worked that summer building the crib pier at Waugoshance.〔 When not working on the lighthouse, White worked as a store clerk and attended school on Mackinac Island. He remained on the island for two years.〔(Williams, page 35 )〕
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