Christian Streit White

Christian Streit White
Portrait of Christian Streit White
President of the West Virginia Fish Commission
In office
1885–?
Preceded byHenry B. Miller
Clerk of Court for Hampshire County
In office
1873–1902
Preceded byJames A. Parsons
Succeeded byCharles W. Haines
Clerk of Circuit Court for Hampshire County
In office
1873–1876
Preceded byC. M. Taylor
Succeeded byV. M. Poling
Personal details
Born(1839-03-10)March 10, 1839
Romney, Virginia (now West Virginia), United States
DiedJanuary 28, 1917 (1917-01-29) (aged 77)
Romney, West Virginia, United States
Resting placeIndian Mound Cemetery, Romney, West Virginia, United States
Political partyDemocratic Party
Spouse(s)
  • Elizabeth "Bessie" Jane Schultze
    Catharine Steele
Relations
Children
Residence(s)332 East Main Street
Romney, West Virginia
Alma materPotomac Seminary
Occupation
Military service
Allegiance Confederate States of America
Branch/service Confederate States Army
Years of service1861–1865
Rank Captain
Unit13th Virginia Infantry
23rd Virginia Cavalry
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War

Christian Streit White (March 10, 1839 – January 28, 1917) was an American military officer, lawyer, court clerk, pisciculturist, and politician in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.

During the American Civil War, White served as a sergeant major and captain in the Confederate States Army and headed a bureau of the Confederate States Department of the Treasury. White served under the commands of Stonewall Jackson and Jubal Early and was responsible for the safekeeping of Hampshire County's land registration records from destruction by Union Army forces. From 1864 to 1865, White was in command of Company C of the 23rd Virginia Volunteer Cavalry Regiment.

White served as the Clerk of Court for Hampshire County, West Virginia, for 29 years (1873–1902), and also served as the Clerk of Circuit Court for Hampshire County (1873–1876). He was the chairman of the Hampshire County Democratic Executive Committee in the 1870s, and during this leadership, registered members of the West Virginia Democratic Party grew from 449 to 1,369 in 1876. White was appointed by West Virginia Governor John J. Jacob as one of the inaugural commissioners of the West Virginia Fish Commission. He established the Maguire Springs fish hatchery near Romney, and for a time, served as the commission's president.

White was a member of the White political family of Virginia and West Virginia and was the son of John Baker White (1794–1862), a grandson of prominent Virginia judge Robert White (1759–1831), and a great-nephew of United States House Representative Francis White (1761–1826). He was a younger brother of West Virginia Attorney General Robert White (1833–1915).