About James Edson White
James Edson White (28 July 1849 – 3 June 1928), frequently known as Edson White, was an American author, publisher and the second son of two of the pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, James S. White and Ellen G. White. In 1870 he married Emma McDearmon, but did not have any children. After being detached from his parents and their church for a couple of decades he had a spiritual change of heart when he was 44 years old, at the time he lived in Chicago. The first school set up was on a boat called the Morning Star. Schools were created at Vicksburg, Mississippi, Yazoo City, Lintonia, and Nashville, Tennessee.
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