Thomas White's later years and burial

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[From the White Family Page at "genealogy.com," author and accuracy unknown]

After the war, he and his family moved westward to Bedford County, Pennsylvania. They cleared and developed a farm in an area that later became known as White’s Church. They had a very large family of twenty-one children. Three sons served in the War of 1812. One son, Ezekiel, was killed in the Battle of Lundy's Lane.

Thomas White died September 13, 1820, and then was buried in Evans Cemetery located in White’s Church, Pennsylvania. His descendants and members of patriot's societies created a monument to his memory there, which was unveiled July 4, 1889. The inscription on the monument reads:

In Memory of Thomas White of the Boston Tea Party December 16,1773, and a Revolutionary Soldier and Patriot for American Independence, was born in Ireland, March 19, 1739 died Sept. 13, 1820, aged 61 yrs, __ mo's and 24 days. Soldier rest thy warfare, o'er dream of fighting fields no more. How sleep the brave who sink to rest. By all their country's wishes blest.

The other side of the monument is the inscription in honor of Mrs. Elizabeth (Jones) White:

Elizabeth Jones, wife of Thomas White Born June 19, 1754 Died Feb. 2, 1844. She was the mother of 21 Children 3 of Whom fought in the War of 1812-14