James A. Whiteside, who is engaged in the furniture and undertaking business at Panhandle, Texas, figures as one of the prominent factors of the town. Some personal mention of him, therefore, is of interest in this work. Mr. Whiteside is a native of Tennessee. He was born in Murray county, April 2, 1862, son of Samuel A. and Catherine (Spencer) Whiteside, the former of Tennessee birth and the latter of Mississippi. Samuel A. Whiteside served throughout the entire period of the Civil war as chaplain of the Third Tennessee Regiment. After the war he moved to Lewis county, Tennessee, where he served four years as sheriff of the county. He had never acquired any great amount of money, and the fortunes of war left him comparatively poor. He died in Lewis county in 1873. He belonged to the Christian church and he was, politically, a Democrat. His widow, now a resident of Harmon county, Oklahoma, has reached the advanced age of seventy-seven years. To them were given three childien, two sons and a daughter, James A. being the second born. Mr. Whiteside spent his boyhood on a farm, and up to the age of eighteen years attended country school in winter, a part of the time in Murray and afterward in Hickman county. At the age of twenty, he started out on his own account, and engaged in farming on a small farm in Lewis county, which he purchased. He remained there until 1886. In 1888, he came to Texas and took up his residence in Ellis county, where, and in Greer county, Oklahoma, he farmed until 1896. His next move was to the Panhandle. He engaged extensively in the stock business in Hutchinson county, operating on fourteen sections of land and prospering in his undertakings. Disposing of his stock interests, he turned his attention to merchandising at Plemons, Hutchinson county, where he carried on business until 1909. That year he sold out and came to Panhandle, Carson county, and opened up a furniture store, the first in the town, and in connection with his furniture store he conducts an undertaking business. Wherever he has lived Mr. Whiteside has shown himself to be a public spirited man. While a resident of Hutchinson county he served as county judge. Like his father before him, he votes with the Democratic party and worships with the Christian church. He is a member of the Commercial Club and also of the fraternal organization known as Yeomen. In Lewis county, Tennessee, February 15, 1883, James A. Whiteside and Miss Effie L. Weatherly, a native of Tennessee and daughter of Abner W. Weatherly, were united in marriage, and the fruits of their union are three children, all married and settled in life. They are: Garland Snow, born in Lewis county, Tennessee, January 13, 1884, is now the wife of McCuen Sanford, a ranchman of Carson county. They have two children, Elliot Harrison, born July 9, 1903, and Effie D., born July 14, 1907. Willie Catherine, born in Lewis county, Tennessee, December 24, 1885, is the wife of Otis O'Neal of Panhandle. They have one son, James H., born November 12, 1908. Leonard, born in Ellis county, Texas, March 2, 1891, resides at Isom, Texas, where he is engaged in farming. He married Miss Nannie Howe. Mrs. James A. White- side is one of a family of eight children, three sons and five daughters, she being the sixth in order of birth.