Born: June 8, 1850, Paris, Ontario, Canada.
Died: March 17, 1927, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Buried: Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
John was the son of David Albert White and Love Rand, and husband of Alice Maude Jane Beckett.
Educated at the University of Toronto, Whyte devoted himself to evangelistic and temperance work. Many of his songs appeared in separate editions published by the Toronto News Company or William Briggs.
If you know where to get a good photo of Whyte (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),