When James Malcolm White was born on 3 July 1874, in Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States, his father, James Malcolm Fagan, was 25 and his mother, Martha Jane Bullard, was 19. He married Maude Ross Jimerson on 31 May 1909, in Gettysburg, Adams, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Washington, District of Columbia, United States for about 10 years and Police Precinct 12, District of Columbia, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1899. He died on 4 December 1963, in Oakton, Fairfax, Virginia, United States, at the age of 89.