Just a short post to let new subscribers know that I have been posting John Blankenbaker's "Short Notes on Germanna History" on the BROYLES/BRILES Family History web site. They are all there, from Nr. 1 up to Nr. 479, which John posted today. They are formatted 25 to a page, so we are now on Page Nr. 20. Notes 1-25 can be found at: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~george/germhist.html That page, and all the other pages, have an index at the top and bottom of the page, so you can navigate to any of the pages. I have posted Ed Wagner's index to names in the first 25 Notes, but just have not had time to do the Indices for the other pages. And, I have been putting off starting on it, because I want to have ONE Index, covering all the names in all the Notes. This would show every Note that had a certain name. I would also like to have the Index contain clickable links, so that a user could click right from the Index and go to the appropriate page. That takes even more time. If there are any subscribers out there who have a lot of time on their hands, and would like to index all the pages, let me know. (VERY BIG GRIN) Enjoy John's labors, SgtGeorge Listowner
Sorry about the red background. I have not idea how that happened, but no one else has mentioned it. Chester Buchanan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Monday, November 30, 1998 7:56 PM Subject: Re: SMITH WILHITE >Cannot read your notice on red background. > >Mary-Vaughan > >
Cannot read your notice on red background. Mary-Vaughan
In an effort to cull out some of the junk that is going into the permanent archives at RootsWeb, I wish to request a couple of things from all users of the Lists which I maintain. 1) Signatures at the end of your email should be no larger than 3 lines. I have seen some lately that are 2 pages in length, in fact much longer than the actual body of the message. Today I saw a reply that consisted of ONE line, with 18 lines of quoted text AND headers, and with a 35 line SIGNATURE !!!!! 2) Most of you use email browsers that give you the option of appending or not appending a signature to your email, and most of these browsers even give you the option of picking from a selection of signatures. I will not comment on your signatures to other places, BUT I would like to ask that you have a SHORT one that you use when sending to ANY Mailing List. Remember, all that extra stuff at the end is archived just like all the other data. All those fancy lines made of symbols and those historical quotes are just not appropriate for email to Mailing Lists 3) When you reply to a post, DELETE all but just enough of the original to identify the subject. We have all seen the original at least once and there is NO need to quote it again in its entirety. Again, when you quote an original, plus a reply, plus a reply to the reply, and then add your reply, all this junk (yes, at this point it is junk) ends up getting into the permanent Archives at RootsWeb. It is taking up far too much valuable space, space that could be better used for Census databases, for instance. 4) When you reply to a user, and your reply is strictly PERSONAL, send it to that user, NOT back to the List. Again, your personal chit-chat gets Archived too. As an example, today on one of my Lists a user sent an email asking another user where to find a book which had absolutely nothing to do with that List. 5) If any of you want to argue over this, and some always do, DO NOT send your reply back to the List. (Remember it will be permanently Archived.) Send to my private email address and I will gladly discuss it. Lets all try to keep these Lists, and the email to them, "lean and clean". Some of my Lists have only a few dozen users, while the largest two have over 600 and 1000, respectively. With hundreds of posts to these large ones, I hope you can see that we need to cut down on anything that is not absolutely essential. Thanks for listening, SgtGeorge Listowner
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_912475051_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII More info. Cathyanne --part0_912475051_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.htc.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-zb05.mx.aol.com (rly-zb05.mail.aol.com [172.31.41.5]) by air-zb05.mail.aol.com (v51.29) with SMTP; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 21:00:56 -0500 Received: from ns.htc.net (ns.htc.net [208.165.194.11]) by rly-zb05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id VAA08857 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 21:00:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from default (pppc89.htc.net [208.165.199.89]) by ns.htc.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id UAA19949 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 20:09:41 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "yerb" <[email protected]> To: "Catherine A Briggs" <[email protected]> Subject: HON. WILLIAM RICE WILHITE Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 19:51:45 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable again from A HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY HONOROABLE WILLIAM RICE WILHITE is a practical farmer. Possessing many= of the characteristics of a leader, he naturally became the representative of that worthy, influential and powerful class of citizens who, collectively, form the bulk of our population. This too without any special effort of h= is own in that direction. The farmers showed excellent judgment in selection= of Mr Wilhite, a man worthy of the honors conferred and capable of dischargin= g the trust almost unanimously imposed. As a member of the legislature, Mr Wilhite was not brilliant. His speeches were few, and never eloquent. He= did not talk for the sake of talking. Such demagoguery is foreign to his natu= re. He strove to ascertain his official duty and then went earnestly to work t= o to accomplish his purpose. His career in the State Legislature won the estee= m of every honest, conscientious representative in that body. His integrity, h= is devotion to principle, and withal, his excellent judgment, made him a usef= ul member; useful not only to his constituents, but to the state a large, an= d to the party whose principles he represented. Mr Wilhite was born in Boone County Missouri, April 13 1830, and is at this writing about 52 years old,= but looks much younger. His father was a native of Kentucky, but came to Miss= ouri in 1818, when our state was yet a territory. The elder Wilhite was a farm= er, and Wm. Rice Wilhite was brought up in that business. His chances for acquiring an education were poor, but he made the best use possible of eve= ry opportunity that presented itself, and when in after years he was called f= rom the farm to represent his county in the legislature he was prepared to discharge the duties of that office in the most acceptable manner. Mr Wil= hite was married in 1853, but had the misfortune to lose his wife in three year= s after their marriage. Their union was blessed with one child. a daughter,= who grew up to womanhood and was married, but died in the first year of her we= dded life. In 1851 Mr Wilhite purchased a farm in Howard County, to which he removed, but soon returned to his fathers old home in Boone County. In 18= 55 he bought a farm near Rocheprot, on which he resided for abbout three yeer= s. He then purchased his present farm, near Woodlandville, consisting of 540 acres of very fine land. He has resided on this farm since 1864. It is admirally improved and in a high state of cultivation. In 1874 Mr Wilhite= was chosen to represent his county in the 28th general assembly. While a memb= er of the legislature he was chariman of the committee on State University; a= lso ways and means, penetentiary, agriculture and scientific and benevolent institutions. He was re-elected in 1876 without opposition, an endorsemen= t without a parlallel in the political history of Boone County. Sinse servi= ng his last term in the legislature Mr Wilhite has remained quietly on his fa= rm, looking after his interests in that quarter, taking no part in politics whatever, He has frequently been solicited to again become a candidate fo= r the legislature, but he seems rather to prefer the quiet home life of a we= ll- to-do farmer to the anxiety and turmoil of political strife. Mr Wilhite i= s a member of the Baptist church at Walnut Grove, and has always contributed liberally to the suport of the gospel. -------------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#fffff0> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>again from A HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>HONOROABLE WILLIAM RICE&nb= sp; WILHITE is a practical farmer. Possessing many of the characteristic= s of a leader, he naturally became the representative of that worthy, influential= and powerful class of citizens who, collectively, form the bulk of our population. This too without any special effort of his own in that direction. The farmers showed excellent judgment in selection of Mr Wilhite, a man worthy of the honors conferred and capable of discharging t= he trust almost unanimously imposed. As a member of the legislature, Mr= Wilhite was not brilliant. His speeches were few, and never eloquent. He did not talk for the sake of talking. Such demagoguery is foreign to his nature. He strove to ascertain his official duty a= nd then went earnestly to work to to accomplish his purpose. His career= in the State Legislature won the esteem of every honest, conscientious representative in that body. His integrity, his devotion to principl= e, and withal, his excellent judgment, made him a useful member; useful not only to his constituents, but to the state a large, and to the party whose principles he represented. Mr Wilhite was born in Boone County Missouri, April = 13 1830, and is at this writing about 52 years old, but looks much younger.&n= bsp; His father was a native of Kentucky, but came to Missouri in 1818, when ou= r state was yet a territory. The elder Wilhite was a farmer, and Wm. R= ice Wilhite was brought up in that business. His chances for acquiring a= n education were poor, but he made the best use possible of every opportunit= y that presented itself, and when in after years he was called from the farm to represent his county in the legislature he was prepared to discharge the duties of that office in the most acceptable manner. Mr Wilhite was married= in 1853, but had the misfortune to lose his wife in three years after their marriage. Their union was blessed with one child. a daughter, who gr= ew up to womanhood and was married, but died in the first year of her wedded life. In 1851 Mr Wilhite purchased a farm in Howard County, to which= he removed, but soon returned to his fathers old home in Boone County. = In 1855 he bought a farm near Rocheprot, on which he resided for abbout three= yeers. He then purchased his present farm, near Woodlandville, consisting of 540 acres of very fine land. He has resided on this farm since 1864. It is admirally improved and in a high state of cultivation.&n= bsp; In 1874 Mr Wilhite was chosen to represent his county in the 28th general assembly. While a member of the legislature he was chariman of the committee on State University; also ways and means, penetentiary, agricult= ure and scientific and benevolent institutions. He was re-elected in 187= 6 without opposition, an endorsement without a parlallel in the political history of Boone County. Sinse serving his last term in the legislature Mr Wilhite has remained quietly on his farm, looking after his interests in that quar= ter, taking no part in politics whatever, He has frequently been solicite= d to again become a candidate for the legislature, but he seems rather to prefe= r the quiet home life of a well-to-do farmer to the anxiety and turmoil of polit= ical strife. Mr Wilhite is a member of the Baptist church at Walnut Grove= , and has always contributed liberally to the suport of the gospel.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --part0_912475051_boundary--
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_912474805_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII More info. from Steve Yerby.Hope this helps someone. cathyanne --part0_912474805_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.htc.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-ya04.mx.aol.com (rly-ya04.mail.aol.com [172.18.144.196]) by air-ya05.mx.aol.com (v51.29) with SMTP; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 20:16:50 -0500 Received: from ns.htc.net (ns.htc.net [208.165.194.11]) by rly-ya04.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id UAA17186 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 20:16:50 -0500 (EST) Received: from default (pppc89.htc.net [208.165.199.89]) by ns.htc.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id TAA17364 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 19:25:41 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "yerb" <[email protected]> To: "Catherine A Briggs" <[email protected]> Subject: SMITH WILHITE Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 19:08:01 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable This also comes from A HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY MISSOURI. SMITH WILHITE was born in Kentucky, Dec 21 1822. He is the son of JOEL WILHITE, a native of Culpepper County Virginia. In 1837, JOEL WILHITE emigrated to Missouri, and settled in Osage County, but did not remain the= re but one season. Coming to Boone County in 1838 he settled for the remaind= er of his life on a farm near New Providence Church. (Joel was a minister {steve} ) His children were educated at the common schools of the country= .SMITH WILHITE married Rebecca Grant, daughter of Elijah Grant, of Boone County. Eleven children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. The living are Mary E., Robert H., Boyle G., Porter C., Myra B., Nannie A.= , Minnie M., and Sallie P. Mary E. married George M Hawkins. They have 2 children. Boyle G. married Laura Hawkins. Mr WILHITE has a fine farm of = 250 acres which was but partially improved when he bought it. It is now one o= f the best farms in that region of country. He has excellent blue grass and= is well-fixed for raising and handling stock. Mr WILHITE was a soldier in th= e Mexican War under Col. Eastman. He is a member of the Baptist church at N= ew Providence. He takes a great interest in education, and has been an activ= e agent in building up one of the finest district schools in the county. -------------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#fffff0> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>This also comes from A HISTORY OF BOON= E COUNTY MISSOURI.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>SMITH WILHITE was born in Kentuc= ky, Dec 21 1822. He is the son of JOEL WILHITE, a native of Culpepper County Virginia. In 1837, JOEL WILHITE emigrated to Missouri, and settled i= n Osage County, but did not remain there but one season. Coming to Boo= ne County in 1838 he settled for the remainder of his life on a farm near New= Providence Church. (Joel was a minister {steve} ) His children were educated at the common schools of the country. SMITH WILH= ITE married Rebecca Grant, daughter of Elijah Grant, of Boone County. El= even children were born to them, three of whom died in infancy. The livin= g are Mary E., Robert H., Boyle G., Porter C., Myra B., Nannie A., Minnie M., an= d Sallie P. Mary E. married George M Hawkins. They have 2 children. Boyle G. married Laura Hawkins. Mr WILHITE has a fin= e farm of 250 acres which was but partially improved when he bought it. It = is now one of the best farms in that region of country. He has excellent bl= ue grass and is well-fixed for raising and handling stock. Mr WILHITE w= as a soldier in the Mexican War under Col. Eastman. He is a member of the= Baptist church at New Providence. He takes a great interest in education, and has been an active agent in building up one of the finest district sch= ools in the county. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --part0_912474805_boundary--
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_912474732_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi I'm forwarding this info from a Cousin of mine who is helping to research the CHAMBERS line. we keep finding WILHITE/WILHOIT family info too, so I'll just copy the Wilhite list in on the info we find. [email protected] --part0_912474732_boundary Content-ID: <[email protected]_out.mail.htc.net.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <[email protected]> Received: from rly-za01.mx.aol.com (rly-za01.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.97]) by air-za01.mail.aol.com (v51.29) with SMTP; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 20:01:24 1900 Received: from ns.htc.net (ns.htc.net [208.165.194.11]) by rly-za01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id UAA21539 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 20:01:23 -0500 (EST) Received: from default (pppc89.htc.net [208.165.199.89]) by ns.htc.net (8.8.6/8.8.6) with SMTP id TAA14527 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 26 Nov 1998 19:10:15 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "yerb" <[email protected]> To: "Catherine A Briggs" <[email protected]> Subject: MOSES WILHITE Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 18:52:40 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.1 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Hi again, Another trip to Jeff City Library, and I came up with some WILHITE stu= ff. I haven't been able to tie this in, maybe you'll have some luck with it. = This came from A HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY MISSOURI- published 1882. MOSES WILHITE was born in Kentucky, Oct 28, 1824. His father JOEL, was th= e son of LEWIS WILHITE, of Virginia. Grandfather on the mother's side was GEORGE ELLIOT, of Irish origin. The WILHITE's are of German descent. JOE= L was born in Virginia, and served in the War of 1812. He came to Missouri = in 1837, when his son, MOSES was but a small boy. He settled on a farm and l= ived to a good old age, rearing a large family, and winning the respect and confidence of all who knew him. MOSES was married to Miss Caroline A Litt= le, daughter of JM Little, an old settler from Kentucky. Nine children have b= een born to them, 5 boys, and 4 girls. Their names are Hattie B., Mary C., Ja= mes L., Joseph A., John P., George B., Edwin S., Stella E., and Lela M. Mary = C. married George M Hawkins, they have 2 children. James L married Miss Fent= on. They have 1 child. Hattie B., and Mary C. died in their 23rd year. Josep= h A married Lou Ann Wade. They have one child. In faith, Mr. WILHITE is a Baptist. He is a member of the Bethlehem congregation. He served in the Mexican War, under General Doniphan. His farm consists of 295 acres, fine= ly improved and in a high state of cultivation. The soil is well adapted to = the cultivation of blue grass, and his pastures are the best in that section o= f the country. His land produces excellent wheat and corn. Mr Wilhite has = made farming a success, and takes great interest in his farm and stock. -------------------- <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD W3 HTML//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META content=3Dtext/html;charset=3Diso-8859-1 http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D'"MSHTML 4.72.3110.7"' name=3DGENERATOR> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#fffff0> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Hi again,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2> Another trip to Jef= f City Library, and I came up with some WILHITE stuff. I haven't been able = to tie this in, maybe you'll have some luck with it. This came from A HISTO= RY OF BOONE COUNTY MISSOURI- published 1882.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>MOSES WILHITE was born in Kentucky, Oc= t 28, 1824. His father JOEL, was the son of LEWIS WILHITE, of Virginia.&nb= sp; Grandfather on the mother's side was GEORGE ELLIOT, of Irish origin. = The WILHITE's are of German descent. JOEL was born in Virginia, and serv= ed in the War of 1812. He came to Missouri in 1837, when his son, MOSES wa= s but a small boy. He settled on a farm and lived to a good old age, reari= ng a large family, and winning the respect and confidence of all who knew him. MOSES was married to Miss Caroline A Little, daughter of JM Little, an old= settler from Kentucky. Nine children have been born to them, 5 boys,= and 4 girls. Their names are Hattie B., Mary C., James L., Joseph A., John= P., George B., Edwin S., Stella E., and Lela M. Mary C. married George M= Hawkins, they have 2 children. James L married Miss Fenton. Th= ey have 1 child. Hattie B., and Mary C. died in their 23rd year. Joseph A married Lou Ann Wade. They have one child. In faith, Mr. WIL= HITE is a Baptist. He is a member of the Bethlehem congregation. He= served in the Mexican War, under General Doniphan. His farm consists= of 295 acres, finely improved and in a high state of cultivation. The s= oil is well adapted to the cultivation of blue grass, and his pastures are the be= st in that section of the country. His land produces excellent wheat and corn. Mr Wilhite has made farming a success, and takes great interes= t in his farm and stock. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> --part0_912474732_boundary--
Hi, all of you cyber cousins. It has been a very exciting year for me. Many of you have helped me find my roots; and because of you, I have much to give thanks for this year. I just want to take a minute out of my Thanksgiving Day and share my story with you. At the age of 44 (6 years ago) I found out I was adopted. This revelation was a traumatic event for my 2 grown daughters, myself and my adoptive family. They told me my birth mother's name was Pat and she had a son born the next year. That information, together with my altered birth certificate, was all I had to go on. Immediately my search began for my birth family. I was raised Catholic and during this search I found tremendous support and strength from my Catholic community. One year later, in 1994, my rosary prayer group gave me a gift. They took me on a pilgrimage to an apparition site in the Andes Mountains in Venezuela called Betania. We spent 5 days during Palm Sunday week on a little farm 2 miles outside of Caracas. We celebrated the feast of the Annunciation, a Catholic holy day. I knew very little about Betania, but I have learned of the gifts promised here. As in Lourdes, where the gift is one of healing, in Betania the gift is reconciliation for families and Nations. I placed my written petitions on the alter before one of the many masses we celebrated there. I am humbled at the answers I have received. In June of that same year, I traveled to the County of my birth, Tulare, CA. My daughter and I were allowed behind the counter in the County Clerks office in Visalia, and given free access to the records. It was about 10 AM. In a couple of hours, I had my original birth certificate in my hands. I now had my birth name (Catherine Anne HOOD - my adoptive name was Catherine Anne Burton) and my parents names, Catherine Patricia Muller and Hobert Hood, Jr. It was a closed file, but I was allowed to read it and from there I found and copied my brother's open file birth certificate. From the court house, we drove to the town (Porterville, Ca) were my family was listed as living when I was born. It was now about 2 PM. I decided to go to the High School where I felt we might see my brother's pictures from the year books and find address info. (Here we met a new friend who eventually helped put the pieces together that led me to my brother a couple of weeks later.) At the H.S. I found that my brother had left school after his Sophomore year and transferred to San Leandro, CA. Being a small town, I was advised to call the local used car dealers (the HOOD's) and they might know what happened to my family. I used a phone in the teachers lounge which afforded me privacy and a place to sit down. The person who answered the phone told me that my mother was dead and buried in the local Catholic Cemetery, St. Anne's (I found and lost my mother all in one minute), and then told me that my brother had disappeared from the valley with no trace. I was told where they had lived and worked. Also, I found out that the man listed as my father (I later found my real birth father, not the name listed on my birth certificate) Hobert Hood Jr. had been divorced from my mother when my brother was very little. He had died in Jan., 5 months earlier, in WY. At this time, I thought only my brother was left and my search intensified. My daughter and I drove to the house where they lived when my mother died. The house was right behind the Valley Furniture store where my mother had been working. I knocked on the door next to this house and found the Hood's living there. ( A very small town). I was shown pictures of my bother when he was very small. There were lots of tears and stories. No one knew about me being born and given up. There was much discussion as to who my real father might be, and everyone who might know something was now dead. It seemed that my birth and adoption was a well kept secret. From here my daughter and I went across the street to the store where my mother worked. They called the owner of the store who told me where I could find my mother's grave. She said she put flowers on my mother's grave, and told me a little about her, what she looked like. At 6 PM, I was standing over my mother's grave. My daughter was amazed that I was still standing. I was just barely!! It was here that I learned of my family ancestry. She was buried beside her mother, my grandmother, and next to her aunt, uncles and grandparents. I have learned the significance of family plots. The names on the headstones gave me clues and a direction for my search. My grandmother was Catherine; my great aunt and great grandmother were named Anna. (I later learned that my mother had insisted that I keep my family names Catherine Anne, and that I be raised Catholic). The family name on the headstones was SIMONICH, an unusual name. If it had been Smith or Jones, I might not have found my brother. After, this cemetery visit, my daughter and I drove to Sacramento, where we were expected for the night. We were on our way home to Portland, OR. I made notes and wrote everything down that happened so I would not forget anything, and of course I took lots of pictures. About a week later I received a call from the lady (Janet) at the H.S. library who discovered by looking through old school annuals that she had gone to school with my brother at St. Anne's grade school. Janet and her neighbor (Carol), who works for the U. S. Post Office, had been in the same class. They decided to help me and began the search for my brother and family for me. We put 2 and 2 together: the name SIMONICH and San Leandro, CA and looked up any SIMONICH in that area in the phone book. Sure enough, I called a cousin of my mother's who had taken my brother in after our mother's death and he lived with them and finished H. S. there. The date of this call was June 20, 1994; the same date that our mother died in a car accident in 1965. They knew nothing about my birth and adoption and were very surprised, but they agreed to call my brother and tell him my story. We left it up to him to call me, if he wanted contact. In a few minutes the phone rang and we talked for the first time. We met a week later, as his company had recently opened a division here in Portland, and he had been flying in from the Bay area to help manage this office. It was only a few blocks from my home. We have many similarities and it has been a gift from God for both of our families. He has 2 children and so do I. They all look alike. Both of my daughters now work for his company and one is in Sunnyvale, Ca and the other here in Portland. My bother's children are finishing college and work for his company in the summer. Our families are close and we share our lives. Along the way, I kept looking for evidence that my brother's father (Hobert Hood) was not my birth father. Even though' both of our birth certificates listed the same father, I was sure there was another answer for me. I listened to the story my adoptive family told me that Hobert signed the papers to give me up because he was married to my mother when I was born, but he was not my father. My mother told them she had been married to my father, but that she really loved and wanted to be married to her H. S. sweetheart, Hobert. Almost everyone believed that my mother had lied about being married to my real father. She was only 16 and married to Hobert Hood, when I was born. In 1996, again my 2 friends in Porterville, CA found the answer for me. Carol, who delivers mail to the house where my family lived since the 1880s, talked to the current family living there about me and my search. They remembered that my mother was indeed married to another man by the name of Fred. His last name was something like Wilshire, (it's really spelled Wilcher). The older lady living there had even been with my mother at the hospital when I was born. She told Carol she would like to talk to me. Of course, I called and she told me many things about my mother and family. She remembered that my mother at age 16 ran off to some where in Nevada to get married. The families got the marriage annulled, and my mother's family put her on the train to Colorado to get married to Hobert Hood. (He was in the service). This lady had driven my mom to the train and picked up up from there when she returned. My mother was 5 months pregnant with me when she married her H.S. sweetheart. Immediately, I began the search for my father. Eventually, I found the marriage certificate in Reno, Nevada that had the correct spelling of Johnnie Fred WILCHER. Next, I found the annulment records in Tulare, County. At this time my family helped me look for all the WILCHER's listed on the Internet. We found a WILCHER family close to Porterville, CA. I called and the person who answered turned out to be my Aunt. Her husband is my father's brother. Soon, I was talking to my birth father in Florida. We shared stories and I was surprised to hear that he had married my mother without even knowing her. He was 17 and she was 16. They met at a dance and she cried on his shoulder that she was pregnant and not married. That night they drove to Reno and got married the next morning. (This is a scenario I never even imagined.). They were married Oct. 2, 1947. They lived together for 2 1/2 mos., and their families had the marriage annulled by Jan. 1948. Fred left and went into the service and eventually to Korea. He married and raised a family. I found out that my mother was put on the train to Colorado to marry her H. S. sweetheart because she thought she was pregnant by him and the families were trying to straighten out the situation by having her marry the father of the baby. Well, somewhere along the way, it was discovered that I was really the child from the annulled marriage. My mother had not been pregnant or lost that child and now I was not Hobert Hood's baby but Fred Wilcher's baby. My father and his family was never told of my birth and adoption. So, 48 years later, when I call my father, he is very surprised and after much discussion we decided to do DNA testing. After weeks and weeks the results were 99.9% accurate. He was my father, I was his daughter. We had our first meeting the summer I turned 49, last year, July 25, 1997. I have 2 other brothers and a sister through my father. It is this family I am most like physically. I take after my father's mother. My grandmother GROSS. It is from this family name that I have found most of my ancestors "on line" through all of you. From my father, I am a WILCHER, GROSS, CHAMBERS, GOUGE/GOOCH, STARR (Cherokee), LAUDERDALE/MAITLAND, GREEN, LAY, FOLEY, SMITH, WILHITE, BROYLES, BINGMAM, LAM/LAMB. There is the possibility that I am a STOVER and BOONE too. I am German, Scotch, Irish, Cherokee, Swiss, English, and heavens knows what else. I am the proverbial Melting Pot of America. There are many other names I have not even begun to research - like my mother's family. The SIMONICH family came from Slovenia (they called themselves Austrian) to California in the late 1800s. Her father it turns out is not the name on her birth certificate either (MULLER). Another family secret I found out with the help of my 2 friends in Porterville. It seems that my mother was the daughter of the local Irish priest. Father Patrick Daly. He came directly to America from Ireland in the early 1900s. And finally was the Monsignor of the Mission San Luis Obispo, CA. He is buried there in the Mission cemetery. The verbal story is that my mother hired a private detective to find out who her father was and was on her way to confront Father Patrick when she was in a car accident that took her life at age 34. I may never know the facts of this story, but my brother and I found a street named Patricia that crosses a street named Daly in San Luis Obispo where Father Daly built a church. And local people in Porterville as well as San Luis Obispo told us of the same story. I think there is a life time of discovery here just waiting for me. I have found that names on birth certificates, marriage licenses and headstones might have other stories behind them, and that truth lies somewhere in the middle. I want to thank all of you for being "on line" and sharing the pieces that go into making me who I am. A final note: my prayers were and are still being answered. I had no idea how many people would be involved in this search and the impact on their lives. My pray was and still is for reconciliation. Happy Thanksgiving to you all.
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George, Likewise to you. Gene - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Original Message - - - - - - - - - - - - - - From: <[email protected]> Subject: Thanksgiving Date: 11/24/98 15:27 Hello One And All; I hope this holiday finds everyone in good health and sprits. May the Lord shine on you and yours for years to come. Happy Thanksgiving Gary A. Wilhoite ==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from WILHITE, send an e-mail message to: [email protected] (for individual messages) [email protected] (for Digest mode) Subject: unsubscribe In the body include only one word: unsubscribe (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command)
Hello One And All; I hope this holiday finds everyone in good health and sprits. May the Lord shine on you and yours for years to come. Happy Thanksgiving Gary A. Wilhoite
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Received a message on Wilhite family from VA. No ties that I can see for my Minnie WILHITE but perhaps someone out there knows something about the family who must have gone to Oregon. I have been looking for years for information on my great-grandmother who married William Wayfair EATON who was the son of William Wallace Eaton (a founding father of Bonners Ferry, Id.) My grandfather, William Orson EATON was born in Baker, Oregon 19 June 1883. He had a brother Wayfair, and a sister Minnie. It's possible that Minnie Whilhite Eaton died shortly after Minnie Eaton was born as Minnie (2) lived with and was raised by W.W. Eaton's sister and her husband while my grandfather and his brother were raised by their grandfather and an uncle in Bonners Ferry, ID. The only information I have for Minnie WILHITE is that she was born abt. 1858. Any leads will be much appreciated. Vivian Elythe Moyer Reifschneider at [email protected]
http://www.gendex.com:8080/display?page=surnames&prefix=wilhoit Carol Pack Urban http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Estates/4606/
Jack Fryar who maintains the Fryar RootsWeb list posted this in reply to one of my messages: Source: Tippah County, Mississippi Heritage, Vol II, Page 289-90 GEORGE WILHITE The Wilhite Families started with a George Willhoit in 1585 at Schwaigern, Wurtemburg, German. Different spelling: Wilhide, Wilheit, Wilhoit, Whilhite. The Wilhite family first lived in Orange County, Virginia. They moved on down through North Carolina, through Tennessee, Alabama, then to Tippah County. Tobias Wilheit (b. ca 1713, Maize, Germany, was a German Protestant; he was naturalized in the Virginia Colony, February 24, 1743. In 1787 he was paying taxes in Culpepper County, Virginia. About 1734 Tobias married Catherine Walker. They had five children, one of which was Conrad Wilhoit. Conrad Wilhoit (b. ca 1737; d. ca 1809, Campbell Co. TT) married Elizabeth Broyles. They had eleven children, one of which was Julius Wilhoit. Julius Wilhot (1764-1842) married 1787 to Margaret Hise, Greene County, Tennessee. They had fifteen children, one of which was George Wilhite. George Wilhite (b. ca 1790, Greene Co., TN; d. bet 1850-1856, Tippah Co.) married second, 1822, Nancy Quinn). George Wilhite operated the stagecoach - stop at Jonesboro, Tippah Co. In 1838 he mortgaged land for twelve shares in Union Bank of Mississippi South. George and wife, nancy Wilhite (x) made mark. To George and nancy Wilhite were born twelve children: 1. Daniel Wilhite (b. ca 1824, AL; d. bet 1860-1870, Tippah Co.) first married Rosanna Fryar, all children born in Tippah County. A. Mary Wilhite (b. ca 1845; d. ca 1875, Hardeman Co., TN)_ married 1865 to William "Bill" Jones. B. William lee Wilhite (1846-1905; d. TX) married 1866, mary E. Robinson. Children: a. George Ellis (1867-1955, bur. Alcorn Co., MS. married first, Sarah Margaret Angela Lancaster. Children: (1) Willie Lee married Florence Crow. (2) Mary Etta married Thomas Rider. (3) Anna Ree married J. Russell Evans. (4) Carl married Myrtle Milsaps. George Ellis Wilhite married second, Lillian richardson, no children. Daniel Wilhite married second, Mary Ann Smallwood, all children born in Tippah County. A. Margaret E. Wilhite (b. ca 1851). B. Martha "Mat" M. Wilhite (1854-1934) married George W. Jones. (1) Minnie married "little" Will Drewery. (2) Kelsey married Frances Drewery. (3) Rosa married John B. Drewery. (4) Richard Arthur married Jennie Drewery. (5) Eliot married W. A. mathis. (6) Molly married Charlie Bell. C. King W. Wilhite (b. ca 1860) married 1877, Rebecca E. Little. D. Johnnie A. Wilhite (b. ca 1860) 2. Elizabeth Wilhite (b. ca 1824, AL) married David M. Goodner 3. Martha Wilhite (b. ca 1825, AL) married ? Phillips 4. William H. Wilhite (b. ca 1826, AL) married Mary ____. 5. King W. Wilhite (b. ca 1831, TN0 married Catherine, had seven children, all born in Tippah County. 6. Margaret Wilhite (b. ca 1835, TN) married Josus Siddal, Jr. 7. David L. Wilhite (b. ca 1840; d. bef 1873, tippah Co.) married 1860, Elizabeth Wilbanks, daughter Margery, first married William West; married second President "Bud" Bobo. 8. John C. Wilhite married Nancy Fryar. 9. Annie Wilhite died before 1860, married 1833, William holly, Hardeman County, Tennessee. 10. Julius Wilhite married Polly Fryar. 11. Miriam married Henry Goodner. 12. Jane Wilhite married John Barnett. Tippah County, Ripley, Mississippi-- Wilhite, George dec. (w) 1. Petition of J. J. Guyton, July 19, 1858 and wife, Nancy. interested parties are Ann Holly (wife of Wm. Holly). Jane Barnett (wife of John) Julius Wilhite (Ark.), John C. Wilhite (Ark.), Miriam Goodner (wife of Henry Goodner of Ark.), Elizabeth Goodner (wife of David Goodner, Ark), David L. Wilhite, Wm. Wilhite, M.L. D. Wilhite (Pontotoc Co., MS), K.W. Wilhite, and Margaret Siddal (wife of Joshua Siddall. The following was told by a Wilhite descendant in Arkansas: When the Wilhites, Fryars, and Goodners left Tippah Coiunty, they were headed for the gold fields of California. After staying lost for six months in the river bottoms of southern Arkansas they finally reached the Quachita Mountains in Montgomery County. They came to a fork in the road, that had signs telling where each road went, but one of them could read. No one could read in the next two wagon trains either. By the time a preacher came along to read the signs, they had all put in two crops, built cabins, and like the palce so well, that they all decided to stay. And so the town of Oden, Arkansas was born. by Fredra Brooks Wilbanks <<< Best Regards, Olwyn E. Whitehouse Sugar Land, Texas [email protected]
Matthew Lorenzo Dowel Willhite b. 22 Apr. 1855 Arkansas (1st wife). m. Ara Malinda Sims b. 1848 d. 1886 date unknown. This was the second marriage for Ara Sims. They lived at Waters (Pine Ridge), Montgomery Co. Arkansas. Dow died 1st Jan 1945. Children: b. 1868 William D. b. 1871 Ginnetty (f) b. 1872 Authra (f) b. 1873 12, Dec. Lorenzo Benton d. 10 Apr 1954 b. 1877 12, Mar. Isibell Nancy (Singleton) d. 1968 b. 1879 Apr. Menerva Sarah (m. G.A.Fryar) d. 27 Dec 1939 b. 1884 14 Mar. Alfred K. (1st m. to Annie Mae Fryar) d. 27 Jun 1975 b. 1885 16 Dec. Joseph Green (m. Rachel Fryar) d. 8 Sep1982 2nd marriage to Molly Ann Fryar recorded at the Polk Co. Courthouse, Mena, AR. Fryar written as Friar. Matthew Lorenzo Dowel Willhite m. 11 Oct 1889 Molly Ann Fryar b. 23 Jul 1853 d.1914 Children: b. 1890 1st Sep. Walter d. 31 Jan 1974 b. 1894 1894 Minnie b. 1885 1885 Susie b. 1887 1887 Mary Souzie b. 1889 Jul Matilda d. age 12 b. Cannie (f) d. age 8 I have a scanned photo of M. Lorenzo Dowel Willhite. For anyone who wants a copy just email me. He always spelt his name with two "LL's" M. Lorenzo Dowel Willhite was the fourth son of John Calvin Willhite and Nancy Fryar. Please check my list and see if anyone you can add any more children for Nancy Guinn and George Wilhite and dates of birth and death please. I have placed their marriage license out on the WWW, thanks to a list member. You can find it on my related links page. http://www.rootsweb.com/~armontgo/links.htm Julius by first wife. b. 1818 d. 1863 1)John Calvin Willhite b. 1822 d. 27 Aug 1871 2)Daniel Wilhite b. 1824 d. abt 1865 3)Elizabeth Jane b. 1824 d. 21 Jan 1877 4)Martha b. 1825 5)Miriam Lorrania b. 22 Jun 1828 d. 14 Feb 1910 6)Hugh M. b.1830 7)King W. b. 1831 8)Margaret b. 1835 Who did Martha, Margaret and Hugh marry? I have the rest. Please forward the completed list to the group. Julius, John Calvin, Miriam and Elizabeth Jane all came to Oden Montgomery Co. 1849 - 1851 http://www.rootsweb.com/~armontgo/1848_wagon_train.htm Tippah Co. MS to Montgomery Co. AR Regards, Olwyn Montgomery Co. ARGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~armontgo/
Hi Allison, Here is what "The Germanna Record Number 13" has to say about your John Wilhoit (page 50-51). The article was written by John Connie Wilhite, Jr. In addition to a large amount on the Wilhoits, another large section features the Weaver family. It's probably worth your while to send for one if the Weavers are part of your line, too. I think it was $12 and ordering information is available at http://www.germanna.org/gpubs.htm 3. JOHN WILHOIT (M) MARGARET (PEGGY) WEAVER, Daughter of Peter and Mary (Huffman) Weaver, Jr. Some think this was his second wife. W.W. Scott in his "History of Orange Co., Va" lists the naturalization of two John Wilhoits, one in 1735 and the other February 24, 1743 as being German, (the 1743 naturalization is probably the same as the one recorded October 19, 1745). Although Mr. Garr made a mistake in "Garr Genealogy" by stating that Michael, Tobias, John and Adam were brothers, yet we feel that he was correct about the descendents of John since his Garr family was so closely related to the family of John Wilhoit. We have the following data on John Wilhoit but we are not sure that all this data is about the same person. John Wilhoit was in the French and Indian War, also in the Revolution 1778-1781 and was at the siege of Yorktown. John J. Wilhoit and Frederick Cobler were bondsmen for John Carpenter, administrator of the settlement of the estate of Andrew Kerker, July 27, 1738 (Orange W.B. 1, p. 50). John Wilhoit was listed as a taxpayer in Orange Co. in 1739. He witnessed the will of Frederick Baumgardner September 8, 1745. He was also security for Catherine Baumgardner the administrator for the settlement of the estate of Frederick Baumgardner (Orange W.B. 2, p. 94). He was granted 116 acres of land February 13, 1747 (Richmond Land Grant Book G, page 40). He and his wife Margaret deeded land to William Morris in 1763. His estate was divided between the following children January 25, 1798 (Madison W.B. 1, p. 162). (Ref. Wm. ~ Mary Quarterly, Vol. 26, and Garr Genealogy). 13. MARY b. 1737 (m) John (Blind) Yager 14. NICHOLAS b. 1739 15. SUSANNA b. 1740 (m) Nicholas Yager 16. EVE b. 1742 (m) Barnett Fisher 17. DANIEL b. 1744 18. JOHN b. 1745 19. ELIZABETH b. 1746 (m) John Gant 20. MARGARET b. 1748 (m) John Garr 21. Christena b. 1750 (m) Andrew Garr 23. JOSEPH b. 1752 23. ROSANNA b. 1754 (m) John Wayland Good Luck! Sharon >Hi, >I'm looking for more information about John Wilhoit, born about 1711 in >Germany (probably). He married Margaret Weaver in about 1736 in Culpepper >Co, VA. He died in Madison Co, VA. Their children were Mary, Susanna, >Nicholas, Adam, Eva/Eve, Daniel, John, Margaret, Elizabeth, Christina, >Joseph, Rosa. Thanks for your help. Allison
There are so many spellings for the Wilhite name and I have used them all here, I think! Willheit Willhoit Wilhott, etc. I have some information on one of the children of Johannes (John) Wilhoit b. July 1, 1713 d. October 4, 1797 and Margaret ("Peggy") Weaver: daughter: Susanna (Susan) Wilhoit. + Nicholas Yeager d. August 20, 1781 I will not include the information here unless this is the line for which you (or someone else) search. I do not have the names of the other children you listed for John and Margaret Wilhoit, so that is definitely of interest to me. As mentioned in another note in response to your e-mail, the father of John Wilhoit was Johann Michael Wilhoit b. Jan. 24, 1660/61, christened in Schwaigern, Germany, d. 1746 Culpepper VA. His will was probated June 26, 1746. the mother of the John Wilhoit in which you are interested was his second wife, Anna Marie Hengsteler b. Oct. 9, 1684 (Christened Oberbaldingen, Baden, Germany. They married Feb. 16, 1706-07. It is my understanding that these Wilhoit's (Willheit) were a part of the Germanna Colony in Virginia. The father of Johann Michael Wilhoit was Michael Willheit b. September 9, 1645 in Schwaigern, Germany and mother was Anna Maria Rufflin d. Dec. 27, 1689. They were married Nov. 3, 1668. Anna was the second wife of Michael Willheit. Michael and Anna Willheit had at least 10 children: Johann Michael; Matthias; Barbara; Elizabeth; Catharina; Johann Georg; Susanna; Anna Maria and two more daughters Johann Michael and Anna Maria Hengsteler Wilhoit had 8 children: Anna Catharine; Tobias (my line), Hans Michael; John; Adam; Matthias; Eva; Philip. LaVonne Griffin My Wilhites made their way from Virginia, to Washington Co., Tennessee and then to White Co., Tennessee where my grandmother -- a Wilhite -- was born.