Thanks, Gary, for the info. It was a big help. I have had contact with a couple of others that have been working somewhat in that line of Wilhites. Perhaps you have already been in touch with them. They wrote: >From: BalrdSony@aol.com >Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1999 09:00:41 EST > >Hi ! I would appreciate it if you would send me the URLs for the web pages >you mentioned. Thanks a lot!!! >I am a descendant from: >1 Conrade Wilhite & Elizabeth Broyles > 2 Reuben Wilhite & Mary Yager > 3 Lucinda Wilhite & John C. Sliger > 4 William Elias Sliger & Mary Ann Welch > 5 Ova Lizabeth Sliger & David K Chaffin > 6 Mary Elizabeth Chaffin & Emmett Wilson Mayhan > 7 Odelee Marie Mayhan & Oscar Frederick Thornton > 8 Sonya Thornton I'm married to Natheal Ballard >Thanks again! >Sonya >*********** >At 09:34 PM 08/30/1999 , PBNLRPD@aol.com wrote: > > > >I am Patti Boyett. Mt grandmother was Chester Willhite Dobbs St. Clair. My > >great grand parents were Samuel and Amanda Lackey Wilhite. I have been > >trying to trace the family line back. I have gotten lots of information but > >am always looking for more. > >Hi Cousin Patti. I have your Samuel WILHITE and Amanda Villand LACKEY in my >database. Also have Chester WILHITE, but nothing any farther down in time >than him. Would love to have your tree from Samuel on down. What do you >need on Samuel and Amanda? (Don't have her parents.) Samuel was thus: > >WILLERT, Jorge >WILLHEIT, Jorge, and BICKEL, Anna >WILLHEIT, Johanne George, and LUTZ, Barbara >WILLHEIT, Michael, and RÜFFLIN, Anna Maria >WILLHEIT, Johanne Michael, and BLANKENBAKER, Mary Margaret (?????) >WILLHEIT, Tobias, and WALKE, Katherine >WILHITE, Conrad Reuben, and BROYLES, Elizabeth >WILHITE, Reuben, and YAGER, Mary "Polly" >WILHITE, Solomon, and SLIGER, Jeanette Rebecca "Jane" >WILHITE, Christopher, and FARLEY, Elizabeth Ann "Betsy" >WILHITE, Jasper "Kit", and LEWIS, Margaret >WILHITE, Samuel *************** Don't know if this is much use to you, but it doesn't hurt to pass it on. Following is the citation concerning Thomas Mack Wilhoite. I intend to include it in the "notes" for Thomas in my PAF: U.S.S. Wilhoite (DER-397)- Named in honor of: Thomas Mack Wilhoite- born on 12 February 1921 in Guthrie, Ky.-enlisted in the Naval Reserve on 16 June 1941 at Atlanta, Ga., and received his aviation indoctrination training at the Naval Reserve Air Base, Atlanta, Ga. On 7 August, he reported for flight instruction at the Naval Air Station (NAS), Pensacola, Fla., and was appointed an aviation cadet the following day. Transferred to NAS, Miami, Fla., on 15 January 1942 for further training, he became a naval aviator on 6 February. Three days later, he was commissioned an ensign and, at the end of February, reported to the Advanced Carrier Training Group, Atlantic Fleet, NAS, Norfolk, Va. There, he joined Fighting Squadron (VF) 9, then fitting out and, in time, became the assistant navigation officer for that squadron. Operation "Torch"-the invasion of French North Africa-saw VF-9 assigned to the carrier Ranger (CV-4). Each section of the squadron drew assigned tasks on 8 November 1942, the first day of the landings; and Wilhoite flew one of five Grumman F4F-4 Wildcats which attacked the French airdrome at Rabat-Sale, the headquarters of the French air forces in Morocco. Despite heavy antiaircraft fire, he pressed home a determined attack and set three French bombers afire with his guns. In a second strike directed at the Port Lyautey airdrome later that day, Wilhoite flew as part of the third flight and destroyed one fighter-a Dewoitine 520-by strafing. However, the Vichy ground gunners served their weapons well; and Wilhoite's Wildcat took hits from the intense flak and crashed about one mile from Port Lyautey. Wilhoite received a Silver Star, posthumously, for displaying "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" during the strikes at Rabat-Sale and Port Lyautey. The accompanying citation also cited Wilhoite's "superb airmanship and tenacious devotion to duty" in pressing home his strafing attacks. Although he was killed in action, Wilhoite had played his part in the significant operations of VF-9 in neutralizing Vichy French air power that, if unhindered, could have severely hampered Operation "Torch." (End of Note.) Once again, thanks for your help. Dan