We are looking for the family of a George WILHITE. Our ggrandfather is believed to have been married the first time in Welch, W VA and died in Philadelphia, PA. He had lots of siblings including twin brothers one named James. We know he had two wives and offspring with both. Oral history suggests he may have been a brakeman as he lost his leg in a PA Railroad yard. He would have been with his second family then. He paid for my grandfather (first family) to attend Cornell for a year. We believe after his injury he received RR benefits. He supposedly owned a coal company in Philadelphia with the sons from his second marriage. We have spotted in the census, a George Wilhite boarding with Joseph Wilhite in TN. Occupation was laborer with the Louisville & Nashville RR. In the same year, we found a name the same as our ggrandmother (Sophie Rippetoe WILHITE) as General Delivery, Harrisonburg, VA. He told my grandfather that his brother went to South America and owned a plantation that shipped wood to international markets. He did not speak of his other siblings other than there were 12-13 with twin boys. We feel these two may have been together as adults. We know very little otherwise. We feel he may have traveled anywhere during the railroad building days. It seems the name George should stand for "he who does not write home." If anyone's relatives caught a glimpse, we would sure like to find out what line we fit. Thanks -----Original Message----- From: malott@tcworks.net [SMTP:malott@tcworks.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2002 12:22 AM To: WILHITE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [WILHITE] Re: George Wilhite-Orange Tx. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HWWBAEB/107.111.1 Message Board Post: Just wondering if Dr. George Wilhite could be my great uncle? My grandfather, Oscar Sherman Wilhite, had 3 brothers: Walker and George were last known to be in Oklahoma; Andrew and Oscar (my gfather) stayed in Arkansas. We are having a Wilhite Family Reunion May 26, 2002. My Uncle (James Wilhite) will be there. He is in his mid-80's but is still very sharp and very knowledgable about this line of the Wilhite family, but doesn't know what happened to Walker and George Wilhite after they got to Oklahoma. He is very loving and eager to share what he knows. I look forward to sitting down and talking with him. I'm glad to share my findings with anyone who is interested, so I'll let you know more later. Thank you for any information you can share with me. ==== WILHITE Mailing List ==== Don't forget, there is also a new WILHOIT Mailing List at Rootsweb. Subscribe to it the same way you did to this WILHITE List. (To contact the Listowner, send to georgedurman@home.com) ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237