At 06:39 PM 12/25/97 EST, GWilho6262 wrote: >Hello one and all; > >I have a couple more persons I am seeking ancestors on. > > >Thomas Philip WILHOITE, born 10 Oct 1828 Tn. died 12 Jan 1891 Shelbyville Tn. >married Virginia MOORE, they had 3 children. > > >And the followinh I.N WILHITE > >Captain I.N. Wilhite, aged 84 years, died from the effects of the flu and old >age at 5 o'clock >yesterday afternoon at his home in Thompsonville. He was the last of five >survivors of the 500 >passengers on the steamer "General Lyon" which burned off Cape Hatteras during >the Civil War. > Few men had experienced a more romantic and tempestous early manhood than had >Captain I.N. Wilhite, Civil War veteran of the union Army. By birth Wilhite >was a southerner, >having been born in Roan County, Tennessee. In 1850 the Wilhites moved to >Illinois, and when >the call for volunteers came in 1861, young Wilhite, a boy of twenty years, >walked forty miles to >Shawneetown to enlist in Company E 56 IL. Vols. under Captain Massie. > The first years's service brought many hard struggles, among which were those >of >Corinth and Iuka. Following the battle of Milligan's Bend the rebels were >driven from Port Gibson >and the company proceeded to Vicksburg where they spent 47 days ending with >General >Pemberton's surrender with 33,000 men to General Grant. > Chattanooga and Mission Ridge followed. Then came the pursuit of General Hood >into >Georgia and later Sherman's triumphant march to the sea. At Fayetteville, the >company was >relieved and Wilhite and 215 of his own company, with 235 parolled men and a >horde of >refugees, boarded the steamer General Lyon for New York. Off Cape Hatteras, >the steamer ran >into a terrific storm. > The ship rolled and flames broke out. Wilhite was in the hold at the time, >but succeeded >in reaching the deck and aided in lowering the boats. In jumping from the >boat, the young >adventurer fell short and was forced to cling to a small door to which five >men were hanging and >joined them. In the course of two or three hours a second hatch door floated >by and the men >took hold of it. The General Sedgewick ap-----(part of clipping missing). >Later a three mast >schooner came near. Wilhite came close to it and was pulled under it in the >rolling_______. >When he finally reappeared, a line was thrown him, and after five hours in the >water he again >set foot on deck. The schooner was bound for Morehead, N.C. From there he >again embarked >over the same route to__________(rest is missing). > >Hi Gary, Been gone most of Christmas Holidays. Will give you a quick answer as I have it. Isaac Newton Wilhite b. 12 Feb 1842 Roane County, TN d. 17 Feb 1921 the son of Isaac and Susanna Harris Wilhite md 24 Feb 1866 Franklin County, IL Eliza Ann Dorris b. 1851 TN In 1880 they were living in Cave Township Franklin County, IL. Isaac married 2nd Elizabeth J. Deering but they apparently had no children. Thank's for all the additional information concering Isaac. Now trying to get caught up. Hope everone had a very Merry Christmas. Happy New Year! John John C. Wilhite, Jr. 2509 Locksley Drive Grang Prairie, Texas 75050 Phone 972/641-4389 FAX 972/623-0430 Email [email protected]