Hello Everyone, Hoping for some help! I haven’t ever posted any queries here on my own(usually through John Connie Wilhite), So thought I would see if anyone might recognize any of my Wilhite’s. I am looking for information on my grandfather James Andrew Wilhite. I obtained a copy of his death certificate and it tells me that he was born on Nov 11, 1880 in IL., and died on March 12, 1934 in Garfield, Benton Co., AR. He was married on April 14, 1919 in Benton Co., AR., to Mintora Abegail Lee, daughter of Jesse Vincent Lee and Mary A. Rubottom. James and Mintora had 4 children, one of them being my father James C. Wilhite, still living. The other three children were Juanita M., still living, Jesse Paul, died in WWII, and Betty June, died in 1986 in N.J. I don’t believe that my grandfather James Andrew was born in IL. But I need to find proof of where he was born. My Aunt Juanita, one of James Andrew Wilhite’s daughters, shared her birth certificate information with me and it says that James was born in 1880 in Monett, Mo. This is one reason I don’t think he was born in IL. Another reason I think he was born in Missouri is because his death certificate list his father as H.P. Wilhite, birth place unknown and his mother as Mary Riley born in IL. In Lawrence Co., MO., I discovered an Haloway P. Wilhite who married Dicy M. Riley on Oct 17, 1875. This H.P. and Dicy are listed on the 1880 census for Lawrence Co., in Spring River Twp., with one child Lula, age 2. This census also says that H.P. was born in TN., and that Dicy was born in IL. Also in a Lawrence Co., MO., tombstone inscriptions book for Spring River Twp., there were two children of Mary D. & H.P. Wilhite, one was a daughter who died in 1877 and one was a son who died in 1883. This couple are the right ages to be my grandfathers parents. James was not on the census, but he was not born until Nov of that year. Dicy could have been preg., with him during the time the census was taken. James Andrew had a brother named Onus/Onis. Onus appears on the 1910 Lawrence Co., Mo., census (also on the 1920 Barry Co., Mo., Census)with his wife Frances P. Onus and Frances are also buried in Lawrence Co., Spring River Twp. Onus and Frances had the following children: Atha, Mildred M., Martha E., Claudie, Amos W., & Bert A. Willhite. My father was only 4 years old when his father James died, so he cannot tell me much about his father or his family. After the death of her husband James, Mintora remarried and never talked to her children much or kept in touch with the rest of the Wilhite family. There is a Disa Riley, age 13, born: IL., on the 1870 census who lived with Pryer L. Snuffer and family. This is a ? to me! Pryers wife’s name was Mary. Could this Mary be Dicy’s mother, and Pryer her step-father? If this Mary Snuffer is mother to Dicy, then Mary Snuffer would have been 14 yrs., old when she had Dicy. Was that very common back then? (the age?) In 1866 James Willhite purchase land in Lawrence County, Spring River Twp, he was an early settler there. I think this could be a brother to H.P. Wilhite. They both were born in TN., and only 8 yrs apart in age. And this could explain one reason that my grandfather was named James. I also wonder if maybe H.P. Wilhite’s father was James also. Seems a lot of families back in the early days went by a naming tradition, where they named their first born son after the paternal grandfather and the first born daughter after the maternal grandmother. In other words, the son after H.P.’s father and daughter after Dicy’s mother. Does anyone have any information on these Wilhite’s I listed. Sorry to rattle on. Just wanted to get as much information out as possible, so maybe someone can help me in my search of my hard to find Wilhite family. They sure seem to know when & where to hide I guess. Any information would so much be appreciated. By the way, I tried a query on the Lawrence Co., Mo., roots-L page and got no response from anyone on the Wilhite/Willhite name. One more thing, I tried to find H.P. on the 1860 census listing for TN, he was born abt 1852. No luck! I’m seem to have ran into a wall again. Thanks for your time, I do so much enjoy reading all your posting from this Wilhite discussion group. Thanks again! Sharon Day [email protected] ==== 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)