Thomas Wilhoit (1822 - 1893)

Born 1822 in Adams County, Ohio, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Huston) Wilhoit — married 22 Feb 1844 in Middletown, Henry, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Aug 1893 at about age 71 in Mechanicsburg, Henry County, Indiana, United States

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Thomas engaged in farming in Indiana.

Biography

Thomas was born in 1822. He was the son of Moses Wilhoit and Nancy Douglas.

He married Mary "Polly" Huston, 22 Feb 1844.^{[citation needed]}

Thomas and Polly named their farm the Pine Grove Shorthorn Stock Farm. He was a fine stock raiser and excellent breeder. Born in OH and came to IN in 1831. Thomas & 2 brothers received 20 acres of home farm & each built cabins, soon he purchased tracts owned by the 2 brothers and bought his father’s share. Ten years on 20 acres farming & built the Wilhoit House near the old home, added 80 acres tract adjoining and began breeding Shorthorns in 1851. First bought 2 heifers & a bull for $35/head unregistered. Later same breed in KY was $500/head. 1880 bought shorthorn bull Athelstan II for $350/head. This animal was the best prize winning blood at that time & his use marked one of the most striking epoch in American Shorthorn History. He was classed among the greatest breeders of the times. Herds #90-100 exhibits at great State Fairs (IL, MI, Iowa, IN, OH) at one time he had the finest in the US. He worked with Purdue on the breeding. His barn burned from lightening, killing his prized animals. He built a church in 1888 on the corner of 38 & Raider Rd. Wilhoit, Church. He helped get roads & The Farmers Bank in Middletown started.

During the Civil War, he is listed in the Civil War Draft Registration Records.^[1]

Sources

1850, Fall Creek, Henry, Indiana^[2]

1860, Fall Creek Township, Henry, Indiana^[3]

1870, Fall Creek Township, Henry, Indiana^[4]

1880, Fall Creek, Henry, Indiana^[5] Family Records passed on to Marjorie Reynolds-1

1. ↑ National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Washington, D.C.; Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865); Record Group: 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War); Collection Name: Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records); NAI: 4213514; Archive Volume Number: 5 of 6
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJJ-XT8 : 12 April 2016), Thomas Wilhoit, Fall Creek, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing family 9, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FB-6TR : 13 December 2017), Thomas Wilhoit, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXXY-WTD : 11 June 2019), Thomas Wilhoit, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH94-QYZ : 7 July 2016), Thomas Wilhoit, Fall Creek, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing enumeration district ED 4, sheet 62A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0284; FHL microfilm 1,254,284.

Thomas died in 1893 and is buried in Mechanicsburg Cemetery. Find a Grave (31583480). Henry. Co. IN

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