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James Albert Wilhoit (1816 - 1873)

James Albert Wilhoit
Born in Bath, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 11 Aug 1840 in Carter, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Died at age 57 in Carter, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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James engaged in farming in Kentucky.

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Biography

James was born in 1816. He is the son of John Wilhoit and Nancy Prince.

Note: His middle name is sometimes listed as Alfred; his birth date may be 21 Apr 1816.

From the biography of his son John William Wilhoit (1853-1925): [1]

James A. Wilhoit, father of Doctor John William Wilhoit, was born in Bath County in 1815, and his life was spent in his native state, chiefly in Carter County. He was an industrious and capable farmer. His sympathies were with the North when the war broke out and he offered his services to the Union army but was rejected on account of advanced years. Politically he voted as a republican and for twenty years was justice of the peace and also held other minor offices. Religiously he was a member of the Baptist Church. His death occurred in Carter County in 1873. He married Matilda Boggs, who was born in Virginia in 1819, of old American stock. She lived to the extreme age of ninety-five, having been born when all the Middle West was practically a frontier, her death occurring in 1914, the year the great European war broke out. This worthy couple brought up a family of responsible and capable children, nine in number, in order of birth were:
  1. E. B., an attorney practicing at Grayson, county seat of Carter County;
  2. Fannie, who married George Griswold (sic), a farmer, both dying in Carter County;
  3. Jennie Powers, who died in Carter County, where her husband, a farmer, still lives at Olive Hill;
  4. Ellen, who lives in Carter County, widow of Elijah Cox, a farmer;
  5. Mary, who died unmarried at the age of twenty-five;
  6. Myrtilla, who married Richard Armstrong, a druggist, and died at Olive Hill, Kentucky;
  7. John William Wilhoit, M. D.
  8. J. B. Wilhoit, a prominent lawyer of Ashland, Kentucky, and present judge of the Thirteenth Judicial District; and
  9. George W., bookkeeper for a mining company at Olive Hill, Kentucky.

Residence

1850 living in Carter County, Kentucky [2]

James A Wilhite Male 33 Virginia
Matilda Wilhite Female 29 Kentucky
Ephraim Wilhite Male 6 Kentucky
Frances Wilhite Female 5 Kentucky
Nancy J Wilhite Female 2 Kentucky
Eleanor Wilhite Female 1 Kentucky

1860 living in Carter County, Kentucky. Parents are seen in image ahead of children's listing, which is separate with a different Dwelling number.[3]

J A Willhite Male 44 Va
Matilda A Willhite Female 38 Va
Children listed separately [4]
Ephraim E Willhite Male 17 Ky
Elizabeth Willhite Female 26 Ky
Huldah A Willhite Female Ky
Nancy J Willhite Female 13 Ky
Eleanor Willhite Female 10 Ky
Mary E Willhite Female 8 Ky
John W Willhite Male 6 Ky
Jas B Willhite Male 3 Ky
George W Willhite Male Ky

1870 living in Carter County, Kentucky [5]

James Wilhoit Male 54 Virginia
Matilda Wilhoit Female 49 Virginia
Nancy Wilhoit Female 23 Kentucky
Ellen Wilhoit Female 21 Kentucky
Mary Wilhoit Female 18 Kentucky
John Wilhoit Male 16 Kentucky
James Wilhoit Male 13 Kentucky
George Wilhoit Male 10 Kentucky
Matilda Wilhoit Female 8 Kentucky

Research Notes

1880 Census for Matilda states she is widowed with children [6]

Matilda Wilhoit Self Female 62 Kentucky, United States, widowed
Jane Wilhoit Daughter Female 28 Kentucky, United States
Mary Wilhoit Daughter Female 26 Kentucky, United States
John W Wilhoit Son Male 25 Kentucky, United States
J B Wilhoit Son Male 23 Kentucky, United States
Geo W Wilhoit Son Male 20 Kentucky, United States
Florence M Wilhoit Daughter Female 17 Kentucky, United States

Sources

  1. A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918 vol 3, pg 1478-1479
  2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M651-BCK : 12 April 2016), James A Wilhite, Carter county, Carter, Kentucky, United States; citing family 419, 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:MZB5-3LN : 14 December 2017), J A Willhite, 1860.
  4. "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZB5-3LV : 14 December 2017), Ephraim E Willhite, 1860.
  5. "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MX75-XC1 : 11 June 2019), James Wilhoit, 1870.
  6. "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCH-X9J : 29 August 2017), Matilda Wilhoit, Precinct 7, Carter, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 17, sheet 586A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,408.

See also:

  • The Germanna Record, No. 13 - The Blankenbaker, Weaver, and Wilhoit Families, The Memorial Foundation of the Germanna Colonies, Inc., Publishers, 2006
  • Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey




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