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William Harry Wilhite (1908 - 1993)

William Harry "Smokey" Wilhite
Born in Collingsworth, Texas, United Statesmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 1940 in Texas, United Statesmap
Husband of — married 1959 in Texas, United Statesmap
Died at age 85 in Shattuck, Ellis, Oklahoma, United Statesmap
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William engaged in farming in Texas.

Biography

William was born in 1908. He was the son of Harrison Wilhite and Myrtle Cochran.

Married:

  1. Frances E Hamilton, 1940[citation needed]
  2. Mabel C Hamilton, 1959[citation needed]

He passed away in 1993 and is buried in Fairmont Cemetery, Follett, Texas.[1]

Obituary[2]

FOLLETT - William Harry Wilhite, 85, died Tuesday, May 18, 1993.
Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Fairmont Cemetery with the Rev. Haney officiating. Arrangements are by Mason Funeral Home of Shattuck, Oklahoma.
Mr. Wilhite, born in Titus County, moved to Lipscomb County at the age of 3 and attended the Cope School. He began farming and ranching after completing school. He married Francis Hamilton Getz in 1940. They lived in the Catesby, Oklahoma area. She died in 1956. He married Mabel Hamilton in 1959. They lived in the Higgins area and later moved to Follett, where he farmed and ranched until his retirement. He entered the Shattuck Nursing Center in 1992.
Survivors include his wife; a brother, Jake Wilhite of Follett; and a sister, Josephine Jones of Aurora, Colorado

Residence

1920, Lipscomb, Texas[3]

1930, Lipscomb, Texas[4]

1940, Lipscomb, Texas[5]

Follett, Texas[6]

Sources

  1. Find A Grave: Memorial #66755210
  2. The Amarillo Daily News (Texas) -- May 21, 1993
  3. "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1Q-111Y : accessed 1 December 2019), William Wilhite in household of Harry Wilhite, Justice Precinct 3, Lipscomb, Texas, United States; citing ED 168, sheet 9B, line 78, family 196, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1826; FHL microfilm 1,821,826.
  4. "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H6VP-G3Z : accessed 1 December 2019), Bill Wilhite in household of Harry L Wilhite, Precinct 3, Lipscomb, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 6B, line 71, family 112, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2369; FHL microfilm 2,342,103.
  5. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K49Y-WPF : 29 July 2019), Will Wilhite in household of Harry L Wilhite, Justice Precinct 3, Lipscomb, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 148-5, sheet 3B, line 64, family 54, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4095.
  6. "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QJXR-S1DC : accessed 28 December 2014), William H Wilhite, Residence, Follett, Texas, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

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