Eustice Trenton Wilhite (1894 - 1973)

Born 27 Sep 1894 in Clayton, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 2 Dec 1973 at age 79 in Anderson, South Carolina, United States

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Biography

Eustice was born in 1894 in Georgia. He is the son of Robert Wilhite and Hannah Phillips. In 1900, the family was living in Rabun County, Georgia.^[1] By 1910, his father had passed and he was living with his widowed mother and siblings, Bazine, Jewel and Ewart, in Pelzer Central Ward, Anderson County, South Carolina.^[2]

He enlisted in the US Navy on 14 Nov 1913 during World War I. He then reenlisted on 06 Apr 1917.^[3] He served on the Naval ship USS Yukon during World War II.^[4]

By 1940, Eustace had moved to Miami, Dade County, Florida.^[5] He was still single.

He retired from the US Navy, as Chief Gunner's Mate.^[6]

He passed away in 1973. Burial was in the Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Anderson, Anderson County, South Carolina. His marker is inscribed: CGM US Navy World War I & II.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3VS-9ZH : accessed 7 February 2016), Eustice Wilhite in household of Robert O Wilhite, Militia Districts 686, 509, Persimmon, Tallulah, Rabun, Georgia, United States; citing sheet 7B, family 122, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,218.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5DB-T5L : accessed 31 March 2017), Eustace Wilhite in household of Emma Wilhite, Pelzer Central Ward, Anderson, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 71, sheet 6A, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1449; FHL microfilm 1,375,462.
3. ↑ Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem (BIRLS) Death File. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
4. ↑ National Archives at College Park; College Park, Maryland, United States; Muster Rolls of U.S. Navy Ships, Stations, and Other Naval Activities, 01/01/1939 - 01/01/1949; Record Group: 24, Records of the Bureau of Naval Personnel, 1798 - 2007; Series ARC ID: 594996; Series MLR Number: A1 135
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTZX-6ZL : accessed 31 March 2017), Eustace Wilhite, Area C, Miami, Election Precinct 61, Dade, Florida, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 69-65C, sheet 81A, line 6, family , 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 630.
6. ↑ The Greenville News (Greenville, South Carolina) 03 Dec 1973, Mon Page 8
7. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #123886911