Fielding Wilhite (1799 - 1874)

Born 14 Apr 1799 in Mercer County, Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (McQuitty) Wilhite — married 11 Dec 1819 in Howard County, Kentucky

Descendants

Died 14 Oct 1874 at age 75 in Rocheport, Boone County, Missouri

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Biography

Fielding was born in 1799. He was the son of Sampson Wilhoit and Hannah Jackson. He passed away in 1874.

Mr. Wilhite was born in Kentucky, April 14, 1799. Before Missouri was admitted as a State in our Union, his father, Sampson Wilhite, became a resident of the Territory. This was in 1818. In 1822 he became a Christian and was baptized by Rev. Peter Woods. The church of which he became a member was then called Bethel. When only about 20 years of age he was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth McQuitty. This union was blessed with several children. For some years prior to his death he was so afflicted with diseased nerves as to render continued labor in the ministry impossible. He died at his home near Walnut Grove Church, Boone County, March 1872. He was a true Christian, a faithful minister, and one of Missouri's highly honored pioneers.

The first church building occupied by the old Bethel congregation was built of logs, sometime in the year 1818, and this was used until the separation in 1835...The pulpit, as stated, was supplied by Rev. Wm. Tharp, from the first organization until the year 1820, when the regular pastor, Rev. Thos. Campbell, was installed. He resigned in 1829, and Fielding Willhite became his successor.

Among the members were Fielding Wilhite, William Wilhite and wife, Wiliam Pulllman and wife, Reuben Elliot and wife, Tyre Harris and wife, Elijah Dale and wife, Geo. W. McQuitty and wife, Zachariah Burnett and wife, Newman T. Mitchell and wife, Isaac Doty and wife, and Henry Dooley.

In 1836, William Wilhite donated one acre of ground for the present cemetery and church site...,whereon a stand was erected and where the first services were held, conducted by the pastor, Rev. Fielding Wilhite, and Revs. A.P. Williams and Thos. Fristoe.

Sources

Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey

History of Boone County Missouri [1]

1850 Census [2]

1860 Census [3]

Cemetery marker [4]

Find A Grave Find A Grave: Memorial #9100691

Genforum [5]

Acknowledgments

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