Eli
Wesley
Wilhite
Born in Jacksonville, Morgan, Illinois, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Thomas Wilhite, James Russell Wilhite, Charles Henry Wilhite, Sarah Mildred (Wilhite) Jones, Elizabeth Helen (Wilhite) Milstead, George Washington Wilhite, Amos Alonzo Wilhite and Eva Flora (Wilhite) Mollett
Husband of
Mary Jane (Willson) Wilhite
— married
14 Dec 1864 (to 1 Mar 1882) in Menard, Illinois, United States
Husband of
Sarah Louise (Noteware) Wilhite
— married
22 Feb 1885 in Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Husband of
Ida Amanda (Nilsdotter) Fetrow
— married
3 Sep 1911 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Elizabeth Rachel (Wilhite) Stout, Charles Milton Wilhite, Ida Corinne (Wilhite) Dean, Rex Wesley Wilhite, Isis Fay (Wilhite) Tucker and Lois Mae (Wilhite) Kelchner
Died
at age 88
in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Dec 2014
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Biography
Eli Wilhite served in the United States Civil War.
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 114th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 114th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Eli was born in 1840. He is the son of George Wilhoit and Nancy Wilhoit. He passed away in 1928.
Sources
- Wilhite/Wilhoit & Allied Descendants of Johann Michael and Anna Maria (Hengsteler) Wilheit 1671-1994 Compiled by Mary F. Mickey
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85J-ZGK : 12 April 2016), Eli W Wilhite in household of George N Wilhite, Cass county, part of, Cass, Illinois, United States; citing family 472, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M646-7WJ : 12 April 2016), Ely Wilhite, Illinois, United States; citing p. 5, family 27, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,691.
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2ZD-WXJ : accessed 14 March 2019), Eli W Wilhite, Wichita Ward 1, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 9A, family 203, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 456; FHL microfilm 1,374,469.
- Kansas County Marriages, 1855-1911, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q293-1NYZ : 4 November 2017), E W Wilhite and Sarah L Noteware, 22 Feb 1885; citing Marriage, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States, district clerk, court clerk, county clerk and register offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 2,363,970.
- "United States Civil War Soldiers Index, 1861-1865," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FSWK-Q6T : 4 December 2014), Ely W. Willhite, Private, Company F, 114th Regiment, Illinois Infantry, Union; citing NARA microfilm publication M539 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 98; FHL microfilm 881,718.
- "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHHM-1YC : 24 March 2016), Eli W. Wilhite, 1886.
- "United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHZN-D9R : 12 March 2018), Eli W Wilhite, .
- Find A Grave: Memorial #23819394
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eli by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Eli by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Bruce Willhite
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #387422
- Russ Livingston :
Family Tree DNA mtDNA Test Full Sequence, haplogroup H1q1a, FTDNA kit #11714
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~3.12%
Billy Mueller :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
Cathy Dilg :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch f389504 [compare], Ancestry member cmdparisi1
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T377868 [compare], FTDNA kit #389504
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~0.78%
Carolyn Jones :
23andMe
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~0.78%
Michael Swan :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, Ancestry member michael268
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~0.78%
Doris (Blackburn) Morgan :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A744579 [compare]
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