When William Henry Wilhite was born on 14 January 1836, in Tennessee, United States, his father, Isaac Wilhite, was 28 and his mother, Susanna Harris, was 27. He married Catherine A. Power on 13 September 1865, in Robertson, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 3, Coryell, Texas, United States in 1870 and Justice Precinct 2, Kerr, Texas, United States in 1880. He died on 26 June 1895, in Washington, United States, at the age of 59.
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Over 7,000 German immigrants arrived in Texas. Some of these new arrivals died in epidemics; those that survived ended up living in cities such as San Antonio, Galveston, and Houston. Other German settlers went to the Texas Hill Country and formed the western portion of the German Belt, where new towns were founded: New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.
Tennessee was known as the Volunteer State because during the Mexican War the government asked Tennessee for 3,000 volunteer soldiers and 30,000 joined.
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
Americanized form of German Willheit: topographic name from Middle High German wilde, wilt ‘wild, uninhabited’ + heide ‘open, uncultivated land’ for someone who lived beyond the communal boundaries. The surname Willheit is no longer found in Germany. Compare Wilhide , Wilhoit , Wilhoite , Willhide , Willhite , Willhoit , and Willhoite .
History: Johann Michael Wilhoit or Wilheit emigrated c. 1717 from Germany to the Germanna Colony on the Rapidan River, VA (a settlement of Protestant refugees from the Rhineland). Little is known about him and his family, but they had many descendants, and the surname has many variants: Wilheit, Wilhide, Wilhight, Wilhoit, Wilhoite, Wilhoyte, Willheit, Willhide, Willhite, Willhoit, and Willhoite.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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