John Wesley Hite

Brief Life History of John Wesley

When John Wesley Hite was born on 12 June 1891, in Tontogany, Wood, Ohio, United States, his father, Ezra E. Hite, was 34 and his mother, Phoebe Ellen Lybarger, was 33. He married Ida F Butt on 30 April 1928, in Lucas, Ohio, United States. He lived in Tontogany, Washington Township, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1900 and Washington Township, Wood, Ohio, United States in 1910. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 5 March 1950, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Ottawa Hills Memorial Park, Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States.

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John Wesley Hite
1891–1950
Ida F Butt
1886–1963
Marriage: 30 April 1928

Sources (14)

  • John W Hite, "United States Census, 1930"
  • John W Hite, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
  • John W Hite, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

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1894

OLDEST DEATH AND BURIAL - - - Lucinda “Lucy or Lou” Gilbert O'Farrell BIRTH 1850 Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio, USA DEATH Nov 1894 (aged 43–44) Milford, Dickinson County, Iowa, USA BURIAL Ottawa Hills Memorial Park Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA MEMORIAL ID 141657211

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

Name Meaning

English (Huntingdonshire): topographic name for someone who lived at the top of a hill or on a piece of raised ground, from Middle English heyt ‘summit, height, top’ (Old English hīehthu).

Americanized form of German Heit .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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