Ellen-Venita Browning Wilhoit
Can anyone identify Ellen Wilhoit ?
http://www.tfs.net/~gbyron/kin/famous/ussmadd.htmlhttp://www.tfs.net/~gbyron/kin/famous/ussmadd.html and
http://users.1st.net/themaddoxs/mfussmad.htmhttp://users.1st.net/themaddoxs/mfussmad.htm say that
Mrs. Ellen-Venita Browning Wilhoit was a great granddaughter of Captain William A. T. Maddox. She sponsored a ship, USS Maddox, built in 1942.
Similar information is at http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Base/1250/maddox.htmlhttp://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Base/1250/maddox.html and
http://www.multied.com/navy/destroyer/MaddoxIIdd662.htmlhttp://www.multied.com/navy/destroyer/MaddoxIIdd662.html, where she is referred to as Mrs. Ellen-Venita Browning Wilhoit Gay. From this, it seems that she may have been born Ellen-Venita Browning and married first a Wilhoit and then a Gay. Alternatively, she might have been born Ellen Wilhoit. There doesn't seem to be any further information about her or her descent from the captain.