Don; You do send me on some most interesting chases. Gleaned from census records, using those records to clean up the 80 or so mostly wrong family trees posted in ancestry.com. Marriage, death records, and obits included to support findings and dates... Notes are an amalgamation of those I found supported by the data.

Descendants of George Burns Hite

Generation No. 1

1. GEORGE BURNS1 HITE was born 29 Jan 1820 in Logan Co., KY, and died 24 Nov 1891 in Logan Co., KY. He married (1) NANCY GARDNER JAMES 07 May 1841 in Logan Co. KY. She was born 13 Sep 1821 in Logan Co., KY. He married (2) SARAH ELIZABETH NORRIS 25 Apr 1877 in Logan Co. KY. She was born 08 May 1857 in Edgefield , TN.

Notes for GEORGE BURNS HITE:
"The Russellville Ledger, Wednesday, December 2, 1891 Town Crier" Mr. Hite's Death
Major George B. Hite died at the residence of his son, George T. Hite, in Adairville of pneumonia, last Tuesday, November 24th. He was seventy-six years of age. He had been a merchant and farmer nearly all of his life, and at one time was one of the wealthiest men in the county. In 1878 he lost heavily speculating in tobacco and was forced to make an assignment. His creditors were not hurt, however, as he paid dollar for dollar and had a good home left. He was a man of remarkable energy and of remarkable health, and was never confined to his bed with sickness during his life, until the attack pneumonia which ended his earthly career. The funeral services were conducted by Reverend I. W. Emerson, after which the body was laid to rest in the Adairville Cemetery.

More About GEORGE BURNS HITE:
Date born 2: Logan Co., KY
Residence 1: 1880, Adairville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Residence 2: 1870, Adairville, Logan, Kentucky

Notes for NANCY GARDNER JAMES:
Nancy was the 6th child of this family. Nancy was the aunt of Jesse and Frank
James. Her brother Robert Sallee James was the father of Jesse and Frank.

Her husband remarried in 1877.

Two of her sons rode with Jesse's gang, her 5th child, Robert Woodson "Wood"
and his younger brother, Clarence Browder (Bowler), the 11th child. He may
have used the alias, Jefferson Davis Hite.

More About SARAH ELIZABETH NORRIS:
Residence: 1880, Adairville, Logan, Kentucky, United States

Children of GEORGE HITE and NANCY JAMES are:

i. MARY E. HITE, b. 23 Apr 1842, Logan, Kentucky; d. 04 Mar 1921, Logan, Kentucky; m. RUFUS TULLEY, 21 Jan 1868.

More About MARY E HITE:
Date born 2: 1842, Logan Co., KY
Date born 3: 1844, Kentucky
Residence 1: 1870, Louisville Ward 5, Jefferson, Kentucky
Residence 2: 1850, District 2, Logan, Kentucky

ii. AMANDA OLIVE HITE, b. 1844, Logan Co., KY; d. 20 Jul 1860.

iii. JOHN W HITE, b. 19 Feb 1847, Logan Co., KY; d. 09 Jan 1916.

Notes for JOHN W HITE:
Confederate veteran, Battle of Lookout Mountain, lived Kevil KY. Has 12 children although only 4 listed in Hite Fam Genealogy

iv. ROBERT WOODSON HITE, b. 1850, Logan Co., KY; d. 04 Dec 1881.

Notes for ROBERT WOODSON HITE:
The Louisville Courier-Journal of Louisville, Jefferson, KY reported that Wood was killed by Richard (Dick) Liddil and Robert (Bob) Ford,on a farm owned by Mr Harbison, formerly of Shelby County, KY.

He and his brother Clarence Broder or Bowler (who may have been named Jefferson
Davis or used that name as an alias) both rode with Jesse James gang.

Data above provided by researcher and President of the Hite FamilyAssociation, Orville Hite. His email address is ohite@aol.com

Wood was killed because he witnessed his step-mother making love with Dick
Liddel and threatened to expose them. His body was found in a ditch where
he had been rolled and covered with snow behind his father's farm in Logan
County KY. A detailed story will be in a book about the James family by Linda Snyder.

PART OF THE JAMES GANG. Wood Hite participated in the Glendale, Missouri train robbery. He was killed by fellow gang member Dick Liddil in 1882.

Rode with Bloody Bill (not proven - JJR)
Credited as a member at the Glendale, Mo. Train Robbery.
Credited as a member at the Winston Robbery
Credited as a member at the Blue Cut Robbery
Believed to have lived in Kentucky in 1881
Had a romantic attachment for Bob Ford's widowed sister Martha Bolton
Killed by fellow gang member Dick Liddil and Bob Ford in 1882

Known member of the James-Younger Gang.
Killed by Bob Ford in 1881.
Bob Ford gained fame by killing Jesse James in 1882.
Nickname
A.K.A. Wood Hite
Occupation
Outlaw

More About ROBERT WOODSON HITE:
Date born 2: 1850, Logan Co., KY
Residence 1: 1880, Adairville, Logan, Kentucky, United States
Residence 2: 1860, Adairville, Logan, Kentucky
Residence 3: 1870, Adairville, Logan, Kentucky

v. GEORGE THOMAS HITE, b. 29 Feb 1852, Logan Co., KY.

vi. NANCY CORNELIA HITE, b. 25 Nov 1853, Logan Co., KY.

vii. HENRY CLAY HITE, b. 30 Oct 1855, Logan Co., KY.

Notes for HENRY CLAY HITE:
Twin to Luther W. Hite

viii. LUTHER W HITE, b. 30 Oct 1855, Logan Co., KY.

Notes for LUTHER W HITE:
Twin to Henry Clay Hite.

ix. JOELLA HITE, b. 04 Mar 1857, Logan Co., KY.

x. LUCY A HITE, b. 1860, Logan Co., KY.

xi. CLARENCE B (JEFFERSON DAVIS) HITE, b. 1862, Logan Co., KY.

Notes for CLARENCE B (JEFFERSON DAVIS) HITE:
He used the name Jefferson Davis Hite as an alias. He and his brother Robert Woodson "Wood" rode with Jesse James gang.

John R.