Linkto Wham Hill CemeteryWham RootsWe havemoved to bigger and better quarters!https://sites.google.com/site/whamfamilygenealogy/12/1/2006  Final note from "Web Keeper":  After a run ofeightyears, it's time to pass the torch on to younger hands!  It's beenhard work and a lot of fun.  I have received messages from more"cousins"than I ever knew existed.  We have had the pleasure to meetseveralof them from all over the country, and it never would have happenedwithoutthe "miracle" of the world wide communications potential of theinternet! Thanks to all who have made this web site what it is.  If any ofthe"cousins" are ever in the area of Western Kentucky/Southern Illinoispleasestop by.  For the forseeable future, the present web site will beleft online, but will not be further updated.Thanks much to Thomas James Wham and Thomas BruceWhamfor accepting the challenge to keep the Wham Family Tree alive on thenet!  Please help them by sending additional information to them at the abovelink.3/25/2006  News from "Web Keeper":  Fred L. Wham, Jr. ofCentralia,Illinois, my Dad, died on March 13, 2006, just a few hours short of his96th birthday.  Everyone is telling me he/she is "sorry". Well,I'm sorry too, but his death was more of a blessing than a curse. He had been "house-bound" for the past several years, unable to get outof  bed for the past several months.  He was still fairlyalertmentally, and with his physical limitations,  he situation wasprettygrim.  It was only with round the clock personal care that he was
able to remain in his own home.  Especially since the death of my
Mom, in November, 2005, Dad's life had become more of a matter of day
to
day survival than any source of satisfaction to him.  Thanks to
all
who have expressed their condolences and kind words.
Now the good news:  In going through some of
Dad's
personal letters, I came across a clipping from about ten or fifteen
years
ago, about a group of people trying to organize some system of taking
care
of Wham Hill Cemetery.  On the clipping was written the name
"Gain"
and a telephone number.  I reached Walter Earl Gain, who had been
taking care of Wham Hill Cemetery for many years, until poor health
forced
him to give it up a few years ago.  (Thanks from all of us to
"Earl".) 
Walter Earl Gain has several family members buried at WHC.  I was
lucky to call him at the time he was being visited by his daughter,
Joyce
Myers.  After some discussion, we determined that we are distant
cousins! 
Her great grandmother was Mary Isabella Wham, who married Joel Harvey
Gain. 
Always wonderful to "meet" another cousin.  We had a great
conversation
with lots of common denominators - mainly centered around the Cartter,
Kell, Kinmundy communities near Centralia and Salem, Illinois.
It really is a small world!
2/20/2005 - Overview of Wham History - England,
Scotland,
Ireland, America.  Possible origin of name - Submitted by Thomas
J.
Wham, Mountain Home, Arkansas.  This is the single BEST
contribution
to this w