Background
Wheat, George Seay was born on September 14, 1886 in Gallatin, Tennessee, United States. Son of Frank and Clara (Seay) Wheat.
Wheat, George Seay was born on September 14, 1886 in Gallatin, Tennessee, United States. Son of Frank and Clara (Seay) Wheat.
Sewanee Military Academy. Special work University of South and Columbia.
Reporter New York Press, 1911. Later with New York Evening Sun, and with New York Herald until 1917. Commissioned Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve Force, May 1, 1917, and assigned as intelligence officer, cable censorship, New York, later at Naval Intelligence Office, Washington, District of Columbia.
Served on deck duty, United States Ship Koningen der Niederlanden, transporting troops between Newport News, Virginia, and Brest, France. Honorary discharged, December 2, 1918.
Member Committee Public Information Service, supplying President Wilson with news from America while at the Peace Conference.
Married Ensley Hodgson, June 9, 1917. Children: George Seay, John Potter, Edward Lauderdale.