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17. ELIZABETH4 WHITED (WILEY3, THOMAS PRESTON2 WHITEHEAD, ROBERT1 WHITTED) was born June 27, 1839 in Tennessee, and died January 22, 1925 in Union County, Tennessee. She married ALLEN GRAVES Abt. 1858, son of ELI GRAVES and MATILDA HURST. He was born December 18, 1840 in Tennessee, and died October 17, 1917 in Union County, Tennessee.

More About ELIZABETH WHITED:
Burial: Graves Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee

Notes for ALLEN GRAVES:
1860 Census Union County, Tennessee
Allen (m, w, 19, farmer, $500), Elizabeth (m, w, 21), and Arminta (f, w, 1) Graves are living with Eli Graves. I assume Eli is Allen's father.

1870 Census Union County, Tennessee
Graves, Allen (m, w, 30, farm laborer, $500), Elizabeth (f, w, 31), Arminta (f, w, 11), Napoleon (m, w, 9), William C. (m, w, 5), Whited, AE (f, w, 12). All born in Tennessee.

1880 Census Union County, Tennessee
Graves, Alin (m, w, 40, farm laror), Elizabeth (f, w, 41, wife, keeping house), Arminta W. (f, w, 21, daughter), Nepolion (m, w, 19, son, farm labor), WC (m, w, 17, son, farm labor), Florence F. (f, w, 7, daughter), Wiley N. (m, w, 4, son). All born in Tennessee.

1900 Census Union County, Tennessee
Graves, Allen (m, w, Dec 1840, age 59, married 41 years, farmer), Elizabeth (wife, f, w, June 1939, age 60, had 6 children 5 still alive), Wiley (son, m, w, Oct 1876, age 23, Single, farm laborer), Arminta (daughter, f, w, June 1858, age 41, widowed, 6 children 5 still alive), Louisa (grand-daughter, f, w, March 1885, age 15, single), Alford (grandson, m, w, Oct 1886, age 13, single), Richard (grandson, m, w, June 1890, age 9), Ellis (grandson, w, m, Nov 1893, age 6). All born in Tennessee.

1910 Census Union County, Tennessee
Graves, Allen (m, w, 78, married 50, years, farmer), Betsey M. (m, w, wife, 76, 5 children 5 still alive). Both born in Tennessee. Living next to Charles Miller where son Nathan was working as a servant.

More About ALLEN GRAVES:
Burial: Graves Cemetery, Union County, Tennessee
     
Children of ELIZABETH WHITED and ALLEN GRAVES are:
36. i.   ARMINTA MELVINEY5 GRAVES, b. July 22, 1858, Tennessee; d. July 05, 1949, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri.
37. ii.   NAPOLEON GRAVES, b. Abt. May 1861, Tennessee; d. Bet. 1920 - 1930.
38. iii.   WILLIAM CALVIN GRAVES, b. Abt. April 1865, Tennessee.
39. iv.   FLORENCE T. GRAVES, b. Abt. November 1872, Tennessee; d. February 12, 1963, Kokomo, Indiana.
40. v.   WILEY NATHAN GRAVES, b. Abt. February 1876, Tennessee; d. Abt. 1929.


18. REUBEN4 WHITED (WILEY3, THOMAS PRESTON2 WHITEHEAD, ROBERT1 WHITTED) was born May 10, 1845 in Tennessee, and died December 25, 1915 in Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma. He married REBECCA HURST April 12, 1868 in Grainger County, Tennessee, daughter of SQUIRE HURST and NELLIE SHARP. She was born August 26, 1848 in Grainger County, Tennessee, and died May 01, 1922 in Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma.

Notes for REUBEN WHITED:
1880 Census Union County, Tennessee:
J. Rheuben WHITED Self M Male W 35 TN Miller TN TN
Rebecca WHITED Wife M Female W 31 TN Keeping House TN TN
Jasper WHITED Son S Male W 11 TN Laborer TN TN
Matilda J. WHITED Dau S Female W 10 TN At Home TN TN
Lafayett WHITED Son S Male W 9 TN TN TN
Nellie M. WHITED Dau S Female W 7 TN TN TN
Martha C. WHITED Dau S Female W 5 TN TN TN
Arminte WHITED Dau S Female W 2 TN TN TN

1900 Census Union County Tennessee
Whited, Reuben (m, w, May 1845, age 55, married 32 years, Farmer), Rebecca (f, w, wife, Aug 1849, age 50, 13 children 11 still alive), Lafayette (m, w, son, Dec 1871, age 28, single, farm laborer), Mint (f, w, daughter, May 1878, age 22, single), Evalyne, daughter, Jul 1882, age 17, single), Emma (f, w, daughter, June 1884, age 15, single), John (m, w, son, Jun 1886, age 14, single), Minnie (f, w, daughter, Apr 1890, age 10), Sylvester (m, w, son, Jan 1893, age 7), Ellen (f, w, daughter, Feb 1895, age 5). All born in Tennessee.

1910 Census Beckham County, Oklahoma
Whited, R. (m, w, 64 married 43 years, Miller), Rebecca (f, w, wife, 61, 1 children 11 still alive), Ellen (f, w, daughter, 21, single), Minnie M. (f, w, daughter, 20, single), Sylvester (m, w, son, 21, single, works at mill). All born in Tennessee.




OLD WHITED GRISTMILL
Written in 1986:



(Old Town Museum Complex, Ackley City Park --Elk City, OK)

During the summer months, one of Elk City's early day businesses, the Old Whited Gristmill, was moved to the City Park from its original location on 7th Street. The structure has now been repaired and is an attractive asset to the town's well kept recreational area and the Old Town Museum.

Back in the 1970's, the restoration and upkeep of the gristmill began with a developmental project connected with the Elk Creek Beautification program. In 1977 the mill became one of the Community Improvement Projects sponsored by the GFWC Arimathaea and Cultus Clubs of Elk City. During 1974-1975 it was listed on both the National and Oklahoma Historic Places registers.

Last spring the two clubs jointly gave the Whited Gristmill to the Western OK Historical Society and the City of Elk City.

Ruben Whited transported his original millworks by wagon and team from his old home near Maynardsville, a small TN town not far from Knoxville. In 1901, he and his large family first settled in the Clabber Hill community north of Elk City.

According to old records, the original mill consisted of grinders made by Nordyke and Marman Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. These were patented in August 1871. The two sets of old burr stones, which were a low grade of marble 18 to 24 inches in circumference, were imported from France at an earlier date.

Ruben Whited moved the Whited Gristmill to the town of Elk City in 1903 where it remained in continuous operation until 1944. The original building on 7th Street was constructed in 1904. It contained a handcranked corn sheller, corn cribs, cob bins, and two burr stone grists for grinding corn and hard red winter wheat.

At first the mill was powered by a four-cylinder gasoline or naptha engine which drove a pulley and a wide belt that turned the grinding mechanism. Grains were fed into a two-foot square hopper by hand. The mill ran at one fast speed only and could not be geared down to run slower for small quantities of grain. When Elk City built its electrical power system in 1903, the Whited Gristmill was the first commercial enterprise to be changed over to an electric engine.

Neal O'Brien, a pioneer millworker, stated that corn was ground for less than 25 cents per hundred pounds or for a toll which was a certain percentage of the meal. The mill also contained standing scales for weighing the freshly ground or cracked grains. At a later date drive-scales were installed outside for weighing wagon loads of corn, wheat, and bundle feeds.

The Whiteds sold their toll meal to city customers who were unable to produce their own grain. To assure that they always had freshly ground corn, the Whiteds added a crib house to the North end of the original structure. Here they stored mature corn on the cob until it was needed. Mr. O'Brien recalled that a fanning mill in the sheller room was used to remove chaff and dirt from the corn before it was ground.

Ruben Whited died in 1914, but two of his sons, Sylvester and Fayette, continued with the family's enterprise. Mr. O'Brien helped them build an additional storage room on the West side of the original structure during the winder of 1928-1929. While Sylvester operated the mill, he and Fayette did the new construction.

Being a large man who weighed about 230 pounds, Fayette worked on the ground sawing and handing the lumber to O'Brien. Mr. O'Brien nailed it into place. When the new room was completed, a hammermill was installed for grinding bundle feed for livestock.

The Old Whited Gristmill was closed and abandoned in 1944 when lightning struck the electrical system. The generator could not be repaired because of W.W.II shortages.

Sylvester and his wife Belle with their sons, Eugene and Ernest, who had always lived on the "short Clock" north of the gristmill sold their home and property to Chickasha Cottonseed Oil Mill and moved to Portland, OR, where he began working in the shipyards.

Sylvester Whited is now deceased, but Belle is living in Portland where she received private nursing care. Belle Whited's 86 year old sister, Mrs. Becky Warren, is a lifetime resident of Elk City and has vivid recollections of the early days of the Old Whited Gristmill.

Bose Cox, the two sisters' father who was born in 1860, knew Ruben Whited when they were young men in Maynardsville. Mr. Cox told his daughters about taking the family's corn on horseback to have ground at the Whited Gristmill in TN. Becky Cox Warren's husband, D.J. was a long-time employee of the gristmill in Elk City and was highly skilled at repairing and rebuilding the mill's machinery when various parts were no longer available. He died about one year ago.

More About REUBEN WHITED:
Burial: East Fairlawn Cemetery Lot 44, Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma

More About REBECCA HURST:
Burial: East Fairlawn Cemetery Lot 44, Elk City, Beckham County, Oklahoma
     
Children of REUBEN WHITED and REBECCA HURST are:
41. i.   WILLIAM JASPER5 WHITED, b. February 23, 1869, Tennessee; d. April 26, 1947, Tennessee.
42. ii.   MATILDA JANE WHITED, b. April 11, 1870, Union County, Tennesee; d. August 04, 1934, University Hospital in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  iii.   LAFAYETTE WHITED, b. December 31, 1871, Union County, Tennessee; d. May 04, 1940, Elk City, Beckham County, Okahoma.
  Notes for LAFAYETTE WHITED:
Living with parents except in 1910 and 1930 and no census information for him in 1910 census. He is living with brother Sylvester in 1930.

Funeral Services for Lafayette Whited, 68 year old mill operator, who died Saturday following a lengthy illness, were held Monday at 2 pm in the Grubitz and Son funeral chapel.

Mr. Whited was born Dec. 31, 1871, in Union County, Tenn.

He is survived by the following relatives: W. J. Whited, Shawnee; J. W. Whited, Oklahoma City; S. V. Whited and Evline Maples, Elk City; Ellen Bennett, Synder; Minnie McAnally, Dallas, Tex.; Arminta Miller and Nellie Miller, Knoxville, Tenn.

Burial was in the Fairlawn cemetery with the Grubitz and Son funeral directors in charge of the arrangements. Pallbearers were Lewis Miller, Roy Miller, Roy Maples, E. J. Warner, Royal Ballard, and C. H. Maples.

  More About LAFAYETTE WHITED:
Burial: May 06, 1940, East Fairview Cemetery, Elk City, Beckham County, Okahoma
  iv.   NELLIE M. WHITED, b. December 10, 1872, Tennessee; d. June 21, 1967; m. (1) LUTHER L. MCBEE, July 17, 1892, Union County, Tennessee; b. Abt. 1869, Tennessee; d. Bet. 1892 - 1900; m. (2) MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE MILLER, Aft. 1900; b. December 09, 1856, Union County, Tennessee; d. February 27, 1938, Union County, Tennessee.
  Notes for NELLIE M. WHITED:
1900 Census Johnson County, Tennessee
McBee, Nellie M. (f, w, servant, Dec 1873, age 26, widowed, no children, TN, TN, TN,housekeeper). Living with the Robert Hill family.



  More About NELLIE M. WHITED:
Burial: Big Barren Cemetery, Claiborne County, Tennessee

  Notes for MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE MILLER:
No Census Information for 1910, 1920, 1930.



  v.   MARTHA C. WHITED, b. January 11, 1876, Tennessee; d. July 18, 1896, Tennessee.
  More About MARTHA C. WHITED:
Burial: Pleasant View Cemetery
43. vi.   ARMINTA WHITED, b. May 15, 1878, Union County, Tennessee; d. August 02, 1963, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee.
  vii.   LONA WHITED, b. June 20, 1880; d. June 27, 1886, Tennessee.
  More About LONA WHITED:
Burial: Pleasant View Cemetery, Maynardville, Tennessee
44. viii.   EVALINE WHITED, b. July 23, 1882, Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee; d. September 25, 1970, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado.
  ix.   EMMA WHITED, b. June 1884, Tennessee; d. Bef. 1940; m. HUSBAND PASCO.
  Notes for HUSBAND PASCO:
No Census Information for 1910, 1920, 1930


  x.   JOHN WILEY WHITED, b. June 16, 1886, Tennessee; d. January 09, 1967; m. (1) WIFE UNKNOWN, Abt. 1909; m. (2) ETHEL R. UNKNOWN, Abt. 1919; b. May 17, 1901, Oklahoma; d. February 28, 1993.
  Notes for JOHN WILEY WHITED:
1930 Census, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
Whited, John (m, w, owns home $3500, 43, married at 23, TN, TN, TN, landlord apartment house), Ethel R. (f, w, wife, 28, married at 19, OK, OK, MO). Living at 411 N. McKinley.


  More About JOHN WILEY WHITED:
Burial: Moore Cemetery, Moore, Cleveland County, Oklahoma
  xi.   MINNIE WHITED, b. April 1890, Tennessee; d. Bet. 1940 - 1964; m. COY DAVID MCANALLY, Abt. 1917; b. Abt. 1890, Alabama; d. July 18, 1968, Dallas County, Texas.
  Notes for COY DAVID MCANALLY:
1930 Census Dallas, Dallas County, Texas
McAnally, Coy D. (m, w, rent $20 a month, 40, married at 27, AL, AL, AL, salesman), Minnie (f, w, wife 39, married at 26, TN, TN, TN). Living on 5801 Garden East.

  More About COY DAVID MCANALLY:
Occupation: Car Salesman
Residence: 1930, 5401 Garland Street
45. xii.   SYLVESTER V. WHITED, b. January 06, 1893, Tennessee; d. October 1970, Oregon.
  xiii.   ELLEN WHITED, b. Abt. 1895, Tennessee; d. Aft. 1940; m. HUSBAND BENNETT.
  Notes for HUSBAND BENNETT:
No Census Information found.




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