Notes from letter that was writed by Thomas J Elms May 1943 (son of Nancy Whited and George Elms) My mother was daughter of Thomas whited Sr. who was born in the 1800 as I have often heard my mother say. I think he had several brothers and sisters but I can recall the name of only one who she (my mother) often mentioned to me and her name was Ann.
This Thomas whited found a wife when he was 18 years of age, a Dutch woman (not German) and she brought into the world 8 or 10 children, among them three girls and my mother was one. All the boys died young or were killed in the civil war. I never saw one of them. The girls all lived to be old and each one had ann by name Sally Ann, Nancy ann, Polly Ann. My mother often told me he must have had a very fond affection for his sister to name each daughter for her. After his wife died, I think about 1840, Thomas Whited married again a woman named Evans, and had some 6 or 7 children. My mother's father must have had other brothers and sisters as my uncle Tom Jr. , my mother's half brother, told me once in years gone by that one of the Whited girls married a Buchannan, a relative of the President.
(my notes) Anna (ann) Whited married Jonathan A Newman. They lived in Alabama (where Jonathan taught at the Cherokee school) and then on to Washington co. Arkansa at the same time their daughter Louisa Newman Buffington and her family moved to Indian Territory (OK)
I would like to find out who the parents of Thomas and Anna Whited are and who was Thomas' first wife. (Thomas died in Arkaasas)