Tillman Co. OK - BIO: Claud Earl Grant Submitted by JoAnn Cantrell GRANT, Claud Earl GRANT, Claud Earl was b. 6th of Nov. 1909 in Addington, Jefferson Co., OK. He was the oldest of 10 children born to Ernest Walter and Emily Frances VICE Grant. Other Children of Ernest and Emily GRANT were: Ruby GRANT b. 1911 who married Edward CARAWAY, George E. GRANT b. 1913 who married Ada POPE; Edna GRANT b. 1915 who married Wm. BAKER; E.W. GRANT b. 1919 who married Gladys SULLIVAN; Ernesteen GRANT b. 1921 who married Wm. ROACH & Herman PLATT; Etta Belle GRANT b. 1923 who married Glenn HOOVER & Gordon JACK; Essie GRANT b. 1926 who married Wm. FOWLER; and Everett GRANT b. 1928 who married Ruby Jo KERR. Claud GRANT married Elsie BILDERBACK Wallace on Feb. 2, 1935. Elsie, b. 12 Apr., 1913 in Hollister, Tillman co., was the daughter of Harry Harrison and Pearl JOHNSTON Bilderback. Elsie was the mother of Eugene O. WALLACE, b. in Hollister in 1932. Claud and Elsie were parents of 4 daughters all born in Tillman co. Their daughter Eloise, who married Omer BOYD and Raymond HIGGINS, was born in 1936 Hollister. Eva Louise GRANT, who married Floyd CAGLE & Jack WHITE, was b. in 1941 in Loveland. Evelyn JoAnn GRANT, who married Derryl CANTRELL, was b. in 1944 in Grandfield. And Ellen GRANT, who married Jim McCLENDON, was b. in 1946 in Grandfield. During the early years of their marriage Claud and Elsie lived in Tillman Co. Electrical power for their home and farm was supplied by wind generators. Claud held several jobs including ranch work, driving a school bus, and working W.P.A. projects. On some of these jobs he made one dollar a day in wages. Looking for a better opportunity for their family, Claud and Elsie moved to Haskell co. OK in 1947. The family had worked in the cotton fields to make money for this move. They took over an F.H.A. loan for $12,000 to buy 380 acres of land with a relatively new house west of the Whitefield community. The family farmed and raised cattle in Haskell co. Claud also worked as a heavy equipment operator on construction jobs. During the last years of his life, Claud lived in Sallisaw, Sequoyah co., OK. He died in Sallisaw on 14 Oct. 1975. Elsie died there on 30 June, 1985. As of this date, Jan. 29, 2000, Eugene WALLACE, son of Elsie, still lives on the old home place west of Whitefield. Daughter Eloise is in a nursing home in TX, Eva is a banker in Muskogee co. OK, JoAnn is a teacher in McAlester, OK and Ellen is a retired teacher who lives in Sequoyah co. OK. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: JoAnn Cantrell ====================================================================