{"id":6968,"date":"2025-11-28T08:12:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T13:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/?p=6968"},"modified":"2025-11-28T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T19:16:27","slug":"blackie-and-whitie-gray-on-tractor-with-their-father-samuel-columbus-gray-nearby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shelbykyhistory.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/28\/blackie-and-whitie-gray-on-tractor-with-their-father-samuel-columbus-gray-nearby\/","title":{"rendered":"Blackie and Whitie Gray on tractor with their father Samuel Columbus Gray nearby"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Blackie and Whitie Gray on tractor with their father Samuel Columbus Gray nearby<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Picture of Blackie and Whitie Gray on a tractor, with their father, Samuel Columbus Gray, standing nearby.

Gray family: Whitie’s given name is William Preston and Blackie’s Adriel Clark (after two prominent Shelby County physicians Dr. William Preston Hughes and Dr. Adriel Clark Weakley). An engineer, Samuel Gray helped convert the Climax Roller Mills from steam to diesel, and Our Best Mill in Smithfield from steam to electricity. Blackie and Whitie were three years old when their father died.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Date<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prior to Aug 1940<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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  • Given to Jim Cleveland from Whitie and Bonnie Gray<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Portrait of the Past<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Jim Cleveland Photo Collection ID Blackie&Whitie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    This file may be downloaded for personal, research, or classroom use, free of charge.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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