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Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family

Note: This is just one of 1,164 family groupings listed on The Political Graveyard web site. These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

  Neill Smith Brown (1810-1886) — also known as Neill S. Brown — of Tennessee. Born in Giles County, Tenn., April 18, 1810. Governor of Tennessee, 1847-49; U.S. Minister to Russia, 1850-53; Speaker of the Tennessee State House of Representatives, 1855-57; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1872. Died in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., January 30, 1886 (age 75 years, 287 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of Duncan Brown and Margaret (Smith) Brown; brother of John Calvin Brown; uncle of Theodore M. Brantly.
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  See also National Governors Association biography — U.S. State Dept career summary
  John Calvin Brown (1827-1889) — also known as John C. Brown — of Pulaski, Giles County, Tenn. Born in Giles County, Tenn., January 6, 1827. Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for Tennessee; general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; delegate to Tennessee state constitutional convention, 1870; Governor of Tennessee, 1871-75; president, Texas and Pacific Railroad; president, Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railroad Company; president, Bon Air Coal Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1876 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1888. Died in Red Boiling Springs, Macon County, Tenn., August 17, 1889 (age 62 years, 223 days). Interment at Maplewood Cemetery, Pulaski, Tenn.
  Presumably named for: John Calvin
  Relatives: Son of Duncan Brown and Margaret (Smith) Brown; brother of Neill Smith Brown; married to Anne Pointer; married 1864 to Elizabeth Childress; father of Marie Childress Brown (who married Benton McMillin); uncle of Theodore M. Brantly.
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article
Benton McMillin Benton McMillin (1845-1933) — also known as "The Democratic War Horse" — of Carthage, Smith County, Tenn. Born in Monroe County, Ky., September 11, 1845. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Tennessee state house of representatives, 1875-77; U.S. Representative from Tennessee 4th District, 1879-99; Governor of Tennessee, 1899-1903; defeated, 1912; U.S. Minister to Peru, 1913-19; Guatemala, 1919-21; insurance business; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1928. Died in Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn., January 8, 1933 (age 87 years, 119 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn.
  Relatives: Son of John McMillin and Elizabeth (Black) McMillin; married 1886 to Marie Childress Brown (daughter of John Calvin Brown); married 1888 to Lucille Foster McMillin; father of Ellinor Foster McMillin (daughter-in-law of Joseph Doty Oliver; sister-in-law of James Oliver II).
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — U.S. State Dept career summary
  Image source: Autobiographies and Portraits of the President, Cabinet, etc. (1899)
  George Ford (1846-1917) — of St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., January 11, 1846. Democrat. Lawyer; St. Joseph County Prosecuting Attorney, 1875-84; U.S. Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1885-87; superior court judge in Indiana, 1914. Member, Freemasons; Odd Fellows. Died in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., August 30, 1917 (age 71 years, 231 days). Interment at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Isaac Ford and Emeline (Perkins) Ford; married, November 25, 1885, to Josephine Oliver (sister of Joseph Doty Oliver; aunt of James Oliver II).
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Joseph Doty Oliver (1850-1933) — also known as Joseph D. Oliver; J. D. Oliver — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in Mishawaka, St. Joseph County, Ind., August 20, 1850. Republican. Chairman, Oliver Farm Equipment Company; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1884, 1912. Presbyterian. Scottish and English ancestry. Died August 6, 1933 (age 82 years, 351 days). Entombed at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of James Oliver and Susan Catherine (Doty) Oliver; brother of Josephine Oliver (who married George Ford); married to Anna Gertrude Wells; father of James Oliver II and Joseph Doty Oliver, Jr. (son-in-law of Benton McMillin).
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Theodore M. Brantly (1851-1922) — also known as Theodore M. Brantley — Born near Lebanon, Wilson County, Tenn., February 12, 1851. Republican. Lawyer; college professor; district judge in Montana 3rd District, 1894-98; chief justice of Montana state supreme court, 1899-1922; died in office 1922. Member, Freemasons; Elks. Died in Helena, Lewis and Clark County, Mont., September 16, 1922 (age 71 years, 216 days). Interment at Forestvale Cemetery, Helena, Mont.
  Relatives: Son of Rev. Edwin Theodore Brantly and Mary Eliza (McKnight) Brantly; married 1891 to Lois A. Reat (sister of Samuel Callaway Reat); father of Lois Brown Brantly (who married Francis A. Hazelbaker); nephew of Neill Smith Brown and John Calvin Brown.
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lucille Foster McMillin — also known as Lucille Foster; Mrs. Benton McMillin — of Nashville, Davidson County, Tenn. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Tennessee, 1924; member, U.S. Civil Service Commission, 1945. Female. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married 1888 to Benton McMillin.
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
Samuel C. Reat Samuel Callaway Reat (b. 1868) — also known as Samuel C. Reat — of Tuscola, Douglas County, Ill. Born in Tuscola, Douglas County, Ill., June 14, 1868. Lawyer; newspaper publisher; U.S. Consul in Port Louis, 1908-09; Tamsui, 1909-13; Calgary, 1913-15, 1918-32; Rangoon, 1915-16; Guatemala City, 1916-17. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Dr. James Lee Reat and Sarah 'Sallie' (Callaway) Reat; brother of Lois Reat (who married Theodore M. Brantly); married, October 10, 1914, to Mabel Childs.
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  Image source: U.S. passport application (1916)
  James Oliver II (1885-1944) — of South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind. Born in South Bend, St. Joseph County, Ind., November 3, 1885. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1936 (alternate), 1940. Suffered a heart attack and died, at the Claypool Hotel, Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind., May 19, 1944 (age 58 years, 198 days). Entombed at Riverview Cemetery, South Bend, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph Doty Oliver and Anna Gertude (Wells) Oliver; brother of Joseph Doty Oliver, Jr. (son-in-law of Benton McMillin); married 1920 to Louise Yarrington; nephew of Josephine Oliver (who married George Ford).
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Francis A. Hazelbaker — also known as Frank A. Hazelbaker — of Montana. Lieutenant Governor of Montana, 1929-33; candidate for Governor of Montana, 1932, 1936. Interment somewhere in Dillon, Mont.
  Relatives: Married to Lois Brown Brantly (daughter of Theodore M. Brantly); father of Frank W. Hazelbaker.
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
  Frank W. Hazelbaker — of Montana. Member of Montana state house of representatives, 1960; Speaker of the Montana State House of Representatives, 1960; member of Montana state senate, 1960. Interment somewhere in Dillon, Mont.
  Relatives: Son of Francis A. Hazelbaker.
  Political family: Brown-Oliver-McMillin-Hazelbaker family.
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