The leader., 1900-06-20
THE LATE g.. =. MCMILLAN.

This honored citizen of Brookhaveu,
who departed this life on the morning
of June S, 1900. was born in Spring
Vile, Erie county, New York, Jan. Q,
1929. Judge Mcmillan sprang from
distinguished ancestry. His maternal
grandfather, Col Silas Jones, of Great
/ harrington, Mass, served in the Con
tinental army from Bunker Hill to
Yorktown. His paternal grandfather
also served as a Revolutionary soldier
from Rhode Island.
Judge Mcmillan came to the his
toric old town of Monticello in 1S47,
when Is years of age, to accept posi-
ton as book keeper in the store of
John H. Teunisson, father of DR.. G..
\. Teunisson, of Monticello, and the
late Edward Teunisson, of Summit.
He began the study of law in 1S4S in
the office of Mississippi's distinguish
ed jurist, Wiley p. Harris, then resid-
ing at Monticello and holding the
office of Circuit Judge by appoint
ment of Gov. Brown. He was admit
ted to the bar in 1919, and at the solic-
itation of Robt. Lowry aud other cit
liens of Smith county, moved to that
county and began his career as law
| yer and politician. Smith was then a
new and rather rough county, it hav-
! ing been purchased from the Choc-
taws not many years before. Within
one year after his removal there, when
barely 2l years of age, he was elected
! Representative in the Legislature,
after bitter contest between a fac
ton led by Robt. Lowry and one head
ed by John Blackwell. The writer has
heard him relate how, after his cleo
ton, his friends celebrated his victory
by carrying him around on their
shoulders and making a bonfire with
his hat and coat.
Later, Judge Mcmillan served for
several years as private secretary to
Gov. McRea and then returned to
Monticello, where he lived until his
removal to Brookhaven in July, 1879.
He was delegate to the National con-
yention which nominated Buchanan.
In 1897 he was elected to the office of
District Attorney in the district of
which John f. McNair was the able
Judge. This Office he held continuously
until 1869, when he declined to again
become a candidate. In 1871 he was
appointed Chancellor of his district
and held the office until 1876. After
| that he practiced law until his removal
to Brookhaven. In November. 1885
he was elected justice of the peace of
this city and held the office contin-
uously to the time of his death. In
1890 he was appointed Supervisor OF
the census for the Southern district
of Mississippi by President Harrison
On April }, 1860, Judge Mcmillan
was married to Miss Annette Darden.
daughter of Buckner Darden, a mem.
Der of the distinguished family by that
name in Jefferson county. Mrs. Me.
MILAN and three children, Archibald
NJ, young member of the Brook
haven bar, and Misses Viola and
Beatrice, two daughters, survive him.
Most of Judge McMillan's contem-
poraries at the bar have preceded him
to the Spirit land. David w. Hurst,
Benjamin King, Robt. J. Bowen. b. C.
Buckley, H. +. johnson, Martin J.
Otis, James $. Prestidge, VIM. Vanner-
son, John L. Lamkin, Hiram Cassidy
ST., Thos. K. Stockdale, j. +. Sessions
+. &. Peyton, Henry and Frank Stur-
ges, Benjamin and Mayre Harris and
E. Stafford all joined the silent major
ity before he answered the summons
of the Pale Reaper. Among the few
who remain among the living are Col.
E. J. Goode, now of New York, Judge
Chrisman, of Canton, Col. Chas. E.
Hooker, of Jackson, and Capt. John S.
Lamkin, of Magnolia.
Judge Mcmillan joined the Presby-
terrain Church while youth and re-
manned member to the time of his
death. His health began to fail ten
years ago, when he was attacked by a
disease of the kidneys, which finally
caused his death. On account of his
physical ailments he rarely left home
during the last ten years of his life,
farther than his office, which adjoined
his residence. From the time he CON
tracted the disease he was a great suf
ferer
In social intercourse Judge McMil-
Ian was ever affable and pleasant, and
in manners as polished and courtly as
Chesterfield. All of his instincts were
of the finer sort, refined and gentle
manly. AS an official, he was con-
scientiOus, courageous and Just: if he
erred at all, leaning to the side of
mercy. The writer has never known a
man freer from personal malice or
vindictiveness, or one who could come
nearer seeing something good in every
one. Dying full of years and honors,
all who knew him lost friend, and the
State one of her best citizens and
truest sons.
The Magnolia Gazette Makes