census & city directory records show that Brown McMillin was primarily raised by his mother's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Childress Brown, the widow of Gov./Gen. John C. Brown.
THE COMET, Johnson City, Tenn. ~ OCTOBER 31, 1912, page 3
GOVERNOR M'MILLIN's SON DEAD ~ Began Sinking Thursday Noon ~ Expired Friday Morning ~ Was Talented Young Newspaper Man -- Remains were taken to Pulaski, Tenn., for Burial.
Brown McMillin, twenty-eight [actually, about 24] years old and son of ex-Governor Benton McMillin, died at 6:30 o'clock Friday morning at St. Luke's hospital, after an illness of several weeks of ulceration of the bowels. His condition first became critical last Saturday and Sunday his father came to Bristol and with Mrs. McMillin remained at his bedside until his death, cancelling his speaking engagements as the democratic candidate for governor of Tennessee. The patient remained in a critical condition until Wednesday when his symptoms became slightly more favorable, giving faint hope of his recovery. He was able to retain a soft boiled egg and a quart of saline solution was readily absorbed by the blood.
Thursday the young man took a sharp change for the worse and at noon his condition was alarming. He did not improve during the afternoon and toward night began sinking rapidly. At midnight Thursday it was announced that he was dying and probably could not last until daylight. He gradually sank until 6:30 o'clock when the end came peacefully.
Mr. McMillin was a grandson of ex-Governor John C. Brown, of Tennessee. He was a college graduate and a young man of culture and intellect. He was a newspaper man and was formerly employed on the Nashville papers. He was a talented writer and especially gifted in verse, many of his poems having been widely copied in the press. He was a young man of unusual congeniality and was popular everywhere he was known.
Mr. McMillin came to Bristol several weeks ago on a visit and was taken ill. He was taken to the hospital and the physicians soon announced that he had only a fighting chance for recovery. Last week they announced that he could not recover and his parents were summoned.
FUNERAL AT PULASKI ~ The body of the young man was taken to the home of ex-Governor John I. Cox, on Anderson street and remained there until 3:40 p.m., when it was taken on the Memphis special to Pulaski, Tenn., where it will be buried Sunday beside that of his mother and his grandfather, the late ex-Governor John C. Brown. Besides the parents the body was accompanied by Col. J.M. Barker, Mrs. John I. Cox and other friends of the family who joined the party en route to Pulaski.
There were many beautiful floral offerings by local friends of the family and from all over the State came messages of love and sympathy for the parents in their bereavement. --Bristol Herald Courier.
THE COMET, Johnson City, Tenn. ~ OCTOBER 31, 1912, page 3
GOVERNOR M'MILLIN's SON DEAD ~ Began Sinking Thursday Noon ~ Expired Friday Morning ~ Was Talented Young Newspaper Man -- Remains were taken to Pulaski, Tenn., for Burial.
Brown McMillin, twenty-eight [actually, about 24] years old and son of ex-Governor Benton McMillin, died at 6:30 o'clock Friday morning at St. Luke's hospital, after an illness of several weeks of ulceration of the bowels. His condition first became critical last Saturday and Sunday his father came to Bristol and with Mrs. McMillin remained at his bedside until his death, cancelling his speaking engagements as the democratic candidate for governor of Tennessee. The patient remained in a critical condition until Wednesday when his symptoms became slightly more favorable, giving faint hope of his recovery. He was able to retain a soft boiled egg and a quart of saline solution was readily absorbed by the blood.
Thursday the young man took a sharp change for the worse and at noon his condition was alarming. He did not improve during the afternoon and toward night began sinking rapidly. At midnight Thursday it was announced that he was dying and probably could not last until daylight. He gradually sank until 6:30 o'clock when the end came peacefully.
Mr. McMillin was a grandson of ex-Governor John C. Brown, of Tennessee. He was a college graduate and a young man of culture and intellect. He was a newspaper man and was formerly employed on the Nashville papers. He was a talented writer and especially gifted in verse, many of his poems having been widely copied in the press. He was a young man of unusual congeniality and was popular everywhere he was known.
Mr. McMillin came to Bristol several weeks ago on a visit and was taken ill. He was taken to the hospital and the physicians soon announced that he had only a fighting chance for recovery. Last week they announced that he could not recover and his parents were summoned.
FUNERAL AT PULASKI ~ The body of the young man was taken to the home of ex-Governor John I. Cox, on Anderson street and remained there until 3:40 p.m., when it was taken on the Memphis special to Pulaski, Tenn., where it will be buried Sunday beside that of his mother and his grandfather, the late ex-Governor John C. Brown. Besides the parents the body was accompanied by Col. J.M. Barker, Mrs. John I. Cox and other friends of the family who joined the party en route to Pulaski.
There were many beautiful floral offerings by local friends of the family and from all over the State came messages of love and sympathy for the parents in their bereavement. --Bristol Herald Courier.
census & city directory records show that Brown McMillin was primarily raised by his mother's mother, Elizabeth "Betty" Childress Brown, the widow of Gov./Gen. John C. Brown.
THE COMET, Johnson City, Tenn. ~ OCTOBER 31, 1912, page 3
GOVERNOR M'MILLIN's SON DEAD ~ Began Sinking Thursday Noon ~ Expired Friday Morning ~ Was Talented Young Newspaper Man -- Remains were taken to Pulaski, Tenn., for Burial.
Brown McMillin, twenty-eight [actually, about 24] years old and son of ex-Governor Benton McMillin, died at 6:30 o'clock Friday morning at St. Luke's hospital, after an illness of several weeks of ulceration of the bowels. His condition first became critical last Saturday and Sunday his father came to Bristol and with Mrs. McMillin remained at his bedside until his death, cancelling his speaking engagements as the democratic candidate for governor of Tennessee. The patient remained in a critical condition until Wednesday when his symptoms became slightly more favorable, giving faint hope of his recovery. He was able to retain a soft boiled egg and a quart of saline solution was readily absorbed by the blood.
Thursday the young man took a sharp change for the worse and at noon his condition was alarming. He did not improve during the afternoon and toward night began sinking rapidly. At midnight Thursday it was announced that he was dying and probably could not last until daylight. He gradually sank until 6:30 o'clock when the end came peacefully.
Mr. McMillin was a grandson of ex-Governor John C. Brown, of Tennessee. He was a college graduate and a young man of culture and intellect. He was a newspaper man and was formerly employed on the Nashville papers. He was a talented writer and especially gifted in verse, many of his poems having been widely copied in the press. He was a young man of unusual congeniality and was popular everywhere he was known.
Mr. McMillin came to Bristol several weeks ago on a visit and was taken ill. He was taken to the hospital and the physicians soon announced that he had only a fighting chance for recovery. Last week they announced that he could not recover and his parents were summoned.
FUNERAL AT PULASKI ~ The body of the young man was taken to the home of ex-Governor John I. Cox, on Anderson street and remained there until 3:40 p.m., when it was taken on the Memphis special to Pulaski, Tenn., where it will be buried Sunday beside that of his mother and his grandfather, the late ex-Governor John C. Brown. Besides the parents the body was accompanied by Col. J.M. Barker, Mrs. John I. Cox and other friends of the family who joined the party en route to Pulaski.
There were many beautiful floral offerings by local friends of the family and from all over the State came messages of love and sympathy for the parents in their bereavement. --Bristol Herald Courier.
THE COMET, Johnson City, Tenn. ~ OCTOBER 31, 1912, page 3
GOVERNOR M'MILLIN's SON DEAD ~ Began Sinking Thursday Noon ~ Expired Friday Morning ~ Was Talented Young Newspaper Man -- Remains were taken to Pulaski, Tenn., for Burial.
Brown McMillin, twenty-eight [actually, about 24] years old and son of ex-Governor Benton McMillin, died at 6:30 o'clock Friday morning at St. Luke's hospital, after an illness of several weeks of ulceration of the bowels. His condition first became critical last Saturday and Sunday his father came to Bristol and with Mrs. McMillin remained at his bedside until his death, cancelling his speaking engagements as the democratic candidate for governor of Tennessee. The patient remained in a critical condition until Wednesday when his symptoms became slightly more favorable, giving faint hope of his recovery. He was able to retain a soft boiled egg and a quart of saline solution was readily absorbed by the blood.
Thursday the young man took a sharp change for the worse and at noon his condition was alarming. He did not improve during the afternoon and toward night began sinking rapidly. At midnight Thursday it was announced that he was dying and probably could not last until daylight. He gradually sank until 6:30 o'clock when the end came peacefully.
Mr. McMillin was a grandson of ex-Governor John C. Brown, of Tennessee. He was a college graduate and a young man of culture and intellect. He was a newspaper man and was formerly employed on the Nashville papers. He was a talented writer and especially gifted in verse, many of his poems having been widely copied in the press. He was a young man of unusual congeniality and was popular everywhere he was known.
Mr. McMillin came to Bristol several weeks ago on a visit and was taken ill. He was taken to the hospital and the physicians soon announced that he had only a fighting chance for recovery. Last week they announced that he could not recover and his parents were summoned.
FUNERAL AT PULASKI ~ The body of the young man was taken to the home of ex-Governor John I. Cox, on Anderson street and remained there until 3:40 p.m., when it was taken on the Memphis special to Pulaski, Tenn., where it will be buried Sunday beside that of his mother and his grandfather, the late ex-Governor John C. Brown. Besides the parents the body was accompanied by Col. J.M. Barker, Mrs. John I. Cox and other friends of the family who joined the party en route to Pulaski.
There were many beautiful floral offerings by local friends of the family and from all over the State came messages of love and sympathy for the parents in their bereavement. --Bristol Herald Courier.
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