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Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wells family of California

David Josiah Brewer (1837-1910) — of Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.Born in Smyrna, Turkey (now Izmir,Türkiye),June20, 1837.Lawyer;county judge in Kansas, 1862-65; district judge in Kansas 1stDistrict, 1865-69;justice ofKansas state supreme court, 1870-84;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit, 1884-90;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1889-1910; died in office 1910.Congregationalist.Died inWashington,D.C.,March28, 1910 (age72 years, 281days).Interment atMt.Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.

Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

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Stephen Johnson Field (1816-1899) — also known asStephen J. Field — ofYubaCounty, Calif.Born in Haddam,MiddlesexCounty, Conn.,November4, 1816.Wentto California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member ofCaliforniastate assembly 14th District, 1851-52;justice ofCalifornia state supreme court, 1857-63;chiefjustice of California state supreme court, 1859-63;AssociateJustice of U.S. Supreme Court, 1863-97;arrestedin San Francisco, August 16, 1889, onchargesof being party to the allegedmurderofDavidS. Terry; released on bail; ultimately the killing was ruled tobe justifiable homicide.Episcopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died inWashington,D.C.,April 9,1899 (age82 years, 156days).Interment atRockCreek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.

	Relatives: UncleofDavidJosiah Brewer andCharlotteAnita Whitney.
		Political family:Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wellsfamily of California.
		The World War IILibertyshipSS Stephen Johnson Field (built 1942 atTerminalIsland, California; sold 1947; scrapped 1968) wasnamed forhim.
		See alsoWikipediaarticle —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial —BillionGravesburial record
		Books about Stephen J. Field: PaulKens,JusticeStephen Field : Shaping Liberty from the Gold Rush to the GildedAge
		Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, September 1897

	Relatives: Sonof Rev. Josiah Brewer and Emilia (Field) Brewer; married,October3, 1861, to Louise R. Landon; married,June 5,1901, to Emma Miner Mott; father-in-law ofWellingtonWells; nephew ofStephenJohnson Field.
		Political family:Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wellsfamily of California.
		See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —Ballotpedia article —NNDBdossier —Find-A-Gravememorial

George E. Whitney — Member ofCaliforniastate senate, 1880.Burial location unknown.

	Relatives:Father ofCharlotteAnita Whitney.
		Political family:Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wellsfamily of California.

Charlotte Anita Whitney (c.1868-1955) — also known asAnita Whitney — of California. Born about 1868. Communist.Socialworker; in 1919, she gave aradicalspeech in Oakland, California; as a result, she wasarrested,tried,andfoundguilty of violating the state'ssyndicalismlaw;pardonedby GovernorC. C.Young.; candidate forU.S.Senator from California, 1928, 1940 (Communist).Female.Died inSanFrancisco, Calif.,February4, 1955 (ageabout 87years).Burial location unknown.

	Relatives:Daughter ofGeorgeE. Whitney; niece ofStephenJohnson Field.
		Political family:Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wellsfamily of California.

Wellington Wells (1868-1955) — also known asBill Wells — of Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.Born in Arlington,MiddlesexCounty, Mass.,April18, 1868.Republican.Lawyer;member ofMassachusettsstate senate Fifth Suffolk District, 1923-24.Baptist;laterEpiscopalian.Member,Freemasons.Died, in Massachusetts GeneralHospital,Boston,SuffolkCounty, Mass.,May 23,1955 (age87 years, 35days).Interment atForestHills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, Boston, Mass.

	Relatives:Son-in-law ofDavidJosiah Brewer.
		Political family:Whitney-Field-Brewer-Wellsfamily of California.

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