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GEORGIA AND GEORGIANS 3171was. engaged for tea- years as an employe. At the end of that periodMr. Wynne came to Eastman, where he secured employment in the store ofhis brother, and remained with him as a clerk for seven years. In the meantime, he had been making many friends among the people of this locality, hadinterested himself in public affairs, and had shown his energy and fidelity.Accordingly he came to be regarded as good material for public service, andwhen he Mecame the democratic- candidate for the office of clerk of the Superiorand County courts of Dodge County, in. 1912, he had little trouble in gainingthe election. His first term of service convinced the people that they hadmade no mistake in their choice, and in 1914 he was the recipient of there-election and is duplicating the efficient and expeditious service that characterized his first term of office. He belongs to the local lodges of the Masonsand the Woodmen of the World, and few men in fraternal circles have morefriends than "Bob" Wynne. With his family, he attends the MethodistEpiscopal Church. He has been the architect of his own fortunes, has mappedout his own career intelligently and pursued his activities energetically, andin the attainment of success has held and merited the esteem and regard ofthose with whom he has been associated.Mr. Wynne was married October 28, 1896, at Americus, Sumter County,Georgia, to Miss Jessie Littlejohn, daughter of Rev. J. R. Littlejohn, a member'of a well-known family of Sumter County, and a sister of Judge Littlejohnof the Superior Court. To this union there have come two children: Robert,Jr., born in 1897, at Americus, Sumter County, who is completing his education with a view to entering business; and Miss Emily, born in 1903, atDamascus, Early County, Georgia, who is now a student at the EastmanHigh School.J. H. MIDNER. The son and grandson of lawyers who attained eminentpositions in their profession, in public life and in the esteem of the people,J. D". Milner, of Eastman, is one of the rising young attorneys of DodgeCounty, where his entire career has been passed. Although comparatively anewctoier to legal circles, he has already made a favorable impression in hiscallftig, and bids fair to add lustre to a name already honored in Georgiajurisprudence.J. II. Milner was born July 11, 1887, in Dodge County, Georgia, and is ason of E. B. and Mary Jane (Horn) Milner. His grandfather, the lateHon. James Milner, was a native of Georgia, became a prominent lawyer andwas elevated to the bench, serving for some years as judge of the CircuitCourt of the Carterville Circuit. E. B. Milner was born at Carterville, BartowCounty, Georgia, and in young manhood moved to Dodge County, where hejnet and married Mary Jane Horn, who had been born in Washington County,this state. Inheriting his father's inclination for the law, E. B. Milner earlyentered that profession, in which he rose to eminence and success at Eastman.He was the representative of large and important interests and was identifiedwith many cases which attracted attention because of the points involved.Mr. Milner was frequently elected to public office by his fellow-townsmen, andwas solicitor of the City Court for several years and mayor of Eastman forthree terms. His death occurred at Eastman, April 30, 1902, in the midstof what promised to be a most brilliant career, he being at that time only fortyyears of age. Mrs. Milner, who survives, is still living at Eastman and is fiftyyears of age.His parents' only child, J. D. Milner secured his educational training inthe public schools of Eastman, being graduated from the high school here.Having decided upon a career in the law, he studied assiduously for thatprofession at home, and finally, in July, 1912, was admitted to the bar. He atonce opened an office, and began practice at Eastman, and here he has continued in practice, having enjoyed some business of the best kind that can