John Garland Brown ^{2 3 4}

   Another name for Buck was John Garlan "Buck" Brown.

  General Notes:

John's parents were Ben B. Brown and Lena Prothro (according to the death certificate). When John registered for the WWI draft on 5 Jun 1917, he was a locomotive fireman for Gulf C & S S Railway in Silsbee, Hardin County, Texas. He had a wife and child and claimed an exemption for their support. At the time of the 1920 census, John was a brakeman for the railroad. He rented part of the same house his wife's family lived in in Longview, Gregg County, Texas. At the time of the 1930 census, John was a railway conductor. He rented his home in Mineola, Wood County, Texas, for $30 a month.

Buck married Willie W. Shanks.

Buck next married Hazel Kirk Barr, daughter of John Shelley Barr Jr and Nancy Elizabeth Brosius, on 30 Sep 1915 in , Gregg County, Texas.¹ (Hazel Kirk Barr was born on 20 Jun 1896 in Texas,⁸ died on 23 May 1966 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas ⁸ and was buried in City Cemetery, Mineola, Wood County, Texas ⁸.). The cause of her death was respiratory failure due to emphysema and chronic bronchitis.