Theodore M Brantly was the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, serving for 23 years (1899-1922).
Brantley was educated at Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee and the law school of Cumberland University in Lebanon, graduating in 1881. After practicing law for several years, Brantly became a professor of Ancient Languages, first at Illinois College and then at the College of Montana in Deer Lodge. After returning to the practice of law for several years, Brantley was elected District Judge in the 3rd Judicial District of Montana in 1892 and then Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court in the November 1898 elections. He remained Chief Justice until resigning for reasons of health shortly before his death in 1922.
Brantley was married in 1891 to Lois Reat and had 3 children -
Theodore Lee (1892-1961)
Lois Brown(1894-1972) md. Francis A. Hazelbaker Neill Duncan Brantly (1897-1972)
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Masonic rites, under the auspices of the grand Lodge of Montana, A. F. and A. M., were conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday [before 29 Sep 1922] afternoon at the Consistory temple on Jackson street at the funeral of Judge Theodore Brantly, late chief justice of the state supreme court, who died in Helena last Saturday night. The eulogy was spoken by the Rev. Newman Hall Burdick of the First Presbyterian church. Music was sung by the grand lodge choir, under the direction of F. S. Jacobsen.
The body of Judge Brantly was removed from the Flaherty & Kohler undertaking parlors at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and laid in state in the Consistory temple until the funeral hour. The body was accompanied by a guard of honor consisting of past exalted rules of Helena lodge No 193, B.P.O.E., of which Judge Brantley (sic) was a member, and also by the present exalted ruler, Warren Hawkins.
The funeral cortege formed on Broadway, with the head of the column resting on Main street. The route of march was north on main street to Neill avenue, where foot marchers entered automobiles. Burial was in Forestvale cemetery.
--Obituaries of the Intermountain West by Michael & Mickie Sheppard
Brantley was educated at Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee and the law school of Cumberland University in Lebanon, graduating in 1881. After practicing law for several years, Brantly became a professor of Ancient Languages, first at Illinois College and then at the College of Montana in Deer Lodge. After returning to the practice of law for several years, Brantley was elected District Judge in the 3rd Judicial District of Montana in 1892 and then Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court in the November 1898 elections. He remained Chief Justice until resigning for reasons of health shortly before his death in 1922.
Brantley was married in 1891 to Lois Reat and had 3 children -
Theodore Lee (1892-1961)
Lois Brown(1894-1972) md. Francis A. Hazelbaker Neill Duncan Brantly (1897-1972)
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Masonic rites, under the auspices of the grand Lodge of Montana, A. F. and A. M., were conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday [before 29 Sep 1922] afternoon at the Consistory temple on Jackson street at the funeral of Judge Theodore Brantly, late chief justice of the state supreme court, who died in Helena last Saturday night. The eulogy was spoken by the Rev. Newman Hall Burdick of the First Presbyterian church. Music was sung by the grand lodge choir, under the direction of F. S. Jacobsen.
The body of Judge Brantly was removed from the Flaherty & Kohler undertaking parlors at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and laid in state in the Consistory temple until the funeral hour. The body was accompanied by a guard of honor consisting of past exalted rules of Helena lodge No 193, B.P.O.E., of which Judge Brantley (sic) was a member, and also by the present exalted ruler, Warren Hawkins.
The funeral cortege formed on Broadway, with the head of the column resting on Main street. The route of march was north on main street to Neill avenue, where foot marchers entered automobiles. Burial was in Forestvale cemetery.
--Obituaries of the Intermountain West by Michael & Mickie Sheppard
Theodore M Brantly was the longest-serving Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court, serving for 23 years (1899-1922).
Brantley was educated at Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee and the law school of Cumberland University in Lebanon, graduating in 1881. After practicing law for several years, Brantly became a professor of Ancient Languages, first at Illinois College and then at the College of Montana in Deer Lodge. After returning to the practice of law for several years, Brantley was elected District Judge in the 3rd Judicial District of Montana in 1892 and then Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court in the November 1898 elections. He remained Chief Justice until resigning for reasons of health shortly before his death in 1922.
Brantley was married in 1891 to Lois Reat and had 3 children -
Theodore Lee (1892-1961)
Lois Brown(1894-1972) md. Francis A. Hazelbaker Neill Duncan Brantly (1897-1972)
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Masonic rites, under the auspices of the grand Lodge of Montana, A. F. and A. M., were conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday [before 29 Sep 1922] afternoon at the Consistory temple on Jackson street at the funeral of Judge Theodore Brantly, late chief justice of the state supreme court, who died in Helena last Saturday night. The eulogy was spoken by the Rev. Newman Hall Burdick of the First Presbyterian church. Music was sung by the grand lodge choir, under the direction of F. S. Jacobsen.
The body of Judge Brantly was removed from the Flaherty & Kohler undertaking parlors at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and laid in state in the Consistory temple until the funeral hour. The body was accompanied by a guard of honor consisting of past exalted rules of Helena lodge No 193, B.P.O.E., of which Judge Brantley (sic) was a member, and also by the present exalted ruler, Warren Hawkins.
The funeral cortege formed on Broadway, with the head of the column resting on Main street. The route of march was north on main street to Neill avenue, where foot marchers entered automobiles. Burial was in Forestvale cemetery.
--Obituaries of the Intermountain West by Michael & Mickie Sheppard
Brantley was educated at Southwestern Presbyterian University in Clarksville, Tennessee and the law school of Cumberland University in Lebanon, graduating in 1881. After practicing law for several years, Brantly became a professor of Ancient Languages, first at Illinois College and then at the College of Montana in Deer Lodge. After returning to the practice of law for several years, Brantley was elected District Judge in the 3rd Judicial District of Montana in 1892 and then Chief Justice of the Montana Supreme Court in the November 1898 elections. He remained Chief Justice until resigning for reasons of health shortly before his death in 1922.
Brantley was married in 1891 to Lois Reat and had 3 children -
Theodore Lee (1892-1961)
Lois Brown(1894-1972) md. Francis A. Hazelbaker Neill Duncan Brantly (1897-1972)
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Masonic rites, under the auspices of the grand Lodge of Montana, A. F. and A. M., were conducted at 2 o'clock Thursday [before 29 Sep 1922] afternoon at the Consistory temple on Jackson street at the funeral of Judge Theodore Brantly, late chief justice of the state supreme court, who died in Helena last Saturday night. The eulogy was spoken by the Rev. Newman Hall Burdick of the First Presbyterian church. Music was sung by the grand lodge choir, under the direction of F. S. Jacobsen.
The body of Judge Brantly was removed from the Flaherty & Kohler undertaking parlors at 10 o'clock Thursday morning and laid in state in the Consistory temple until the funeral hour. The body was accompanied by a guard of honor consisting of past exalted rules of Helena lodge No 193, B.P.O.E., of which Judge Brantley (sic) was a member, and also by the present exalted ruler, Warren Hawkins.
The funeral cortege formed on Broadway, with the head of the column resting on Main street. The route of march was north on main street to Neill avenue, where foot marchers entered automobiles. Burial was in Forestvale cemetery.
--Obituaries of the Intermountain West by Michael & Mickie Sheppard
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