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    • May 24, 1899
    Howard Carmichael marries Mary Lida Robison in Indiana. The marriage yields one Hoagy Carmichael, who writes the future Willie Nelson hit "Georgia On My Mind"
    Nov 23, 1899
    Barty Brown marries Annie Huxford in Stephenville, Texas. The union produces Milton Brown, whose work with The Light Crust Doughboys and his own Musical Brownies aids in the development of western swing
    Sep 11, 1900
    Irene Lewis is born. Among her future children is country singer Mickey Gilley
    Sep 28, 1900
    Hattie Frost is born in Virginia. She marries Ernest "Pop" Stoneman, one of country music's first successful recording artists, and bears his children, many of whom unite with their father to form The Stoneman Family
    Dec 19, 1901
    Oliver La Farge is born in New York City. A Pulitzer Prize-winning author, he fathers Peter La Farge, who writes the 1964 Johnny Cash hit "The Ballad Of Ira Hayes"
    Jan 8, 1902
    Elmo Lewis is born in Mangham, Louisiana. He becomes the father of country hitmaker Jerry Lee Lewis
    Aug 8, 1902
    Carrie Williamson is born in Mississippi. She is destined to become the second wife of Jimmie Rodgers, recognized as the Father of Country Music
    Mar 22, 1903
    Ellin Mackay is born in Brooklyn, New York. At age 22, she weds songwriter Irving Berlin, who writes "Blue Skies" during the first year of their marriage. The song becomes a country hit for Willie Nelson in 1978
    Apr 5, 1903
    Tom Reeves marries Mary Adams in Panola County, Texas. The union produces a son named Jim Reeves
    Nov 21, 1903
    Lucy Dora Mahon is born in Dover, Florida. Her children will include a future country singer, Slim Whitman



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