D. C. McMullen Donald Campbell McMullen (October 10, 1871 - September 29, 1947) was a citrus plantation owner and a state legislator.[1] He represented Hillsborough County, Florida, in the Florida House of Representatives in 1899 and then in the Florida Senate in both the 1909 and 1911 sessions.[2] He was born October 10, 1871, in Clearwater to Daniel and Margaret Ann McMullen and was there sixth son of eighth children.[3][4] His father was a prominent early resident of the Tampa Bay area in what is now Pinellas County. The family home is preserved as part of Heritage Village.[5] He attended the Lake City, Florida Agricultural College for three years.[4] He went to Mercer University, Georgia, in the 1890s obtaining his law degree in 1896, before then going on to set up his own law practice in 1899 in Tampa, Florida.[2] He married Mary Louisa ("Mary Lou") Ball on October 14, 1903, and they set up home in Hyde Park, where they raised two daughters and two sons.[2] He was the first president of the Largo Bank when it was chartered October 21, 1907.[6] He also served as the county attorney and then as the State Railroad Commission chief counsel.[4] He died from a heart attack September 29, 1947, in his home in Tampa, Florida, and he was survived by his four children.[4] References
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