Warren County Keporter-2-12-74

Waynesville News-D.Dalton
WAYiiElSVILLE -Death claimed another of this village's well-known
Quaker residents Feb. 6 with the passing of Bertie Elbon Mills*
Mrs. Mills, 86, of 60 N6rth Tliii-d Street, succumbed to a lengthly
illness at 8:30 p.m.. at Quaker Heights Health Center, sks where she
had been a patient the past several v/eeks.
Bom July 8, 1886 at Spot nearby Spring Valley, she was the
daughter of Frank and Enana Graham Slbon, prominent area agriculturalists.
During her early childhood, i^irs. Mills moved to the Waynesville
area graduating from Oregonia High School.
She was a member of Waynesville's Orthodox Friends Meeting until
the lAO-year-old Society closed its noted "Red Brick" House of worship.
Many Orthodox Friends were absorebed by the Methodist congregation in
the community and Mrs. i I<'lills k was among the first to become a member
of that Church.
Active in community affairs until her health failed g five years
ago, she was a ssx 50 year member of Miami Chapter No. 107 Order of
Eastern Star.
Mrs. Mills was well-known for her historical knowledge of the
area, her quick wit, pioneer spunk and generosity. She often helped
Waynesville youngsters with local history lessons by entertaining them
with stories of the village and its rural life during the era of
horsepower.
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Warren County Heporter-2'^12-7A Bertie Mills Death
Waynesville News-D.Dalton Pg. 2
An indivisualist of high calibre, I'lrs. Mills was locally renowned
for her xmflagging youth. One day after her 86th birthday she
determined to gsrincthB clean the leaves off the porch roof of her
neat two story 1880*s ViBtorian home. "I knewthat the neighbors
would just have a fit if they saw me," she once remarkedx about the
episode. "But I just got myself a broom and crawled hkx through an
upstairs windown onto the porch roof. There are no more leaves on the
porch roof either."
On one other occassion Mrs. Mills was interviewed while trimming
a hedge in on her lawn. As she whacked away at the tou^ brandies,
with the vigor of a woman half her age she quipped:
"I guess I could be or ykwwM maybe should be in the house riding
one of those boring history books that folks think all people
should do," she cracked. "But I'm not and I'm not gonna because that
stuff makes you feel old". That was Bertie Elbon Mills.
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Funeral services for Mrs. Mills were oondutted at the Stubbs-
Conner Funeral Home by Rev. L.L. Young on Saturday, Feb. 9
Interment was in Miami Cemetery at Corwin.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Ruth E. Koenig of St.
Petersburg, Fla and Mrs. Lena S. Thompson of Jacksonville, Fla.5
a brother, Fred Elbon of Oregonia; a grandson, Lt. Col. Francis E.
Cutler of Eatontown, If.J. and a nephew, Warren Elbon of Oregonia.
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About Lovl Mill's Parents
Burritt liir.tt inroto the folloi-ans story in a letter to
Irene Hills Brann,
"A fovr years ago my nother (Harriet Charity tails Hiatt)
and I took a drive to . You can
folloT' the idn^ng road along Caesars (ireok, then you cone to
a hill doim viaoh Grandfather ajid Grandjiiothcr lails plunged in
a buggy shortly after they ucre narried. Grandj^a sustained a
broken nose and ern in the crash and uas rather a battered
bride. That uas the neighborhood uhore youj: Grandnothcr and
Grandfather uore born and Hattic made niany trips there uhcii a
young girl, Tliey still hold the Conpton-r'ails picnics at the
Itccting.Housc^ He then ualkcd into the burying ground through
a. little iron gate in the stone iTall, The ceiiictery is noil
kept and in a location of quiet beauty. The narlcLng stones
are very snail. On one stone they found the najie of Charity
lillls ojid the date of her birth and death. February 26, 1820 and
August^27, 1060, (That uas yotr Grandpa lails' Mother.)
Her naiden none uas Charity Cook, She uas a minister, and had
been named after a previous Charity Cook uho had been a minister
of ronoun.
You uill note that "Charity Coofe^^Sf^siss iras only forty years
old at the time of her death. She iras a guest at a uedding uhero
sanduiches had been served filled uith chicken that had been
cooked in a copper boiler and permitted to cool in it. Many
people uore ill^uith ptomaine poisoning, but she died from it.
Her family consisted of her husband, Jonathan, da,ughtcr Mary
uho uas 20 years old (Loo Hauldns Mother) and a son Levi uho uas
16 years old.
Lcvi had boon a ftolicsomo boy, but at his Mother's 4eath,
ho pursued sono of her ambitions for an education for him, On
the trail to Earlham Gollogo uith him Tras a beautiful young girl,
a stranger, uho loaned across the aisle and asked him uhat time
it uas. That uoman was Huth IldHlan irho uas also going to
iibrlhan.
At college Grandfather got into several lighthcorted escapades
One clings to mo. There iras a rule at Earlhan that the boys
coiiLd iradk to.the front gate and no farther. Grandpa and some
other .boys took the front gate off its hinges and uaJ.kod behind
it unill they .came to the doTni toun section of Pdchmond, (ind,)
This.may.bo only a rumor but Ruth McMillan returned from
li/arlham oarlicp than Lovi lUls. She loroto him that if he
intended to marri'- hor ho had better come homo. Ho did, and thoy
Tere married j.n 1862 uhon they ircrc both only 18 years old.
^hc first cliild of mj'' givmdfathor and grandmother was
n^cd after her tUo grandr.iothcrs. Harriott McMillan and Charity
Mills. The mime Harriet is still preserved'and I hope the name
of Charity can still claim its place in our family," (Cont,)
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Notoi "I myself remember going to the Illlls-Compton reunions
every year vrhon I was a little child, Bosslo would bo hitched
up to the carriage and the whole' family would i^ile in, I
remember tha,t hill Tiith fear and trembling as the carriage
would ride right up on Bessie's haunches and I didn't see how
she could poss3;bly Ia:op us from rolling iAto the ditch. The
road at that tl*m6 waij. very narrclr and roc:^, as well as steep.
Caesars Crock iras onJ'y a few mil.os from l/ilmington, but those
trips an(i the long picnic tablcE;' stacked with food wore
memorable occasions," (By Ironc!" Hills Brinn)
About Bov, Lovi Mills
Befcroncos Clinton County I903 Atlas, Pago -^9
Lovi ,Hills Tras born in (barren County, Ohio near Now
Burlingtdh, March lA, lOAA. His father was Jonathan Idlls, also
a native of Narrbn County and a farmer by occupa.tion. Ho died
in IO62, Mr. tail's mother was Charity Cook, who died In i860,
Mr, l-ails lived jrith his father upon the farm until twenty years
of ago, socinring-his education from the district school and
later a.t Earlhar.", College, Ho attended tho lectures in the
Cincinnati Lair Sbhool for 3 consecutive winters from IO65 to 1060,
and was admitted to the bar in April, 1068= After a short
partnership Tdth B, 3. Daan, lb:, I'dlls practiced law alone for 3
years. Fl-om Octo^pr, IO73 nnd May. 1090, ho rras associated
with D, B, VaiiPciltr The firm of MlD.ls and Van Pelt enjoyed a
Td.dcly extended anid lucrative pfactico. After the oloction of
Mr, Van Pelt to tho Cominon llcas bonoh in; I5O9 ho formed a
portnorsliip vrith A, Ej Glovcngor in tho sUccossful practice of
his" profession.
At the a^go of 21 In:, Mills bccariio a liconsod minister in tho
Society of Enionds. Ho^occupied tho pulpit of tho Eriends ^Church
at Uilmington for over 30 years. His earnestness, zeal and
successful frork.as a miMster, Iiis devotion to and la.bor in
behalf of tne aifeirs of tho ELrlonds Society and Hilmington
College, taken in the cbmiocstioA irith him largo iaw practice
tan:cd his s'coMngly phohonorial Hrcngth, In Aug. I9OI, ho
retired from the firm of Mil.ls Clcvongor in order to devote his
entire time to ministry.. Serving the fiT:st year as pastor of
the Friends Qiurch at OskaJoosa, Iowa, In Sept,, 1902, he
removed to i'liLt-ror, Ca,llfornia,, irhcro n,:; is a/t present located as
pastor of tho Erionds Church at that place.
^Ho was married Get, 21^ IG63 to Ruth H, McMillan, daughter
of lElton and Hjrriet T.'hinery McMillan.. Five children have been
born to them - Harriet C, Kiatt, Mary &irone M, Brann, now " .
living Robert c: Ethel uiio are deceased.
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About Lovl Mill's Parents
Burrltt matt iiroto the foUowine story in a letter to
Irene mils Brann.
"A few years ago my nothor (Harriet CSiarity mils matt)
and I took a drive to Caesars Greek Hooting }k>usc. You can
follow the uiiiding road along Caesars Greek, then you cono to
a. hill down uhich Grandfather and GmndEiothcr mils plunged in
a buggy shortly after they were narriod, Grandjna sustained a
broken nose and am in the crash and was ra.thcr a battered
bride. !Ihat was the neighborhood idicre your Crandnother and
Grandfather wore bom and Hattie Eiadc laany trips there when a
young girl. Ihcy still hold the Oonpton-mils picnics at the
Itcoting.House. Ho thon wallccd into the burying ground through
a. litidb iron gate in "Uic stone irall. Ihe coiaotcry is troll
kept and in a location of q.uiot beauty. The narking stones
are very snail. On one stone they found the nauio of Qiarity
mils and the date of her birth and death. Ibbruary 26, 1020 and
August 271 10<>0, (Ihat was your Grandpa mils' Mother.)
Her naiden najio was Charity Cook, She tras a minister, and had
boon named after a previous Charity Cook who had been a ninistor
of ronoun.
You will note that Charity Ooolc mils tras only forty years
old at the tine of her death. She was a guest at a irodding trhcrc
sandtilchos had boon served filled with chj.akcn that had been
cooked in a copper boiler and permitted to cool in it. Many
people troro ill with ptonainc poisoning, but she died fron it.
Her family consisted of her husband, Jonathan, daughter Hary
trho was 20 years old (Loo HatrldLns Ik>thcr) and a son Levi who tras
16 years old.
Levi had boon a fpolicsomo boy, but at his liother's 4eath,
he pursued sotio of her ambitions for an education for hin. On
the trail to Earlhan Oollogo tilth hin traS a beautiful young girl,
a stranger, tdio loaned across the aisle and aslccd hin tihat time
it was. That wonan was Kuth Mailan tiho tras also going to
Sarlhan.
At college Grandfather got into several lighthcortcd escapades.
One clings to mo, There tras a rule at Earlhan that the boys
could tralk to the front gate and no farther. Grandpa and some
other boys took the front gate off its hinges and walltcd behind
It until they cane to the dotni town section of llichnond.(lnd.)
This may bo only a rumor but Huth Ilcmilan rotumcd fTon
I'arlhaen oarlior than Levi mils. She wrote hin that if ho
Intcndod to marry hor ho liad better come homo. He did, and they
were narriod 3ji 1062 when they were both only 10 years old.
The first child of nj'^ grandfather and grandmother was
named after hor two grandnothors. Hanlott Hciailan and Charity
mils. The mtne Harriot is still preserved and I hope the name
of Charity can still claim its place in our family." (Cent.)
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Noto I **I iiiysol rcmcjBibor going tto the IHlls-Oorapton reunions
ovory yCtir vdion I wris o, liUlc child.* Bessie uould. ho hiiched,
up "to iiie corrltir3 end. the idiolc jtonily would, pile in* X
roncaaher that *iill with fecr and trenhling as the caxringe
would ride rigljit up n Bessie's,haunches cind I didn't see how
she could possihly Itpop us from rolling into the ditch. Iho
road at that time was very narrqw and rocI^Tf as toII as steep.
Caesars Crcciv tiois oni.y a few miles ftom llilmington, hut those
trips and the long picnic tables stacked with food wore
Qomorahlo occasions." Irene tdUs Bjcann)
Ahout Bcv. Levi Bills
Reference I Clinton County 1903 Atlas, Pago A9
Levi mils was horn in Uarren County, Ohio near New
BurUngtdd, Iforch lA, lO^A'. ms fatlior was Jonathan Jdlls, also
a native of Uarren County and a famer by occi5>ation. Ho died
in 1062. I*lr. Mijll's mother was Qiarity Cook, who died in i860,
iir. mils lived ywith his farther upon the farm until twenty years
of age, securing his oducat3.on fton the district school and
later at Earlhai: College. He attended the lectures in the
Cincinnati Law School for 3 consecutive winters from 1065 to 1060,
and was adnittcd to 'the har in iipril, 10603 After a short
partnership iiith R, 3. poan, lir, Mills practiced law alone for 3
years. From Octoyer', 1073 uwd Hay? IO90, ho was associated
with D. B. VanPclt. Iho firm of Hi3-ls and Van Pelt enjoyed a
widely extended and lucrative practice, the election of
Mr. Van Pelt to the Oonmon Pleas bench in 3.909 ho formed a
partnership with A, 15. Cacvcngor in the successful practice of
his profession.
At the age .of 21 Iir, mils hocamc a licensed ainister in the
&Dcioty of Friends. Hoj occupied the pulpit of the Friends jChurch
at Uilningtpn for over 30 yoars. ITis earnestness, zeal and
successful ?rork as a ml^iistor, Vdc devotion to and labor in
behalf of tjio, affaire ojf the Friends Society and llllnington
College, taken in thb cDnnoctioii with liis largo law practice
taxed his soonii.iGly phenomenal strength. In Aug. 1901, he
retired from the firm of' mils CD.cvowgcar in order to devote his
entire time to ipinisiry. Scarvi:.TG the first year as pastor of
the Friends Qiurch at Oslialoosa, Iowa. In Sept., 1902, ho
removed to !Ihit-;icr, California., irhcrc is at present located as
pastor of the Friends Church at that place.
Ho was married Oct. 23., IO63 to Ri.vth 11. licmilin, daughter
of miton and Hiirriot l/hinory IlcHillan. Five children have been
born to then - Harriet C, matt, Ifcxy & Irene il. Brann, now
living 6; Robert c; Bthol who arc docoasod.
QUERIES - MILLS, CONDON, JACKSON
Desire data on parents of Susan (Condon) Mills, 1817-1891 and Nathan
Mills, 1811-1880, who are buried on Belmont Ridge (Compher), Flushing
Twp., Belmont Co., OH. Post office was at Moorefield in Harrison Co.,
OH. The I860 census lists children: Martha 18, Thomas 13# James T. 6,
and Mary A. 2. Thomas married Amanda (Mindy) ?. Lived in Harrison Co.,
OH, 1871. Property was in Steubenville Land District. Dr. James Taylor
Mills married in Belmont Co., 7 Sept. 1880, Kizzie (Kit) Jackson of Bel
mont Ridge. Also seeking information on Moorefield, as the cemetery
has many Mills people buried there. Any information appreciated.
Betty Bishop Gibbens, 3^6 Oregon Ave., Osceola, IN 4656I.
SOURCE: Ohio, The Cross Road of Our Nation; Records & Pioneer Families;
October-December, 1982; Vol. XXIII, No. Founded by Esther Weygandt
Powell; Published quarterly by the Ohio Genealogical Society, ^19 West
Third Street, P.O. Box 2625, Mansfield, Ohio 44906.
Jeremiah Mills' saw U.S. birth
Tracingpioneer^s life through history ends in myster
By BENJAMIN KLINE
Daily News Staff-Writer
LEBANON Jeremiah Mills died in December
1860, aged 91 years, nine months, 10 days. They
buried him in the pioneer cemetery n^t to the Primi
tive Baptist Church on the hilltop above Fort Ancient.
He had helped start a nation.
The stonecutter misspelled Mills' home state
"New Jesey" on the slab of sandstone, but got across a
proud family's message for posterity about their fa
ther and grandfather:
"As soldier, pioneer and citizen, he served his
country well."
He had lived a long time and had seen a great deal,
from the beginnings of the nation to the years when it
seemed destined to break apart into North and South
fragments.
ONE HUNDRED SIXTEEN years after Mills'
death, the cemetery one of 47 old burial grouods in
Warren County had become overgrown with
weeds. There have been no burials here at Irast since
1912, said a woman who has lived across the road
since then. The Baptist church has not held services
since 1922 and had been converted Into a "trading
post" selling antiques and ^nk.
Then Turtle Creek Twp. trustees cleaned up the
place and had it mowed, in time for "Decoration," as
many people still refer to Memorial Day. And a veter-
aps group placed metal markers beside soldiers'
graves.
Jeremiah Mills' grave has a 1776marker.
A Da//y News attempt to follow Jeremiah Mills on
his journey, 1769to 1860, was only partly successful.
An Important element was missing: The oral history
that families carry across the fabric of generations,
^eads ofthepast woven into the present.
HIS FAMILY,-as all families did one way or
afiother, must have crossed those "Endless Moun-
See Jeremiah, Page 12A.
lains," asan early map called the Alleghenies, seeking
Cmd, fortune, economic or political freedom in the
3fWest,"which Ohioonce was considered.
5 The 1882 history of Warren County says in a brief
Commentary oh Jeremiah Mills that he came from
SlewJersey about 1802, to Cincinnati, moved to Day-
3bn in 1810. and in 1818 settled on land at the head of^
$tonyRun inWashington Twp., Warren County.
' I It also says he served three months in the Revolu-
Jonas the son of another Revolutionary soldier of the
i^e name.
r The Revolutionary Census of New Jersey lists a
Icremiah Mills as living in the lower precinct of Cape
Way County, 1773-74. The census of 1778-1780 has
lim in Westfield, Essex County.
f The Official Roster of the State Troops and Militia
bf New Jersey, lists a Mills, Jeremiah, Lieutenant. 2nd
Batallion, Cumberland. Later hemade captain's rank.
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H' THIS NO DOUBT is the father of the Jeremiah
juried in Warren County. The father probably was
3,he son of a John Mills v^ose will, probated Mar. 10,
3740, at Cohansy, Salem^ounty, asked that sons Je-
Tediah andJeremiah at tlft ageof 14be apprenticed to
joiner's, or carpentry, trade.
There is no mention of a little boy named Jeremiah'
Twho helpedfight the British.
? Historian Daniel Boorstin writes that the concept,
jbf "communities of citizen soldiers" was an early one
3n America, born of necessity.
A "well-grown boy of 12 or 13 years," said a Vlr-
^nia settler in the 1760s, was furnlshed^^with asmall
^ifle and shot-pouch and soon became expert in its use
^rough practice hunting turkeys and rabbits.
f Then he was assigned duty at ablocl^ouse portal,
[In case of Indian attack. When the war with the Brit
ish came, boys below the teens were in thefight, beat-
Jng the drums the Prussian Baronvon Steuben used to
jflrill the rough American troops, or managing horses
-fttid suDoly wagons, or helping forage for food.
I at VORKTOWN. Vstwf"avelTaWP
Jeremiah MUU could
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the Mills fcme. young George Washington
the crowd rSi"^ "'! !" '
^fsaTwSn'S^ aald It was such athnllmg
lght< they would never forget IV ^
Closer to hte when the Jersey MiUtia
tresent the day in June, IJ . ^^j-y^stown in the Bat-
with paper wadding
Jor their muakets. , '
I Jeremiah MlUa " 'lia' 3^1-
I Westlleld Itself^ 1777 a
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SEARCHES OF 10 OTHKK du
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famliya 'a^" a,at
The 188^ sylvania sullies
down the ^?y\anin ITW. af^ lVi-r
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DANGER FROM INDIANS in this part of-Ohio
often has been exaggerated; those seen in Warre^^
County in the early 1800s were mostly Jiunting:
parties, occasionally a drunk or a horse thief aipong.
them.
Danger from disease has not been exaggerated. |n
the pioneer cemeteries, whole families are laid .^fe:
side by side with death dates indicating tragedy 1|8l:
struck in quick succession.
As he grew older, Jeremiah Mills could take oo^-
fort in not having lost children toillness. At leastpoiie .
that are mentioned.
He remarried, taking as his bride Elizabeth Pat^^?
son, 16 years younger than he. She had emigrM^;
with her parents from Terrone County, Ireland, ab*
1812, when she was 37. Her mother Margaret, who
died in 1840 of "old age," seems to have been part of
the bargain.
' If the dates are correct, the new Mr. and Mrp.
' Mills, had a son Jeremiah, or^^VJ^e," born in 1^
When his father was 69 years old and
But an 1860 census listing gives Jere an 1839 bim^
year, which would be more realistic. '-.ii"
THAT SAME CENSUS PLACES an old mahj^
Jeremiah "bom in New Jersey," in his son's hous^pM
at Freeport, now called Oregonia. "fi--
The Warren CountyProbate Court recordp.in 1^0
aliso contain a notation that our Jeremiah was adr.
judged "insane" the 19th century's commoft term
for senility and aguardian had been appointed for
him.'' ' ^
! But he offers still more surprises, pa vHU, :
probated that year just after his death, mentions ason
named Dayton Mills, not previously mentioned;
Dayton and Jere divided the old man's farm, ac
cording to the will. There were $25 beqUes^ to
daughters Sarah, Abigail and Julia A"'T?>
"David Bonebrake, son ofmy daughter Ehzabeth.
William Elliott, a Spring Valley ipan who lifts
Mills ancestors, remembers hearing stories of a Day
tonMills who was "a horse trader and kind of a ras
cal." L
But one bit of imormation leads
mystery. Elliott's ancestor was one Isaiah Mills,
buried at Woodville. His home was in Clermont
County, though they have no will for him,
HE IS NOT /SmONG the 15Milises listed in tiie
Warren Couhty Historical Society records, and toere
seems no way tolink him to our Jeremiah. It s frus
trating, like looking for Smiths orBrmi^orMeyers.
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Dear 4'[r, Haffner.. 0
As yo'i can bo -: from tho encionod.. "hich I hn'A5 had on my deck for some'^j.r'o.,
I am mogt interested in early I.dlla, into "/arren Co.. 'IT of "4'or; so-omGd to "h interolatod,
along ?d.th Robb, Dhn-avan. .. Stanley. .
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"hich matorlal one cvn find at No'^vberry.. the Hills hnng out 7;ith the Flerly Sane family,
and one married Andrew Zane.. but mine later went to Knox Co.. Ohii.. r
T wuld. be most ihteresteid in any material on 'your community.; the^maps*. bf -In anl^" -V ^
.- informationthat;'go60 back-before 1800, or shortly ther7f-ft9r , " ?"*. "i.'i-t-
Or anyone connected and researching l^l^ o^ '^'^b bth above nsraes.. or pi?blica^i',n-
you may put out.. '
Uy Gr. Or Grandmother w^s Slia-'^ Villa., born 1807, in Va.. near Richmond, tho her pejjnl
were sil in Ohio Co. '7. Va. and Mter she m. Johnston Elliott of Knox Co.. Ohio, in ' '
Most grat r)ful would I bo for any information you may offer..,
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MILLS
SOURCE: MILLS FAMILY HISTORY, QUAKER AND OTHER EARLY ARRIVALS, Compiled by Paul
Mills, 2nd Edition, Address: 808 Corby St., Woodburn, OR 97071; pages 123-124
The following data about Thomas Mills and his descendants comes mostly from Donald
R. Singleton, Lexington, Mo.
Thomas Mills, b abt 1740 in Virginia, d 2-17-1799, Fleming Co., Ky., m abt 1760
Martha Phillips, b abt 1740, d 2-17-1799. One report says Martha was born in
Wales. Thomas was of Welsh-Irish blood and one report says that he was born
and married in Penn. Then moved to Monogalla, Virginia. He moved to Mason (now
Fleming Co., ) More information available from author.
Children: 1. Jacob Mills, b 3-22-1770 , Va., d 5- 30-1850, Greene Co., Ohio,
m abt 1876, Mary Webb, b 1770, d 6- 18-1859, dt of John & Rachel
Davis Webb.
2/. Kathy Mills, m Wood
3. Anna Mills m Wilson
4. Erwin Mills
5. Abigail Mills m Barrow (Barrare)
6. James Mills
7. John Mills
8. David Mills
9, Letty Mills
10. Thomas Mills
11. Hannah Mills
12. Martha Mills
13. Lewis Mills
One list gives a child: Joel
Jacob Mills, b 3-22-1770; etc
Children: 1. Hannah Mills m
2. Rachel Mills
m William Wilson
3. Huldah Mills m Mayl Baker
4. Helen (Ellen) Mills m John D. Skeeley
5. Martha (Patsy) Mills m Stephen Cbnwell
6. Letitia Mills m Henry Garlough
7. Catherine Mills
Robert Stevenson
8. John Mills b 12-23-1794, d 5-10-1886, m 2-8-1816 Eliz. Stevenson
9. Thomas Mills
10. Owen Mills m Martha Hardman
11. George Mills m Syntha Strong ?
12. Lewis Mills m Rebecca Fitzpatrick
13. Daniel Mills m Janet Westfall
Catherine was called beautiful with Titan hair
John Mills, b 12-23-1794, probably Ky, d 5-10-1886 Greene Co., Ohio, m 2-8-1816 Eliza
beth Stevenson, b 6=4-1794, d 2-3-1875, dt William & Rachel Kirkpatrick Stevenson.
Children: 1. Jacob Mills At probate, living in Oregon
Sennah Mills, b 2-9-1818, Greene Co., Ohio, d 9-231878, Osage Co., KN
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