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Mills - 71 Individuals Found

Photo Name / Spouse Father / Mother Notes
Alva Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Amanda Mills
b.1834 ABT
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY
Andrew Gibbs Mills
b.1773 MAR 31
d.1858 JAN 10

Spouse: Mary Trotter
Father:  
Mother:
Annie Mills Father: Joseph Mills  
Mother: Sarah E Houchins
Married Lockhart
Arthur Lee Mills Father: Robert Mills  
Mother: Margaret Cowles
Aubrey Robert Mills
b.1906 MAY 07

Spouse: Laura Zelda Cowles
Father: Thomas Van Mills TOM OR TV 
Mother: Ella Davis
Benjamin Thomas Mills
b.1836 DEC 29
d.1932 NOV 08

Spouse: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
Spouse 2: Nancy Isabel Sturdivant
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY
from: Larry Cummings: What was told to me by my grandfather was that Thomas was Choctaw Indian and was born when the family was being relocated to Oklahoma. His mother died at child birth. His father couldnt take care of a baby while taking the other children to Oklahoma so he left Thomas with a white family in the vicinity of Bowling Green, KY. He was suppose to come back after getting the other children to Oklahoma but never did. My grandfather said this is what was told to him by his father Thomas. My uncle also told me the same story was told to him by his grandfather (Thomas).

Thomas Mills death certificate lists his father as Stephen Mills. This was given by Alva Mills, Dovies half brother who was born in 1884 to Toms second wife It has been reported to me by someone that their was a note on the back of the certificate giving his name as Benjamin Thomas Mills and possibly listing his parents as Stephen and Anne Nancy Raley or at least they had made the connection. I had always been told that Toms father was Benjamin. I wonder if his father is really Stephen and could it be coupled with Benjamin? Dovies certificate just say that father Thomas Mills and was given by Uncle Twain. According to family tradition, Tom Mills was an orphan found at a grist mill at Bowling Green, Kentucky by the mill owner whose first name was Tom. It is believed that Tom Mills was abandoned by Indians that went through that night. He was named Mills because he was found at a mill. A Home in 1930: Sulphur, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA Boiling Springs Road Apr 12 Cemetery: Boiling Springs Church of Christ Cemetery
Bernard Mills
b.1831 MAY 23 ABT

Spouse: Mary Luisa Mudd
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY
Bernard Mills is believed to have died around 1869 after the birth of his son William Thomas Mills, because in the 1870 census of Monroe County, Missouri, we find Mary Luisa and her two sons living back with her father and his other children and Bernard is not included. It would also appear that Mary
Bertha Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Bob Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Catherine Mills
b.1880
d.1910

Spouse: George Cowles
Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Christopher Columbus Mills
b.1852 SEP 04
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall
Cleavland Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Dovie Jane Mills
b.1868 JUL 22
d.1932 FEB 03

Spouse: Thomas Lafayette Sullivan
Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
Dovie was married at age 19 Home in 1910: Sulphur Springs, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA Paris Mill Road
Edgar Mills Father: Thomas Van Mills TOM OR TV 
Mother: Ella Davis
Edgar was the Vocational Agriculture for many years at Bristow High School and was in the army during WWII.
Elizabeth Mills
Spouse: Jesse Steenbergen
Father: Thomas Van Mills TOM OR TV 
Mother: Ella Davis
Elizabeth married Jesse Steenbergen and they ran the general store at Oakl and, Ky.
Elizabeth A. Mills
b.1834 JAN 04

Spouse: Lee
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY
Elizabeth Jane Amelia Mills
b.1850 AUG 15
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall
Emby E. Mills
b.1864 JUL 08
d.1868 MAY 14
Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
Emmer Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Eric Mills Father: Henry Thomas Mills Hank 
Mother: Alma Fay Stone
George Mills
b.1855 APR 03
d.1930 OCT 26

Spouse: Sara Wingfield
Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
He spent his life in the area of Chalybete and Pigg, Kentucky which is ne ar Smith Grove, a small community outside of Bowling Green. He was sa id to be a hard worker and had a firery temper. He was well known and respected in the community. Occupation: farmer and preacher
Henry Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Henry Thomas Mills Father: Henry Thomas Mills Hank 
Mother: Alma Fay Stone
Henry Thomas Mills "Hank"
b.1933 FEB 02

Spouse: Alma Fay Stone
Father: Aubrey Robert Mills  
Mother: Laura Zelda Cowles
Isabella Brianna Mills
b.2003 JAN 06
Father: Matthew David Mills  
Mother: Brianna Soto
James Austin Mills
b.1867
Father: Samuel Thomas Mills  
Mother: Sarah D. Whelan
Jesse Faye Mills
b.1947 MAR 23
Father: Aubrey Robert Mills  
Mother: Laura Zelda Cowles
John Mills
b.1859 JAN 02
d.1909 OCT 07

Spouse: Mary Cowles
Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
John A. Mills
b.1868
Father: Bernard Mills  
Mother: Mary Luisa Mudd
John Edward Mills
b.1891 NOV 08
d.1929 JAN 15

Spouse: Beulah May Eason
Father: John Mills  
Mother: Mary Cowles
Johnny Mills Father: Thomas Van Mills TOM OR TV 
Mother: Ella Davis
Johnny the youngest was in the 101st Airborne at the battle of the bulge and was a machine gunner. He said his orders were not to back up but it didnt matter anyway - there was no place to go.
Jonathan Craine Mills
b.1980 OCT 29
Father: Nathaniel Crain Mills  
Mother: Teresa Martine Logsdon
Joseph Mills
b.1865 NOV 19

Spouse: Sarah E Houchins
Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
Residence 1930 Bristow, Bristow, Warren, Kentucky, USA Spouse Sarah E Mills
Joseph Mills
b.1865 NOV 24
d.1932 SEP 17
Father:  
Mother:
father thomas mills mother elizabeth cole wife elizabeth miles
Joseph A. Mills
b.1835 ABT
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY
Kathrina Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Leonard Newton Mills
b.1861 JAN 05
d.1937 JAN 09

Spouse: Clara Houchins
Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
Lillian Annetta Mills Father: Robert Mills  
Mother: Margaret Cowles
Lizzie Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Louisa Mills
b.1881 JUN 29
d.1911 APR 19

Spouse: Ronzil Cowles
Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Burial: Kinser Cemetery, Chalybeate, KY
Luther T. Mills
b.1871 NOV 13
d.1947 APR 01

Spouse: Nancy OlieAnn Spainhoward
Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
Residence 1900 Rocky Hill Station, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA Spouse Ollie Mills Probate 14 Apr 1947 Edmonson, Kentucky, USA Cemetery: Pleasant Union Church Cemetery
Lynn Mills Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
Martha Anne Alscinda Mills
b.1854 AUG 09
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall
Mary Mills "Nancy"
Spouse: James A. Pierceall
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY
Mary Clyde Mills
b.1893 SEP 16
Father: John Mills  
Mother: Mary Cowles
Matilda Mills
Spouse: James Jefferson Raley
Father:  
Mother:
Matthew David Mills
b.1978 AUG 26

Spouse: Brianna Soto
Father: Nathaniel Crain Mills  
Mother: Teresa Martine Logsdon
Molly Mills Father: Ronzil Cowles  
Mother: Lorenzie Ray
Nancy Mills
b.1836 ABT
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY
Nathaniel Crain Mills
b.1948 JUN 03

Spouse: Teresa Martine Logsdon
Father: Aubrey Robert Mills  
Mother: Laura Zelda Cowles
I am Nathaniel Crain Mills, born in 1948 in Edmonson Co. Ky. I grew up in the Otter Gap/ Chalybeate Community. I married Teresa Martine (Logsdon) Mills Aug. 1968. She was born on Feb. 19, 1950 to Daniel (Tuck) Logsdon and Teresa (Jarboe) Logsdon of Sunfish Ky. We have two sons Matthew David Mills, born Aug. 26, 1978, in Hershey, Pennsylvania and Jonathan Crain Mills, born Oct. 29, 1980 in Cleveland Heights Ohio. Matthew married Brianna (Soto) Mills and they have two children Isabella Brianna Mills, born Jan. 6, 2003 and Philip Edward Mills, born Aug. 30, 2006. My parents were Aubrey Robert Mills, born May 7, 1906 and Laura Zelda (Cowles) Mills, born Sept. 19, 1909 (I think). They had four children, Henry (Hank) Thomas Mills b.Feb. 2, 1933 (I think), Patricia Ella Mills (b. June 19, 1943), Jessie Faye Mills (b. March 23, 1947) and Nathaniel Crain Mills (b June 3, 1948. I was the youngest. Henry Thomas married Alma Fay (Stone) Mills and has three sons, Henry Thomas (Tommy) Mills, Robert Mills, and Eric Mills. Patricia married Harold Watt, son of Willis Watt of Boiling Springs. They have two daughters Marla Elaine (Watt) Price (married to Tom Price) of Jeffersonville Indiana. Karen has recently married and lives in California. Aubrey Robert Mills, my Dad, was born to Thomas Van Mills, I am not sure if the Van is Vanmeter but he went by Tom or mostly TV Mills, and to Ella (Davis) Mills. They had six children, Peachie, Aubrey, Elizabeth, Edgar, William (Bill), and Johnny Mills. As I recallm Peachie taught school among other things, Dad was a farmer, Elizabeth married Jesse Steenbergen and they ran the general store at Oakland, Ky. Edgar was the Vocational Agriculture for many years at Bristow High School and was in the army during WWII. Bill was a mechanic at Phelp's garage on the Richardsville road coming in to 8th street in Bowling Green and was a truck mechanic with Patton in his move across Europe. He told me they rebuilt the truck carbouraters (sp?) every night to have them ready to run the next day. Everything was done in the dark. They took them off, pulled them apart and cleaned them to get the dirt out by spreading everything on a grease rag on the ground. He said the general rule was if you light a match you die. Johnny the youngest was in the 101st Airborne at the battle of the bulge and was a machine gunner. He said his orders were not to back up but it didn't matter anyway - there was no place to go. TV Mills' is father was George Mills and Sarah Wingfield I think. And the Van may be from Sarah's Father. My grandmother (87) and grandfather Mills (85) (age at death - my recollection) are both buried in Smithgrove cemetery. At Smith Grove KY. He died in 1965 and she died Jan. 1, 1960. From what I have heard, just after they married, they sharecropped for 23 years on the Johnny Cole Place that was just north of the Davenport farm on 31W north of Bowling Green. In his early fifties when he was worried that the land owners would not lease to him any more he bought his farm on the knob owned by Duncan's now. TV Mills, farmed all his life and my dad and he frequently worked together. My Dad owned a farm about a mile from his (now Aubrey Mills Road) and Patricia and Harold Watt now live on the road. At age 79 he decided to retire since he had some heart pains one day when he was out running down a young cow to get her in the barn for the evening. He decided he would go and talk to social security since he had regularly paid SS every year for many years. Since they did not have any birth records of his birth, they finally found a man in Brownsville who was 93 that remembered when he was born. He also walked everywhere he went unless my dad drove him since he did not own a car. He regularly walked to the WA Cowles grocery on 31W about 3 times a week to get bacon flower and white loaf bread. He always drank a coke at the store and picked up a block of Bull Durham chewing tobacco. I guess he used a small block about every two or three days. He milked his own cows and had chickens for eggs and meat. I was 12 when my grandmother died and I stayed every night for the next 18 months with him since he was having occasional chest pains. He loved to listen to WCKY out of Cincinnati on the radio each evening since they told jokes and played bluegrass music. It was out of range during the day not that he would have ever been in the house listening during the day anyway. He listened to WKCT Bowling Green for local news and weather and the Baptist hour at 4:00 PM each day.
Nina Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Ottis Lenon Mills Father: Robert Mills  
Mother: Margaret Cowles
Patricia Ella Mills
b.1943 JUN 19

Spouse: Harold Watt
Father: Aubrey Robert Mills  
Mother: Laura Zelda Cowles
Paul Mills Father: Robert Mills  
Mother: Margaret Cowles
Peachie Mills Father: Thomas Van Mills TOM OR TV 
Mother: Ella Davis
As I recall Peachie taught school among other things
Philip Edward Mills
b.2006 AUG 30
Father: Matthew David Mills  
Mother: Brianna Soto
Robert Mills
Spouse: Margaret Cowles
Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills  
Mother: Nancy Isabel Sturdivant NAN
Robert Mills Father: Henry Thomas Mills Hank 
Mother: Alma Fay Stone
Robert A. Mills
b.1845 OCT 30
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall
Ruben Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Rumsey Dow Mills
b.1884 AUG 01
d.1943 SEP 18

Spouse: Alice Missouri Jones
Father: John Mills  
Mother: Mary Cowles
Samuel Henderson Mills
b.1877
Father: Samuel Thomas Mills  
Mother: Sarah D. Whelan
Samuel Thomas Mills
b.1848 MAR 01
d.1896 NOV 25

Spouse: Sarah D. Whelan
Father: Stephen Mills  
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall
Stephen Mills
b.1804 FEB 23
d.1885 SEP 28

Spouse: Mary Anne Raley
Father: William C Mills  
Mother: Mary Jane Plant
According to family tradition, Stephen and Ann Mills left their children with friends while they travelled west to find a new homestead and were never heard from again.

Another story says Stephen departed Marion County, Kentucky and left his wife and children behind. Anne, not being able to care for all of the children, divided them among friends and family members to raise. Thomas Mills went to stay with Israel Cannon, who then moved to Warren County, Kentucky.

Yet another story suggests that Stephen Mills went to Oklahoma and wrote a letter back and said he had arrived safely and that he would come back for Thomas, but they never heard from him again.

Anna and Stephen Mills were members of the Holy Name of Mary Church Parish in Calvary, Marion County, Kentucky from at least 1831-1834.
According to Jane Thomas, Secretary of Marion County, Kentucky Historical Society, Stephen and Anna had two more children:
Amanda born about 1834 who lived with Catherine Abell in 1850 Marion County, Kentucky census, and
Nancy who was born about 1836 and living with Ignatius and Catherine Mills.
Also there is the possibility of a son named Joseph born about 1835. He was living with Cornelius Raley in 1850 Marion County, Kentucky census.

Occupation: farmer Cemetery: Saint Stephens Catholic Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Indian Creek, Monroe County, Missouri, United States of America
Thomas Van Mills "TOM OR TV"
d.1965

Spouse: Ella Davis
Father:  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Known as TV Mills. My grandmother (87) and grandfather Mills (85) (age at death - my recollec tion) are both buried in Smithgrove cemetery. At Smith Grove KY. He di ed in 1965 and she died Jan. 1, 1960. From what I have heard, just aft er they married, they sharecropped for 23 years on the Johnny Cole Pla ce that was just north of the Davenport farm on 31W north of Bowling Gree n. In his early fifties when he was worried that the land owners would n ot lease to him any more he bought his farm on the knob owned by Duncan s now. TV Mills, farmed all his life and my dad and he frequently work ed together. My Dad owned a farm about a mile from his (now Aubrey Mil ls Road) and Patricia and Harold Watt now live on the road. At a ge 79 he decided to retire since he had some heart pains one day when he w as out running down a young cow to get her in the barn for the evenin g. He decided he would go and talk to social security since he had regula rly paid SS every year for many years. Since they did not have any bir th records of his birth, they finally found a man in Brownsville who w as 93 that remembered when he was born. He also walked everywhere he we nt unless my dad drove him since he did not own a car. He regularly walk ed to the WA Cowles grocery on 31W about 3 times a week to get bacon flow er and white loaf bread. He always drank a coke at the store and pick ed up a block of Bull Durham chewing tobacco. I guess he used a small blo ck about every two or three days. He milked his own cows and had chicke ns for eggs and meat. I was 12 when my grandmother died and I stayed eve ry night for the next 18 months with him since he was having occasional ch est pains. He loved to listen to WCKY out of Cincinnati on the radio ea ch evening since they told jokes and played bluegrass music. It was o ut of range during the day not that he would have ever been in the house l istening during the day anyway. He listened to WKCT Bowling Green for loc al news and weather and the Baptist hour at 4:00 PM each day. (wrtiten by Nathaniel Mills)
Viola Mills Father: George Mills  
Mother: Sara Wingfield
Virgil Quincy Mills
b.1887 AUG 12
d.1949 OCT 24
Father: John Mills  
Mother: Mary Cowles
William Mills "BILL" Father: Thomas Van Mills TOM OR TV 
Mother: Ella Davis
Bill was a mechanic at Phelps garage on the Richardsville road comi ng in to 8th street in Bowling Green and was a truck mechanic with Patt on in his move across Europe. He told me they rebuilt the truck carbourat ers (sp?) every night to have them ready to run the next day. Everythi ng was done in the dark. They took them off, pulled them apart and clean ed them to get the dirt out by spreading everything on a grease rag on t he ground. He said the general rule was if you light a match you die.
William C Mills
b.1784 AUG 14
d.1872 SEP 12

Spouse: Mary Jane Plant
Father: Andrew Gibbs Mills  
Mother: Mary Trotter
William Thomas Mills
b.1869
Father: Bernard Mills  
Mother: Mary Luisa Mudd

2 Mills Photos

.Thomas and Nancy Mills.
Thomas and Nancy Mills
Thomas and Nancy (Sturdivant) Mills
.Helen, Hazel and Frank  MILLS.
Helen, Hazel and Frank MILLS
Helen, Hazel and Frank MILLS I'm not sure where they fit in, probably the children of one of Dovies Brothers
 

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