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John Newton Mills

Birth
Todd County, Kentucky, USA
Death
7 Dec 1898 (aged 76)
Burial
Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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No record of his burial. Likely that he is buried here with his wife. Death date obtained from U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Application for membership was filed by his son, Roger.

County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by
William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 387-388.

JOHN N. MILLS' father, Charles H. Mills, was a native of Virginia, born November 9, 1776, where he was reared and educated. In 1812 he came to Kentucky and settled in Fayette County, and soon after to Christian County (now Todd) and there married Miss Tabitha, daughter of William and Valinda (Simmons) Daniel. He was a farmer, and died near Salem, Livingston Co., March 6, 1864. His wife, and mother of our subject, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., in 1795, and died about 1874. They were the parents of fourteen children, of whom the following grew to maturity, viz: Ann Eliza, deceased wife of James C. Coleman, of Frankfort; Ellen, deceased wife of Samuel Allen; Milton H., died in Texas; John N., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, wife of Judge Reuben A. Rives, of the Supreme Bench of Texas; Charles, who was killed in a battle of the late Civil war; Martha, deceased wife of R. West; Roger C., a prominent lawyer of Texas, the first Representative at large elected to represent that State; is now representing a District in the Lower House; was Colonel of the Tenth Texas Regiment in the last war; was captured at Arkansas Post, carried to Camp Chase, thence to Richmond, and there exchanged; at the battle of Atlanta
was seriously wounded and carried off for dead; Nathaniel J., who studied medicine under Dr. Hickman, graduated at Philadelphia, and removed to Texas, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession. He served four years in the Confederate Army; Fannie, who married W. B. Yater,
of Tennessee, but are now residents of Texas; Cynthia V., widow of Dr. John F. Gordon, of Crittenden County, Ky. John N. Mills was born in Todd County, Ky., December 8, 1821, and was reared on a farm and has spent his life in the counties of Christian and Todd. On the 8th of May, 1845, he married Eliza J., daughter of Rev. Caleb N. and Jane (Browder) Bell. Mrs. Mills died in Todd County, March 6, 1863, leaving one chld, Martha G., who has since died. He next married in August, 1863, Mrs. Mildred E. Lacy, widow of Drury Lacy and a daughter of Lemuel Mosely. This union has been blessed with two children, viz.: Roger Q., and Johnnie Lou. Mr. Miles is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic Fraternity.
No record of his burial. Likely that he is buried here with his wife. Death date obtained from U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Application for membership was filed by his son, Roger.

County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical and Biographical. Edited by
William Henry Perrin. F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1884, pp. 387-388.

JOHN N. MILLS' father, Charles H. Mills, was a native of Virginia, born November 9, 1776, where he was reared and educated. In 1812 he came to Kentucky and settled in Fayette County, and soon after to Christian County (now Todd) and there married Miss Tabitha, daughter of William and Valinda (Simmons) Daniel. He was a farmer, and died near Salem, Livingston Co., March 6, 1864. His wife, and mother of our subject, was born in Jefferson County, Ky., in 1795, and died about 1874. They were the parents of fourteen children, of whom the following grew to maturity, viz: Ann Eliza, deceased wife of James C. Coleman, of Frankfort; Ellen, deceased wife of Samuel Allen; Milton H., died in Texas; John N., the subject of this sketch; Sarah, wife of Judge Reuben A. Rives, of the Supreme Bench of Texas; Charles, who was killed in a battle of the late Civil war; Martha, deceased wife of R. West; Roger C., a prominent lawyer of Texas, the first Representative at large elected to represent that State; is now representing a District in the Lower House; was Colonel of the Tenth Texas Regiment in the last war; was captured at Arkansas Post, carried to Camp Chase, thence to Richmond, and there exchanged; at the battle of Atlanta
was seriously wounded and carried off for dead; Nathaniel J., who studied medicine under Dr. Hickman, graduated at Philadelphia, and removed to Texas, where he is now engaged in the practice of his profession. He served four years in the Confederate Army; Fannie, who married W. B. Yater,
of Tennessee, but are now residents of Texas; Cynthia V., widow of Dr. John F. Gordon, of Crittenden County, Ky. John N. Mills was born in Todd County, Ky., December 8, 1821, and was reared on a farm and has spent his life in the counties of Christian and Todd. On the 8th of May, 1845, he married Eliza J., daughter of Rev. Caleb N. and Jane (Browder) Bell. Mrs. Mills died in Todd County, March 6, 1863, leaving one chld, Martha G., who has since died. He next married in August, 1863, Mrs. Mildred E. Lacy, widow of Drury Lacy and a daughter of Lemuel Mosely. This union has been blessed with two children, viz.: Roger Q., and Johnnie Lou. Mr. Miles is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and of the Masonic Fraternity.


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