1st Marriage Jane J. Dunn
1824
in Saratoga, Saratoga County, New York.

Father of:

William Mills
b. 1825
in Halfmoon, Saratoga County, New York.
d. 21 February 1861
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.

Daughter Mills
b. 1827 ??
in Halfmoon, Saratoga County, New York ??
d. ??
in Halfmoon, Saratoga County, New York ??

Mary E. Mills
b. February 1830
in Halfmoon, Saratoga County, New York.
d. 12 August 1917
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
Married: Myron Holley Mills

Charles Henry Mills
b. May 1832
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
d. 5 May 1916
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
Married: Maria Allen

John Edward Mills
b. July 1834
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
d. 12 May 1913
in Yonkers, Westchester County, New York.
Married: Frances E. Truesdale

Isabella Mills
b. 1836
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
d. 1841
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.

Frederick M. Mills
b. 8 January 1838
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
d. 2 January 1890
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
Married: Jane Delphene Garlinghouse

Edward A. Mills
b. 1841
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
d. 25 December 1891
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
Married: Mary A. Pray

Theodore Mills
b. 1843
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
d. 1848
in Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.

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2nd Marriage Mrs. Cornelia J. (Begole) DePuy
October 13th 1868
in Flint, Genesee County, Michigan.

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The Arcadian Weekly Gazette
Newark, Wayne County, New York.
Wednesday, February 3, 1897

When we read that the railroad property in the United States is worth twelve thousand millions of dollars, and then read the same day that Hiram Mills, now living in Mt. Morris, aged ninety-one years, helped to build the first railroad in the United States, we get some realization of the rapid development which this country has experienced.

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
Wednesday, January 3, 1900

YOUNG SPITE OF YEARS.

Hiram Mills, of Mt. Morris, Ninety-four Years Old But Active Still.

Hiram P. Mills, of Mt. Morris, celebrated the ninety-fourth anniversary of his birth yesterday. Last evening a reception was held at his home on Murray street, and he received the well wishes of a large number of friends. As an evidence of his youth Mr. and Mrs. Mills danced an old fashioned cotillion to the delight of those present. Mr. Mills was born in Saratoga country, near the Hudson river. He remembers the war of 1812, and distinctly recalls the encamping of 2,000 soldiers on a field on his father's farm.

Mr. Mills was for many years a contractor on the canals in this state. He was connected with the Albany & Schenectady, which was the first railroad in the United States. For many years he was resident engineer of the old Genesee Valley canal. Despite his advanced age, Mr. Mills is an active business man. He is president of tho Geneaee Valley Bank, and has extensive interests in other lines of business.

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Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Rochester, Monroe County, New York.
Tuesday, January 7, 1902

DEATH OF THE OLDEST BANK PRESIDENT

Passing Away of Hiram P. Mills at Ninty-six.

HEARTY TO THE LAST

Feasted and Danced Only Last Thursday to Celebrate his Birthday Anniversary - A Long Life of Varied Activities -
Livingston.

Hiram P. Mills, of Mt. Morris, died yesterday. Mr. Mills Thursday of last week celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday, and after eating a hearty dinner, indulged in dancing and found occasion to chaff his son Charles, who is 70 years of age, as being a "quitter."

He was the oldest bank president in the United States, having been the president of the Genesee River National Bank of Mt. Morris continuously since it was established in 1853. He was one of the engineers on the old Valley canal and went to Mt. Morris in 1830.

Deceased was born on the 2d day of January, 1806, in Saratoga county. Mr. Mills remained at home until he was nineteen years old, when he married Jane Janet Dunn, and soon after engaged in a large contract with Captain Powers on the Delaware division of the Pennsylvania canal. He was afterwards associated with the construction of the first railroad on the continent, the Albany and Schenectady, which, when opened, was worked by cable, while the carriages were mere box cars. He was afterwords resident engineer on the Oswego canal, from which appointment he went to the southern part of the state to engage in railroad operations, which were, however, subsequently abandoned.

From 1830 to 1842 Mr. Mills was employed on the Genesee Valley canal as resilient engineer, under his brother F. O. Mills. The canal was in a few years superseded by railroads and the old canal bed became the foundation for the Western New York & Pennsylvania railroad. Mr. Mills was a member and a liberal contributor to the St. John's Episcopal Church here.

By his first wife, who died in 1867, Mr. Mills had nine children, six sons and three daughters, of whom three only are now living: Charles Henry and Mrs. M. H. Mills, of Mt. Morris, and John Edward, cashier of a bank in Nunda. Mr. Mills afterwards married Cornelia J. DePuy, sister of Ex-Governor Begole, of Michigan, who still survives. He has one aged sister living in Mt. Morris. Mrs. Bradbury.

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Buffalo Evening News
Buffalo, Erie County, New York.
Tuesday, January 7, 1902

HIRAM P. MILLS PASSES AWAY

Aged Financier is Dead at His Home in Mt. Morris — A Pioneer of New York.

(By Associated Press)

MT. MORRIS, Jan. 7. — Hiram P. Mills, one of the oldest bank presidents in the United States, died suddenly her yesterday. He celebrated his 96th birthday on Thursday last and danced. Mr. Mills was president of the Genesee River Nation Bank up to the time of his death and had been its president continually since its formation in 1853. He came to Mt. Morris in 1830.

He was one of the engineers of the old Genesee Valey canal and helped lay the rails of the first railroad between Albany and Schenectady.

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The Picket Line Post
Mount Morris, Livingston County, New York.
Friday, May 24, 1907

HIRAM P. MILLS ESTATE DIVIDED

Geneseo, May 22. - The estate of the late Hiram P. Mills, banker of Mt. Morris was judicially settled in Surrogates Court this week, about $25,000 of income being distributed. This estate is $190,000.

From the residue of $25,000 the heirs receive the following amounts: Mrs. Edward A. Mills and children, $5,700; Fannie M. Gavin, $3,000; Edward D. Mills, $3,000; George Mills, $3,000; John Mills, $3,000; Frederick P. Mills, $2,500; Charles H. Mills $5,800; Edward Mills and Frederick Mills are dead.

The specific legacies are much larger and go to the following persons:
John E. Mills, $26,000;
Charles H. Mills, $18,000;
Mary A. Mills, $29,000;
heirs of Frederick Mills deceased, $29,000;
heirs of William Mills deceased, $30,000;
heirs of Edward A. Mills deceased, $30,000;
Elizabeth A. Bradbury, $300;
Hulburt E. Brown, $500;
St. John's Church in Mt. Morris, $500;
Mt. Morris Cemetery Association, $250;
Belle Mills, $100;
Jennie Mills, $100.

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Son of William & Mary (Neaher) Mills.

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