Brief Life History of James Creighton
When James Creighton Mills was born on 30 July 1850, in Gilboa, Putnam, Ohio, United States, his father, Almeron Mack Mills, was 28 and his mother, Calista Bunce, was 28. He married Emma Jane Werner on 4 November 1880, in Putnam, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Ohio, Ohio, Herkimer, New York, United States in 1870 and Van Buren Township, Putnam, Ohio, United States in 1880. He died on 3 August 1927, in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Toledo Memorial Park, Sylvania, Lucas, Ohio, United States.
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- James Mills, "United States Census, 1920"
- Legacy NFS Source: James Creighton Mills - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: JAMES CREIGHTON MILLS
- Jas. C. Mills, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1872 · The First National Park
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Mill 1, with excrescent -s added in post-medieval times. Compare Mullins , from a French equivalent of this name, and see also Milnes .
English: either a variant of Miles , a variant of Mill 2, with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s, or Myhill , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
Irish: this is usually the English name, especially in Ulster, but elsewhere in Ireland it was also adopted for the Gaelic topographic byname, an Mhuilinn ‘of the mill’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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