Moses Mills

Brief Life History of Moses

When Moses Mills was born in 1823, in Iowa, United States, his father, Seth Mills, was 41 and his mother, Charity Thornburgh, was 33.

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Seth Mills
1782–1876
Charity Thornburgh
1790–1870
Betsey Ann Mills
1809–1829
Walter A Mills
1822–1867
Mary Ann Mills
1811–1884
Aaron L. Mills
1812–1852
Kinsey M. Mills
1814–1834
Enos Seth Mills
1816–1849
Henry L Mills
1817–1850
Sarah Sally Mills
1819–1870
Lindsey Mills
1820–
Jacob Mills
1822–1865
Moses Mills
1823–
Seth Thornburg Mills
1824–1864
Rachel Mills
1826–1886
Janes Mills
1826–
Letitia Mills
1829–1913
Mary Elizabeth Mills
1830–1878
John Kendley Mills
1830–1832
Julia Ann Mills
1832–1913

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    World Events (3)

    1825 · The Crimes Act

    The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

    1830 · The Second Great Awakening

    Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

    1846

    Iowa is the 29th state.

    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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