When Patience Amelia Stringfellow was born on 11 August 1839, in Chester, South Carolina, United States, her father, Robert Henry Stringfellow, was 27 and her mother, Maria Catherine Gray, was 27. She married Major Julius Mills on 28 June 1866. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Chester, Chester, South Carolina, United States for about 60 years. She died on 15 May 1938, at the age of 98.