Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Mills was born on 16 August 1813, in Mill Creek Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States, her father, Thomas C Mills, was 52 and her mother, Lydia Cachel, was 31. She married Robert Greenwell on 10 March 1836, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Boone, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Farmington Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States in 1860. She died on 9 August 1876, in Farmington, Fulton, Illinois, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Pleasant Hill Cemetery, Farmington Township, Fulton, Illinois, United States.
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Sources (10)
- Martha Greenwell in household of Robert Greenwell, "United States Census, 1870"
- Martha Mills, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013"
- Martha Mills Greenwell, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1812–1888 Male
1813–1876 Female
Children (7)
1836–1863 Female
1839–1898 Female
1840–1928 Male
1842–1863 Male
1844–1913 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1760–1864 Male
1782–1850 Female
Siblings (10)
1805–1871 Male
1806–1888 Female
1808–1903 Male
1810–1892 Female
1810–1862 Female
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World Events (8)
1818
Age 5
1827
Age 14
1830 · Louisville and Portland Canal Opens
Age 17
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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