John Draper Mills Sr.

Brief Life History of John Draper

When John Draper Mills Sr. was born on 14 October 1814, in Goochland, Virginia, United States, his father, Nathaniel Mills Jr, was 28 and his mother, Catherine Chapman Draper, was 26. He married Mary Frances White about 1834, in Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Goochland, Goochland, Virginia, United States in 1850 and Virginia, United States in 1870. He died in 1892, in Goochland, Virginia, United States, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

John Draper Mills Sr.
1814–1892
Mary Frances White
1814–1855
Marriage: about 1834
Nathaniel Horace Mills
1837–1930
Samuel A. Mills
1853–after 1863
William Harris Mills
1840–after 1863
Marcellus Jackson Mills
1841–1877
Catherine V Mills
1842–1864
Lucy Frances Mills
1846–after 1863
James Lindsay Mills
1847–1920
Annie Elizabeth Mills
1848–1932
John Draper Mills Jr.
1850–
Harriet E. Mills
1855–1857

Sources (31)

  • John D Mills, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Jno D Mills, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896"
  • John Danpar Mills, "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940"

World Events (8)

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1824 · """Mary Randolph Publishes """"The Virginia Housewife"""""""

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1836 · Remember the Alamo

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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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