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Francis Asbury Mills

5 September 1829–14 June 1902 (Age 72)
Franklin, Ohio, United States

The Life of Francis Asbury

Francis Asbury Mills was born on 5 September 1829, in Franklin, Ohio, United States as the son of Peter Mills and Mrs. Mills. He married Ruth Ann Talley about 1855. They were the parents of at least 10 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Nebraska, United States in 1880 and Ainsworth, Brown, Nebraska, United States in 1885. He died on 14 June 1902, in Butte, Boyd, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Bassett Memorial Park, Bassett, Rock, Nebraska, United States.

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Spouse and Children

Parents and Siblings

Francis Asbury Mills

1829–1902

Ruth Ann Talley

1838–1904

Marriage: about 1855

William Henry Mills

1856–1883

Robert Talley Mills

1857–1925

Peter Riley Mills

1859–1947

James Wallace Mills

1860–

Sarah Lucina Mills

1862–1933

Lewis Edward Mills

1864–1889

Columbia Ann Mills

1866–1945

Francis Clayton Mills

1868–1870

Mary Adelaid Mills

1870–1956

Benjamin Norman Mills

1872–1942

Ernest Elmer Mills

1875–1958

Samuel Emerson Mills

1877–1945

Ella Elvina Mills

1879–1960

Grant Walter Mills

1881–1895

Spouse and Children

Francis Asbury Mills

Male1829–1902Male

Ruth Ann Talley

Female1838–1904Female

MARRIAGE
about 1855

children

(14)

William Henry Mills

Male1856–1883Male

Robert Talley Mills

Male1857–1925Male

Peter Riley Mills

Male1859–1947Male

James Wallace Mills

Male1860–Male

Sarah Lucina Mills

Female1862–1933Female

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Parents and Siblings

Peter Mills

Male1801–1884Male

Mrs. Mills

Female–1834Female

siblings

(4)

Francis Asbury Mills

Male1829–1902Male

Wallace Mills

Male1830–1893Male

Charles W. Mills

Male1831–1893Male

William B Mills

Male1833–Male

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Age 1

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.

1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated

Age 7

On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Age 31

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.

Name Meaning

Mills

Francis

Asbury

1 English and Scottish: variant of Mill 1.2 English: either a metronymic form of Mill 2, or a variant of Miles .3 Irish: in Ulster this is the English name, but elsewhere in Ireland it may be a translation of a Gaelic topographic byname, an Mhuilinn ‘of the mill’.

Possible Related Names

Mill

Miles

Milles

Millis

Milnes

Sources (3)

Francis A Mills, "Nebraska State Census, 1885"
Francis Mills, "United States Census, 1860"
Francis A Mills, "United States Census, 1880"

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