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Portrait and biographical album of Newayco (sp) County, Mich.
containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and
representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and
biographies of all the governors of Michigan and of the presidents
of the United States: also containing a complete history of the county,
from its earliest settlement to the present time.

Published by Chapman Bros., Chicago, IL, 1884

Transcribed  and submitted by Linda Talbott
for the U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/

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Page 227-228
MILLS, George A.
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   GEORGE A. MILLS, farmer, section 20, Sherman Township,
is a son of STILLMAN and JOANNA (HARRINGTON) MILLS, the
former a native of Vermont and the latter of New York;
and was born in New York, April 20, 1845.  At the age of
12 years he went to live with a brother, where he remained
until he was 17, and Sept. 15, 1862, he enlisted in the
149th N.Y. Reg., and served till June 12, 1865, receiving
an honorable discharge at Bladenburgh, Md.  Owing to ser-
ious sickness he was confined to the hospital for some time,
and was then detailed on detached service at Philadelphia.
He afterwards rejoined his regiment in Tennessee and re-
mained until his discharge.  He returned to New York, and
was employed in a paper mill nearly four years.  In the 
fall of 1869 he came to Hillsdale County, this State, and
worked for his brother-in-law one year, and afterward rented
a farm three years.  In the spring of 1864 he came to Newaygo
County and purchased 80 acres of partly improved land in
Sherman Township, where he now resides, and has about 45
acres under the plow.
   Mr. MILLS was married in Auburn, N.Y., Aug. 20, 1867, to
ESTHER A., daughter of GEORGE C. and ESTHER (WILKINS) HAYWARD,
the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Massa-
chusetts, and she was born in Mendon, Monroe Co., N.Y., Dec.
17, 1845.  Mr. and Mrs. MILLS are the parents of one child,
BURTON H., born Oct. 15, 1873.  In politics Mr. M. is a
Republican.

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