Now THAT is a posting! It was fun to read...thanks Lyn sally montgomery -------------- Original message -------------- From: LynMhere@aol.com > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/jE1.2ACEB/3614.1.1 > > Message Board Post: > > William Franklin Mills, aka Frank W. Mills, was born 05 Aug 1845 in Middletown, > Orange Co., NY, the son of Coe Howell Mills and Mary Fullerton. (Coe Howell > Mills parents were Peter Mills, Jr. and Deborah Howell.) > > Frank lied about his age and enlisted in Company C, First Regiment, New York > Rifles, and served during the entire period of the war. He was awarded a medal > by congress for distinguished gallantry in action at Sandy Cross Roads, NC, > September 4, 1862, His final discharge was dated November 29, 1865. > > In 1870, Frank W. Mills is found living with his mother in Wawayanda, Orange > Co., NY. At some point, he relocated to Crawford Co., PA where he married Mary > Eva Birchard 20 Sep 1873. Together they had 3 children: Frank W. Mills, Jr. b. > abt. 1875 (later found on Manilla, Philippines where he married and had > children), Edith Mills, b. abt. 1877, and Clarence B. Mills, b. aft. 1877, died > bef. 1880. Mary Eva Birchard Mills died bef. 1880. > > After his first wife's death, Frank W. Mills met and married Sarah A. McFarland. > They lived out their lives in Butler Co., PA and had the following children: > Maude, b. 1880, Mae A., b. 1882, Agnes F., b. 1885, Gussie, b. 1888 (my > husband's grandmother), Mary A., b. 1889, Sara L., b. 1889 (twins), Esther, b. > 1892, and William McKinely Mills, b. 1896. > > Frank W. Mills died 23 Nov 1923 in a hospital in Pittsburgh, PA. His wife Sarah > preceded him in death - 25 Feb 1923. > > Now, if someone could help me crack MY Mills brickwall, I'd certainly appreciate > it. William Mills of VA married Anna Rand Bostick of Stokes Co., NC. They > moved to Yalobusha Co., MS where they had 7 children, including my > gggrandmother, Sarah Ann Mills 1833-1914. > > But..........that's all a different posting. > > Lyn Magill-Hoch > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MILLS-request@rootsweb.com > with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of > the message