This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/BUB.2ACI/6044 Message Board Post: Obituary. Webster MILLS, oldest son of Wm. Webster MILLS, and grandson of Roger MILLS, a pioneer settler of Hume at Mills Mills; was born at that place on the 11th day of June, 1828, and died Oct. 23rd, 1901. He was educated in the common schools and at a private or ‘select' school at Castile, N.Y. He became a farmer and miller in his father's grist mill, where he worked for twenty years. He married, in 1849, Lucinda, daughter of Benjamin and Polly MEACHAM FULLER. His wife died Oct. 13, 1883. Her parents were kindly cared for at the MILLS home until their decease. About the year 1866, he assumed a trust which occupied many years in fulfillment, viz, the management and distribution of the Moses ROBINSON and Harvey ROBINSON estates. The guardianship and duties of the trust were executed with the utmost fidelity and integrity. He served the town of Hume in the capacity of collector for two terms and as supervisor for three successive terms. He was a man of vigorous mind, a reader who kept well up with the movements of the times in which he lived. He also had a sturdiness of personal character which was his thru life. It is related of him that when a boy a school at! Castile with his sister, Elisiff, they were taunted with coming from Allegany, the county of leeks. On their first appearance in school, one pert boy asked ‘Have you brought your leek hooks with you?' Web. promptly answered ‘yes' and instantly took the questioner by the nose and gave it a most strenuous tweak. Further impudence was not in order and Web. had established a good standing among the boys. On the 4th day of Sept., 1884, he was married to Lucinda ALGER (widow of Alonzo ALGER). She, with her then infant daughter, whom he loved as his own, survive him. The funeral services were conducted at his home on Oct. 25th, Rev. J.C. WARREN of Pike officiating. The attendance was very large, showing the great esteem in which he was held by the whole community. He was the friend and servant of all, yet he called no man master. His mortal remains, covered with flowers, were laid to rest in the beautiful Alger cemetery. Very affectionate memories of him will long remain in the breasts of those who knew him best. [Northern Allegany Observer obituary, transcribed by Louise Y. Mills, 2003, from Cora Lahr's scrapbooks, Fillmore, NY]