| Name / Spouse | Born/Died | Father / Mother | Notes |
| Alva Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield |  |
| Amanda Mills | b.1834 ABT
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY | |
| Annie Mills | b.
d. | Father: Joseph Mills
Mother: Sarah E Houchins | Married Lockhart |
| Arthur Lee Mills | b.
d. | Father: Robert Mills
Mother: Margaret Cowles | |
Aubrey Robert Mills
Spouse1: Laura Zelda Cowles | b.1906 MAY 07
d. | Father: Thomas Van Mills Tom or TV
Mother: Ella Davis | |
Benjamin Thomas Mills
Spouse1: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles
Spouse2: Nancy Isabel Sturdivant | b.1836 DEC 29 Marion Co. KY
d.1932 NOV 08 Bowling Green, Warren County | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY | from: Larry Cummings: What was told to me by my grandfather was that Thomas was Choctaw Indian and was born when the family was being relocated to Oklahoma. His mother died at child birth. His father couldnt take care of a baby while taking the other children to Oklahoma so he left Thomas with a white family in the vicinity of Bowling Green, KY. He was suppose to come back after getting the other children to Oklahoma but never did. My grandfather said this is what was told to him by his father Thomas. My uncle also told me the same story was told to him by his grandfather (Thomas).
Thomas Mills death certificate lists his father as Stephen Mills. This was given by Alva Mills, Dovies half brother who was born in 1884 to Toms second wife It has been reported to me by someone that their was a note on the back of the certificate giving his name as Benjamin Thomas Mills and possibly listing his parents as Stephen and Anne Nancy Raley or at least they had made the connection. I had always been told that Toms father was Benjamin. I wonder if his father is really Stephen and could it be coupled with Benjamin? Dovies certificate just say that father Thomas Mills and was given by Uncle Twain. According to family tradition, Tom Mills was an orphan found at a grist mill at Bowling Green, Kentucky by the mill owner whose first name was Tom. It is believed that Tom Mills was abandoned by Indians that went through that night. He was named Mills because he was found at a mill. A Home in 1930: Sulphur, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA Boiling Springs Road Apr 12 Cemetery: Boiling Springs Church of Christ Cemetery |
Bernard Mills
Spouse1: Mary Luisa Mudd | b.1831 MAY 23 ABT Calvary, Washington County, Kentucky
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY | Bernard Mills is believed to have died around 1869 after the birth of his son William Thomas Mills, because in the 1870 census of Monroe County, Missouri, we find Mary Luisa and her two sons living back with her father and his other children and Bernard is not included. It would also appear that Mary's mother is dead since she is not included in the census. |
| Bertha Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
| Bob Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
Catherine Mills
Spouse1: George Cowles | b.1880
d.1910 | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
| Christopher Columbus Mills | b.1852 SEP 04 Monroe County, Missouri
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall | |
| Cleavland Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
Dovie Jane Mills
Spouse1: Thomas Lafayette Sullivan | b.1868 JUL 22 Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
d.1932 FEB 03 | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles | Dovie was married at age 19 |
| Edgar Mills | b.
d. | Father: Thomas Van Mills Tom or TV
Mother: Ella Davis | Edgar was the Vocational Agriculture for many years at Bristow High School and was in the army during WWII. |
Elizabeth Mills
Spouse1: Jesse Steenbergen | b.
d. | Father: Thomas Van Mills Tom or TV
Mother: Ella Davis | Elizabeth married Jesse Steenbergen and they ran the general store at Oakl and, Ky. |
Elizabeth A. Mills
Spouse1: Lee | b.1834 JAN 04 Calvary, Marion County, Kentucky
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY | |
| Elizabeth Jane Amelia Mills | b.1850 AUG 15
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall | |
| Emby E. Mills | b.1864 JUL 08
d.1868 MAY 14 | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles | |
| Emmer Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
| Eric Mills | b.
d. | Father: Henry Thomas Mills Hank
Mother: Alma Fay Stone | |
George Mills
Spouse1: Sara Wingfield | b.1855 APR 03 Lafayette IN
d.1930 OCT 26 | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles | He spent his life in the area of Chalybete and Pigg, Kentucky which is ne ar Smith Grove, a small community outside of Bowling Green. He was sa id to be a hard worker and had a firery temper. He was well known and respected in the community. Occupation: farmer and preacher |
| Henry Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
| Henry Thomas Mills | b.
d. | Father: Henry Thomas Mills Hank
Mother: Alma Fay Stone | |
Henry Thomas Mills
"Hank"
Spouse1: Alma Fay Stone | b.1933 FEB 02
d. | Father: Aubrey Robert Mills
Mother: Laura Zelda Cowles | |
| Isabella Brianna Mills | b.2003 JAN 06
d. | Father: Matthew David Mills
Mother: Brianna Soto | |
| James Austin Mills | b.1867
d. | Father: Samuel Thomas Mills
Mother: Sarah D. Whelan | |
| Jesse Faye Mills | b.1947 MAR 23
d. | Father: Aubrey Robert Mills
Mother: Laura Zelda Cowles | |
John Mills
Spouse1: Mary Cowles | b.1859 JAN 02 Lafayette IN
d.1909 OCT 07 Harmon Co OK | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles | |
| John A. Mills | b.1868 Indian Creek, Monroe County, Missouri
d. | Father: Bernard Mills
Mother: Mary Luisa Mudd | |
John Edward Mills
Spouse1: Beulah May Eason | b.1891 NOV 08
d.1929 JAN 15 | Father: John Mills
Mother: Mary Cowles | |
| Johnny Mills | b.
d. | Father: Thomas Van Mills Tom or TV
Mother: Ella Davis | Johnny the youngest was in the 101st Airborne at the battle of the bulge and was a machine gunner. He said his orders were not to back up but it didnt matter anyway - there was no place to go. |
| Jonathan Craine Mills | b.1980 OCT 29 Cleaveland Heights Ohio
d. | Father: Nathaniel Crain Mills
Mother: Teresa Martine Logsdon | |
Joseph Mills
Spouse1: Sarah E Houchins | b.1865 NOV 19 Indiana
d. | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles | Residence 1930 Bristow, Bristow, Warren, Kentucky, USA Spouse Sarah E Mills |
| Joseph A. Mills | b.1835 ABT
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY | |
| Kathrina Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
Leonard Newton Mills
Spouse1: Clara Houchins | b.1861 JAN 05 Tippecanoe, Marshall County, Indiana, United States of America
d.1937 JAN 09 Smiths Grove,Warren County, Kentucky, United States of America | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles | |
| Lillian Annetta Mills | b.
d. | Father: Robert Mills
Mother: Margaret Cowles | |
| Lizzie Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
Louisa Mills
Spouse1: Ronzil Cowles | b.1881 JUN 29
d.1911 APR 19 | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | Burial: Kinser Cemetery, Chalybeate, KY |
Luther T. Mills
Spouse1: Nancy OlieAnn Spainhoward | b.1871 NOV 13 Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA
d.1947 APR 01 Brownsville, Edmonson County, Kentucky, USA | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles | Residence 1900 Rocky Hill Station, Edmonson, Kentucky, USA Spouse Ollie Mills Probate 14 Apr 1947 Edmonson, Kentucky, USA Cemetery: Pleasant Union Church Cemetery |
| Lynn Mills | b.
d. | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Elizabeth Stitchen Cowles | |
| Martha Anne Alscinda Mills | b.1854 AUG 09 Monroe County, Missouri
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall | |
Mary Mills
"Nancy"
Spouse1: James A. Pierceall | b.
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY | |
| Mary Clyde Mills | b.1893 SEP 16
d. | Father: John Mills
Mother: Mary Cowles | |
Matilda Mills
Spouse1: James Jefferson Raley | b.
d. | Father:
Mother: | |
Matthew David Mills
Spouse1: Brianna Soto | b.1978 AUG 26 Hershey PA
d. | Father: Nathaniel Crain Mills
Mother: Teresa Martine Logsdon | |
| Molly Mills | b.
d. | Father: Ronzil Cowles
Mother: Lorenzie Ray | |
| Nancy Mills | b.1836 ABT
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Mary Anne Raley NANCY | |
Nathaniel Crain Mills
Spouse1: Teresa Martine Logsdon | b.1948 JUN 03 Edmonson Co KY
d. | Father: Aubrey Robert Mills
Mother: Laura Zelda Cowles | I am Nathaniel Crain Mills, born in 1948 in Edmonson Co. Ky. I grew up in the Otter Gap/ Chalybeate Community. I married Teresa Martine (Logsdon) Mills Aug. 1968. She was born on Feb. 19, 1950 to Daniel (Tuck) Logsdon and Teresa (Jarboe) Logsdon of Sunfish Ky. We have two sons Matthew David Mills, born Aug. 26, 1978, in Hershey, Pennsylvania and Jonathan Crain Mills, born Oct. 29, 1980 in Cleveland Heights Ohio. Matthew married Brianna (Soto) Mills and they have two children Isabella Brianna Mills, born Jan. 6, 2003 and Philip Edward Mills, born Aug. 30, 2006. My parents were Aubrey Robert Mills, born May 7, 1906 and Laura Zelda (Cowles) Mills, born Sept. 19, 1909 (I think). They had four children, Henry (Hank) Thomas Mills b.Feb. 2, 1933 (I think), Patricia Ella Mills (b. June 19, 1943), Jessie Faye Mills (b. March 23, 1947) and Nathaniel Crain Mills (b June 3, 1948. I was the youngest. Henry Thomas married Alma Fay (Stone) Mills and has three sons, Henry Thomas (Tommy) Mills, Robert Mills, and Eric Mills. Patricia married Harold Watt, son of Willis Watt of Boiling Springs. They have two daughters Marla Elaine (Watt) Price (married to Tom Price) of Jeffersonville Indiana. Karen has recently married and lives in California. Aubrey Robert Mills, my Dad, was born to Thomas Van Mills, I am not sure if the Van is Vanmeter but he went by Tom or mostly TV Mills, and to Ella (Davis) Mills. They had six children, Peachie, Aubrey, Elizabeth, Edgar, William (Bill), and Johnny Mills. As I recallm Peachie taught school among other things, Dad was a farmer, Elizabeth married Jesse Steenbergen and they ran the general store at Oakland, Ky. Edgar was the Vocational Agriculture for many years at Bristow High School and was in the army during WWII. Bill was a mechanic at Phelp's garage on the Richardsville road coming in to 8th street in Bowling Green and was a truck mechanic with Patton in his move across Europe. He told me they rebuilt the truck carbouraters (sp?) every night to have them ready to run the next day. Everything was done in the dark. They took them off, pulled them apart and cleaned them to get the dirt out by spreading everything on a grease rag on the ground. He said the general rule was if you light a match you die. Johnny the youngest was in the 101st Airborne at the battle of the bulge and was a machine gunner. He said his orders were not to back up but it didn't matter anyway - there was no place to go. TV Mills' is father was George Mills and Sarah Wingfield I think. And the Van may be from Sarah's Father. My grandmother (87) and grandfather Mills (85) (age at death - my recollection) are both buried in Smithgrove cemetery. At Smith Grove KY. He died in 1965 and she died Jan. 1, 1960. From what I have heard, just after they married, they sharecropped for 23 years on the Johnny Cole Place that was just north of the Davenport farm on 31W north of Bowling Green. In his early fifties when he was worried that the land owners would not lease to him any more he bought his farm on the knob owned by Duncan's now. TV Mills, farmed all his life and my dad and he frequently worked together. My Dad owned a farm about a mile from his (now Aubrey Mills Road) and Patricia and Harold Watt now live on the road. At age 79 he decided to retire since he had some heart pains one day when he was out running down a young cow to get her in the barn for the evening. He decided he would go and talk to social security since he had regularly paid SS every year for many years. Since they did not have any birth records of his birth, they finally found a man in Brownsville who was 93 that remembered when he was born. He also walked everywhere he went unless my dad drove him since he did not own a car. He regularly walked to the WA Cowles grocery on 31W about 3 times a week to get bacon flower and white loaf bread. He always drank a coke at the store and picked up a block of Bull Durham chewing tobacco. I guess he used a small block about every two or three days. He milked his own cows and had chickens for eggs and meat. I was 12 when my grandmother died and I stayed every night for the next 18 months with him since he was having occasional chest pains. He loved to listen to WCKY out of Cincinnati on the radio each evening since they told jokes and played bluegrass music. It was out of range during the day not that he would have ever been in the house listening during the day anyway. He listened to WKCT Bowling Green for local news and weather and the Baptist hour at 4:00 PM each day. |
| Nina Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
| Ottis Lenon Mills | b.
d. | Father: Robert Mills
Mother: Margaret Cowles | |
Patricia Ella Mills
Spouse1: Harold Watt | b.1943 JUN 19
d. | Father: Aubrey Robert Mills
Mother: Laura Zelda Cowles | |
| Paul Mills | b.
d. | Father: Robert Mills
Mother: Margaret Cowles | |
| Peachie Mills | b.
d. | Father: Thomas Van Mills Tom or TV
Mother: Ella Davis | As I recall Peachie taught school among other things |
| Philip Edward Mills | b.2006 AUG 30
d. | Father: Matthew David Mills
Mother: Brianna Soto | |
Robert Mills
Spouse1: Margaret Cowles | b.
d. | Father: Benjamin Thomas Mills
Mother: Nancy Isabel Sturdivant NAN | |
| Robert Mills | b.
d. | Father: Henry Thomas Mills Hank
Mother: Alma Fay Stone | |
| Robert A. Mills | b.1845 OCT 30 Graves County, Kentucky
d. | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall | |
| Ruben Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
Rumsey Dow Mills
Spouse1: Alice Missouri Jones | b.1884 AUG 01 Bowling Green, KY
d.1943 SEP 18 Elk City, OK | Father: John Mills
Mother: Mary Cowles | |
| Samuel Henderson Mills | b.1877
d. | Father: Samuel Thomas Mills
Mother: Sarah D. Whelan | |
Samuel Thomas Mills
Spouse1: Sarah D. Whelan | b.1848 MAR 01 Indian Creek, Monroe County, Missouri
d.1896 NOV 25 Monroe County, Missouri | Father: Stephen Mills
Mother: Belinda A. Pierceall | |
Stephen Mills
Spouse1: Mary Anne Raley | b.1804 FEB 23 Kentucky
d.1885 SEP 28 Indian Creek, Monroe County, Missouri | Father: William C Mills
Mother: Mary Jane Plant | According to family tradition, Stephen and Ann Mills left their children with friends while they travelled west to find a new homestead and were never heard from again.
Another story says Stephen departed Marion County, Kentucky and left his wife and children behind. Anne, not being able to care for all of the children, divided them among friends and family members to raise. Thomas Mills went to stay with Israel Cannon, who then moved to Warren County, Kentucky.
Yet another story suggests that Stephen Mills went to Oklahoma and wrote a letter back and said he had arrived safely and that he would come back for Thomas, but they never heard from him again.
Anna and Stephen Mills were members of the Holy Name of Mary Church Parish in Calvary, Marion County, Kentucky from at least 1831-1834.
According to Jane Thomas, Secretary of Marion County, Kentucky Historical Society, Stephen and Anna had two more children:
Amanda born about 1834 who lived with Catherine Abell in 1850 Marion County, Kentucky census, and
Nancy who was born about 1836 and living with Ignatius and Catherine Mills.
Also there is the possibility of a son named Joseph born about 1835. He was living with Cornelius Raley in 1850 Marion County, Kentucky census.
Occupation: farmer Cemetery: Saint Stephens Catholic Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Indian Creek, Monroe County, Missouri, United States of America |
Thomas Van Mills
"Tom or TV"
Spouse1: Ella Davis | b.
d.1965 Smithgrove cemetery | Father:
Mother: Sara Wingfield | Known as TV Mills. My grandmother (87) and grandfather Mills (85) (age at death - my recollec tion) are both buried in Smithgrove cemetery. At Smith Grove KY. He di ed in 1965 and she died Jan. 1, 1960. From what I have heard, just aft er they married, they sharecropped for 23 years on the Johnny Cole Pla ce that was just north of the Davenport farm on 31W north of Bowling Gree n. In his early fifties when he was worried that the land owners would n ot lease to him any more he bought his farm on the knob owned by Duncan s now. TV Mills, farmed all his life and my dad and he frequently work ed together. My Dad owned a farm about a mile from his (now Aubrey Mil ls Road) and Patricia and Harold Watt now live on the road. At a ge 79 he decided to retire since he had some heart pains one day when he w as out running down a young cow to get her in the barn for the evenin g. He decided he would go and talk to social security since he had regula rly paid SS every year for many years. Since they did not have any bir th records of his birth, they finally found a man in Brownsville who w as 93 that remembered when he was born. He also walked everywhere he we nt unless my dad drove him since he did not own a car. He regularly walk ed to the WA Cowles grocery on 31W about 3 times a week to get bacon flow er and white loaf bread. He always drank a coke at the store and pick ed up a block of Bull Durham chewing tobacco. I guess he used a small blo ck about every two or three days. He milked his own cows and had chicke ns for eggs and meat. I was 12 when my grandmother died and I stayed eve ry night for the next 18 months with him since he was having occasional ch est pains. He loved to listen to WCKY out of Cincinnati on the radio ea ch evening since they told jokes and played bluegrass music. It was o ut of range during the day not that he would have ever been in the house l istening during the day anyway. He listened to WKCT Bowling Green for loc al news and weather and the Baptist hour at 4:00 PM each day. (wrtiten by Nathaniel Mills) |
| Viola Mills | b.
d. | Father: George Mills
Mother: Sara Wingfield | |
| Virgil Quincy Mills | b.1887 AUG 12 Bowling Green, KY
d.1949 OCT 24 Hollis OK | Father: John Mills
Mother: Mary Cowles | |
William Mills
"Bill" | b.
d. | Father: Thomas Van Mills Tom or TV
Mother: Ella Davis | Bill was a mechanic at Phelps garage on the Richardsville road comi ng in to 8th street in Bowling Green and was a truck mechanic with Patt on in his move across Europe. He told me they rebuilt the truck carbourat ers (sp?) every night to have them ready to run the next day. Everythi ng was done in the dark. They took them off, pulled them apart and clean ed them to get the dirt out by spreading everything on a grease rag on t he ground. He said the general rule was if you light a match you die. |
William C Mills
Spouse1: Mary Jane Plant | b.
d. | Father:
Mother: | |
| William Thomas Mills | b.1869 Indian Creek, Monroe County, Missouri
d. | Father: Bernard Mills
Mother: Mary Luisa Mudd | |
