My Genealogy Hound

WILLIS MILLS, farmer and stock-raiser, post-office Dudenville. Prominent among the successful farmers and stock-raisers of Lincoln township is the subject of this sketch, who was born in Marion county, Ind., Sept. 30, 1838, where he was reared and educated. He is the son of Mark and Charity Mills, who had nine children, our subject being the seventh child. When he was twenty-one years of age he went to work on a farm for himself, and in 1866 he moved to Muscatine county, Iowa, and engaged in farming. He was married in Marion county, Ind., to Mary, daughter of Isaac and Ann Hawkins, who are natives of Ohio. Our subject moved to Carthage, Jasper county, Oct. 2, 1875, and rented a farm near Carthage and lived on it two years, when he moved to his present farm of 160 acres. He also has 40 acres in McDonald township, and 160 acres in Lawrence county. He has a fine two-story residence on his farm, also a splendid barn, granary, and out-buildings. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have five children, named Rolina A., Arthur L., Cora B., Chester H., and Lester E. Mr. and Mrs. Mills are both members of the Society of Friends, and are greatly respected by all who know them.