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GEORGE M. MILLS is the third of thirteen children and was born in Liberty, Adams county, Ill., December 17, 1812. He is a son of Franklin Mills, who was born October 17, 1822, in New Haven, Conn., and while a young man emigrated to Illinois, where he was by turns, farmer, mechanic, and merchant, following these pursuits for years. Dr. Mills’ mother’s maiden name was Mary Galbreath, and she was born in 1822. These are still living at Perry, Ill.

At the age of three years the subject of this sketch was taken by his parents to Brown county, Ill., where and in Pike county, that state, he was reared. He began the work at preparing himself for the duties of his profession in the fall of 1869 under the tutorship of Dr. Harvey Dunn, of Perry, Ill. He attended lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Keokuk, Iowa, graduating in 1878, and then at the Rush Medical College of Chicago, graduating in 1883, taking three full courses in the latter institution. He began the practice before he graduated, locating in 1871 at Birmingham, Schuyler county, Ill., where he continued to administer to the wants of the sick till the fall of 1876, when he removed to Ripley, Brown county, Ill. He lived at the latter place, continuing at his profession till May, 1885, when he removed to Nebraska, locating at Kearney, where he has since remained.

He is a member of the Nebraska State Medical Society, ranking high in his profession and enjoying an extensive practice.

Dr. Mills was married July 2, 1874, to Miss Eliza H. Burch, daughter of Preston H. Burch, of Springfield, Ill. It is rare that a husband finds in a wife traits and tastes congenial to his own, but in this instance Mrs. Mills is also a physician and is a companion, student and partner of her husband, in the art of healing.