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ISAAC MILLS, stationer, Braddock. In or about the year 1680 the ancestors of this family emigrated from England to America, landing on the Bermuda Islands, where they remained a short time. Stephen Mills, grandfather of the subject of this memoir, and a shoemaker by trade, married an Osborn, and became the father of two sons and three daughters, Isaac being among the oldest, born in 1801, in New York. Stephen came in about 1817, with his family, to the “Forks” of Allegheny county, and here settled on a farm, where he remained a few years. Isaac then leased 260 acres of land in 1826, and in 1827 he purchased the farm on the Monongahela river, and which is now known as the Third ward of Braddock. He was the successful business man of the family. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Snodgrass, one of a very old family, of Scotch-Irish descent. Nine children, seven yet living, were born to Isaac Mills and his wife, viz.: Eliza, Isaac, Rachel (Mrs. Clay), Charles, J. K., Stephen and Isaac. The last named was born in 1839, educated at the State College, Centre county, and in 1861 enlisted in Co. A, 63d (Gen. Alex. Hays’) regiment, and for three years was a defender of his country. In 1865 he married Mary E. Nichols, of Braddock, and six children have been born to them. Mr. Mills commenced his business career in 1867, when he became extensively engaged in dealing in lime cement, successfully operating same until 1880. Since then he has been engaged in his present business at Braddock. About one hundred acres of the original tract of land purchased by Isaac Mills is now owned by his descendants. Mr. Mills is a member of the G. A. R. and Veteran Union League. He is a republican; was burgess of Braddock in 1885, and has held other positions of trust.