Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameJohn Edgar MILLS , 1656
Birth24 Sep 1864, Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan1153
Death3 Aug 1903, Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan1,1140,1153,7112 Age: 38
Burial6 Aug 1903, Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan340,7078
Residenceof Cleveland (1888)4701
FatherNelson MILLS , 1166 (1823-1904)
MotherMary Jerralds WILLIAMS (1842-1891)
Individual Notes
• Lived in Cleveland, Panther, W. Va, and Port Huron and died in Marysville.1

• Having heretofore advanced considerable sums to my son John E. Mills and having incurred for him large additional liability which my estate may be called upon to pay, I make no provision for him in this will...1135
The other children were asked to deal fairly and justly by this son.1128

• Witness to the marriage of Eugene M. Carleton of Cleveland & Alberta Bunce of Marysville; 28 Nov 1888, Marysville; John E. Mills, of Cleveland.4701
Census
• 1870 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 5, b MI.1689
• 1880 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 14, b MI.1707
• 1884 Michigan Census: Port Huron Township, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 18, b MI.1147
• 1900 Census: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 35, b Apr 1864, MI. General Business. Father b Canada; mother b MI. Married 9 years.1754
Directories
1896 Cleveland directory:
Mills, John E. vessel owner, r. The Ellington7066
[On the same page is: MILLS, CARLETON & CO., N. & B. Mills, Marysville, Mich. and C. H. and E. M. Carleton, Lumber, 714 Seneca; Telephone 618]

1902 Port Huron, Michigan directory:
Mills, John E. vessel owner, rms 608-9 Bush Bldg. res. 931 Pine7067
Spouses
Birth4 Feb 1871, Geauga County, Ohio7071
Death18 Jun 1944, Cuyahoga County, Ohio7071 Age: 73
FlagsEldest Child
FatherJohn Benjamin McKAY (1851-1924)
MotherEmily Adelaide FRENCH (1850-1926)
Individual Notes
• Listed as Carrie M. McKay.7068

• I do have a few pictures of Cora…she was in the follies from what I was told. Cora married wealthy Edgar Mills. She ran a rooming house and beauty parlor. When Edgar died suddenly at age 25 [sic] from a vein bursting in his head, his parents took everything away from her. She never remarried.7111
Census
• 1880 Census: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois. Age 9, b OH. Father b IN; mother b Canada.7073
• 1900 Census: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 28, b Feb 1872, MI. Parents birthplaces Unknown. Married 9 years. Listed as Cora M. Mills.1754
• 1910 Census: Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Age 38, b OH. Head. Widow. Father b OH; mother b Canada.7075
• 1940 Census: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Age 69, b OH. Head. Widow. Lived same place for 5 years. Listed as Cora M. Mills.7076
Marriage20 Nov 1891, Cuyahoga County, Ohio1,177,1754,7068
Marriage Notes
• Married nine years in 1900.1754

• I do have Edgar and Cora’s marriage record, although it lists Cora as “Carrie.”7111
No Children
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Updated 6 May 2025
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