NameJohn Edgar MILLS
, MA1656
Death3 Aug 1903, Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan108, year & place only,372, p 1; year only,363, p 1, date only,373 Age: 38
Burial6 Aug 1903, Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan324, pp 1 & 5,326
Residenceof Cleveland (1888)374
Death causevein bursting in his head375
Death causeLocomotor ataxia (10 years)373
Individual Notes
• Lived in Cleveland, Panther, W. Va, and Port Huron and died in Marysville.
108• 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.
105, p 50 The other children were asked to deal fairly and justly by this son.
322• Witness to the marriage of Eugene M. Carleton of Cleveland & Alberta Bunce of Marysville; 28 Nov 1888, Marysville; John E. Mills, of Cleveland.
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Census Data
• 1870 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 5, b MI.
353• 1880 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 14, b MI.
115• 1884 Michigan Census: Port Huron Township, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 18, b MI.
116• 1900 Census: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 35, b Apr 1864, MI. General Business. Father b Canada; mother b MI. Married 9 years.
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Directories
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1896 Cleveland directory:
Mills, John E. vessel owner, r. The Ellington
377[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]
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1902 Port Huron, Michigan directory:
Mills, John E. vessel owner, rms 608-9 Bush Bldg. res. 931 Pine
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Spouses
Birth4 Feb 1871, Geauga County, Ohio378
Death18 Jun 1944, Cuyahoga County, Ohio378 Age: 73
FlagsEldest Child
FatherJohn Benjamin McKAY (1851-1924)
MotherEmily Adelaide FRENCH (1850-1926)
Individual Notes
• Listed as Carrie M. McKay.
379• 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.
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Census Data
• 1880 Census: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois. Age 9, b OH. Father b IN; mother b Canada.
380• 1900 Census: Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 28, b Feb 1872, MI. Parents birthplaces Unknown. Married 9 years. Listed as Cora M. Mills.
376• 1910 Census: Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Age 38, b OH. Head. Widow. Father b OH; mother b Canada.
381• 1940 Census: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Age 69, b OH. Head. Widow. Lived same place for 5 years. Listed as Cora M. Mills.
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Marriage Notes
• Married nine years in 1900.
376• I do have Edgar and Cora’s marriage record, although it lists Cora as “Carrie.”
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