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Jonathan E. Mills
Jonathan E. Mills, Muhlenberg County, was born November 24, 1824, in Jefferson County, and is the second of four boys and three girls born to Isaac and Sarah (Welch) Mills, natives of West Virginia and Jefferson County, Ky., respectively, and of English and Welsh descent. Isaac Mills came to Kentucky about 1802 when but fifteen years old; he served in the war of 1812.
Jonathan E. was reared on a farm. After the death of his father in 1860, he took charge of the farm, and when the war broke out owned ten slaves. He continued to farm until 1863, when he went to Daviess County, and engaged in saw-milling for three years; thence to Sacramento, engaging in flour-milling until 1874, when he located where he now resides in Greenville, where he built a mill worth about $20,000, and engaged in the manufacture of flour, meeting with much success.
He was married, in May, 1867, to Mrs. Susan A. Johnson, of McLean County, Ky., the daughter of Samuel and Susan (Gago) Drake, of English and Dutch descent. By this union six children were born: Robert Lee, Elwood G., Shelby, Rena, Susan and Aaron. Mrs. Mills had three children by her former husband: Elizabeth (Morely), Isaac W. and Samuel C. Mr. and Mrs. Mills are members of the Christian Church; he is a Mason.
Source: Battle, J.H., W.H. Perrin, and G.C. Kniffen. Kentucky: A History of the State. Louisville, KY: F.A. Battey, 1885. Page 914.
Updated June 27, 2018