"His oldest daughter, Frances, was married in 1867 to William Hilliard Mills. Their first home was on a small farm between Barnes' Hill and her father's home. Subsequently, they moved to a farm near Whigman, Georgia, where they reared a family of ten children, all of whom are living but one. There, the father died in 1906. It was then the mother moved to Monticello to be near her father and brother.
Frances Bryan Mills was born in 1848, and inherited enviable traits of character from her mother and lovable, pious qualities from her father. She was a woman of much poise and dignity, and the vicissitudes of life served to increase her patient forbearance and Christian fortitude. Her mother died in 1893, her father in 1898 [1910]. She was granted a longer life than either father or mother. She passed away in 1928, adored by her children and revered by a host of friends."
- page 120, 'A History of Jefferson County'
"His oldest daughter, Frances, was married in 1867 to William Hilliard Mills. Their first home was on a small farm between Barnes' Hill and her father's home. Subsequently, they moved to a farm near Whigman, Georgia, where they reared a family of ten children, all of whom are living but one. There, the father died in 1906. It was then the mother moved to Monticello to be near her father and brother.
Frances Bryan Mills was born in 1848, and inherited enviable traits of character from her mother and lovable, pious qualities from her father. She was a woman of much poise and dignity, and the vicissitudes of life served to increase her patient forbearance and Christian fortitude. Her mother died in 1893, her father in 1898 [1910]. She was granted a longer life than either father or mother. She passed away in 1928, adored by her children and revered by a host of friends."
- page 120, 'A History of Jefferson County'
Family Members
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Daniel Bryan Mills
1868–1938
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William Dilworth Mills
1870–1907
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George Cornelius Mills
1873–1943
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Henrietta Mills Braswell
1875–1957
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Anne Elizabeth "Bessie" Mills Clark
1878–1951
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Mary Emma "Madie" Mills Butler
1880–1964
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MG Robert Hilliard Mills
1883–1965
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Rubye Rebecca Mills Sherman Jones
1886–1975
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Estelle Frances Mills Bishop
1889–1977
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Benjamin Willis Mills
1893–1947
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