The first grist mill in the New Sweden Colony was built and operated by George Squibb Likins 4th great grandfather, Sven Gunnarsson who arrived in America Colonial America on the "Kalmar Nyckel" in 1640.
In 1892, George Squibb, Millard Fillmore, and Charles Hudgens Likins sold their interest to Charles "Wash" Likins and George Colin Campbell, brother of Wash's wife Mary Elizabeth. Their chief brands were "Economy," "Magnolia," and "Champion".
John Adams and George Squibb Likins were partners in a mill on Indian Creek, four miles west of Pineville, McDonald County, MO, where the present town of Lanagan is situated. John Adams had returned to Mount Vernon, and married George Squibb Likins's niece and sister of George Colin Campbell and Mary Elizabeth Campbell, Isabelle Campbell. Isabella and John operated a store and blacksmith shop there. Isabelle's brother Ephraim was the blacksmith.
The first grist mill in the New Sweden Colony was built and operated by George Squibb Likins 4th great grandfather, Sven Gunnarsson who arrived in America Colonial America on the "Kalmar Nyckel" in 1640.
In 1892, George Squibb, Millard Fillmore, and Charles Hudgens Likins sold their interest to Charles "Wash" Likins and George Colin Campbell, brother of Wash's wife Mary Elizabeth. Their chief brands were "Economy," "Magnolia," and "Champion".
John Adams and George Squibb Likins were partners in a mill on Indian Creek, four miles west of Pineville, McDonald County, MO, where the present town of Lanagan is situated. John Adams had returned to Mount Vernon, and married George Squibb Likins's niece and sister of George Colin Campbell and Mary Elizabeth Campbell, Isabelle Campbell. Isabella and John operated a store and blacksmith shop there. Isabelle's brother Ephraim was the blacksmith.