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"JOSEPH MILLS, New Castle twp.; farmer; postoffice, New Castle; was born in New Castle twp., Apr. 30, 1844; son of Samuel and Priscilla (Morford) Mills, grandson of Joseph and Mary (Exline) Mills, also grandson of William and Mary (Fulks) Morford. He attended school and worked with his father on the farm, until the age of twenty-seven, at which time he married and began tilling the soil for himself. He is an enterprising young farmer, and highly respected by all who know him. He entered the army in February, 1865, under Captain Brophy, of Knox county, Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., and continued until the close of the war. He was married to Miss Martha Preston, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Horner) Preston, Dec. 27, 1870. Mrs. Mills is granddaughter of Bernard and Mary (Forwood) Preston, and William and Susannah Horner, all natives of Pennsylvania. She was born in Licking county, Ohio, June 7, 1838. This union has been blessed with two children, viz: Harriet V., born Feb. 2, 1873, and Bernard P., born Nov. 30, 1878." @ Source: "History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 746.
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"JOSEPH MILLS, New Castle twp.; farmer; postoffice, New Castle; was born in New Castle twp., Apr. 30, 1844; son of Samuel and Priscilla (Morford) Mills, grandson of Joseph and Mary (Exline) Mills, also grandson of William and Mary (Fulks) Morford. He attended school and worked with his father on the farm, until the age of twenty-seven, at which time he married and began tilling the soil for himself. He is an enterprising young farmer, and highly respected by all who know him. He entered the army in February, 1865, under Captain Brophy, of Knox county, Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., and continued until the close of the war. He was married to Miss Martha Preston, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Horner) Preston, Dec. 27, 1870. Mrs. Mills is granddaughter of Bernard and Mary (Forwood) Preston, and William and Susannah Horner, all natives of Pennsylvania. She was born in Licking county, Ohio, June 7, 1838. This union has been blessed with two children, viz: Harriet V., born Feb. 2, 1873, and Bernard P., born Nov. 30, 1878." @ Source: "History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 746.
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"JOSEPH MILLS, New Castle twp.; farmer; postoffice, New Castle; was born in New Castle twp., Apr. 30, 1844; son of Samuel and Priscilla (Morford) Mills, grandson of Joseph and Mary (Exline) Mills, also grandson of William and Mary (Fulks) Morford. He attended school and worked with his father on the farm, until the age of twenty-seven, at which time he married and began tilling the soil for himself. He is an enterprising young farmer, and highly respected by all who know him. He entered the army in February, 1865, under Captain Brophy, of Knox county, Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., and continued until the close of the war. He was married to Miss Martha Preston, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Horner) Preston, Dec. 27, 1870. Mrs. Mills is granddaughter of Bernard and Mary (Forwood) Preston, and William and Susannah Horner, all natives of Pennsylvania. She was born in Licking county, Ohio, June 7, 1838. This union has been blessed with two children, viz: Harriet V., born Feb. 2, 1873, and Bernard P., born Nov. 30, 1878." @ Source: "History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 746.
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"JOSEPH MILLS, New Castle twp.; farmer; postoffice, New Castle; was born in New Castle twp., Apr. 30, 1844; son of Samuel and Priscilla (Morford) Mills, grandson of Joseph and Mary (Exline) Mills, also grandson of William and Mary (Fulks) Morford. He attended school and worked with his father on the farm, until the age of twenty-seven, at which time he married and began tilling the soil for himself. He is an enterprising young farmer, and highly respected by all who know him. He entered the army in February, 1865, under Captain Brophy, of Knox county, Company A, One Hundred and Ninety-fourth O. V. I., and continued until the close of the war. He was married to Miss Martha Preston, daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Horner) Preston, Dec. 27, 1870. Mrs. Mills is granddaughter of Bernard and Mary (Forwood) Preston, and William and Susannah Horner, all natives of Pennsylvania. She was born in Licking county, Ohio, June 7, 1838. This union has been blessed with two children, viz: Harriet V., born Feb. 2, 1873, and Bernard P., born Nov. 30, 1878." @ Source: "History of Coshocton County, Ohio : its past and present, 1740-1881" - Newark, Ohio: A. A. Graham & Co., 1881 ~ Page 746.
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