Joseph Mills, age 19, married Martha Jane Ewing, 1838-1877, daughter of: John Rueben and Eliza Jane (Abell) Ewing,at Holy [Name of] Mary Church, Marion County, KY on Oct. 17, 1854 in the presence of: Enoch Abell and Elizabeth Abell. They had at least one son John Thomas "Thomas" Mills, July 23,1855-Mar. 17, 1934, who married Lizzie Lee on Aug. 21, 1875 in Marion County, KY and one daughter Mary Josephine Mills, Aug. 10, 1857-xxxx.
Joseph Mills was murdered in a Bradfordsville, KY saloon between late 1856, when Mary Josephine was conceived, and Jan. 10, 1860 when his widow married George Washington Abell, Sr., 1836-1901. The family story says that he was struck by a bottle when the intended recipient ducked and that Joseph fell over--dead. Joseph has no tombstone in this cemetery. He was the grandfather of my uncle by marriage, Robert Abell Mills, 1899-1973.
Joseph Mills, age 19, married Martha Jane Ewing, 1838-1877, daughter of: John Rueben and Eliza Jane (Abell) Ewing,at Holy [Name of] Mary Church, Marion County, KY on Oct. 17, 1854 in the presence of: Enoch Abell and Elizabeth Abell. They had at least one son John Thomas "Thomas" Mills, July 23,1855-Mar. 17, 1934, who married Lizzie Lee on Aug. 21, 1875 in Marion County, KY and one daughter Mary Josephine Mills, Aug. 10, 1857-xxxx.
Joseph Mills was murdered in a Bradfordsville, KY saloon between late 1856, when Mary Josephine was conceived, and Jan. 10, 1860 when his widow married George Washington Abell, Sr., 1836-1901. The family story says that he was struck by a bottle when the intended recipient ducked and that Joseph fell over--dead. Joseph has no tombstone in this cemetery. He was the grandfather of my uncle by marriage, Robert Abell Mills, 1899-1973.
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