Owner of the Chesterfield Coal Pits, president of the Tredegar Iron Works, and founder of the Chesterfield Rail Road Company - forerunner of Virginia's first railways. A staunch Unionist, over his house flew the last Union flag in Richmond, April 1861.
"Paterfamilias - Nicholas Mills - Born in HanoverCounty Nov. 23rd 1781 - Died in the City of Richmond Sept. 13th 1862. Surrounded by a large family of children, grandchildren and faithful servants who would say much and yet lack words to express their irreplaceable loss. A sincere friend and neighbor and most useful citizen. The righteous man is taken from before the face of evil. God's will be done."
"Paterfamilias - Nicholas Mills - Born in HanoverCounty Nov. 23rd 1781 - Died in the City of Richmond Sept. 13th 1862. Surrounded by a large family of children, grandchildren and faithful servants who would say much and yet lack words to express their irreplaceable loss. A sincere friend and neighbor and most useful citizen. The righteous man is taken from before the face of evil. God's will be done."
Owner of the Chesterfield Coal Pits, president of the Tredegar Iron Works, and founder of the Chesterfield Rail Road Company - forerunner of Virginia's first railways. A staunch Unionist, over his house flew the last Union flag in Richmond, April 1861.
"Paterfamilias - Nicholas Mills - Born in HanoverCounty Nov. 23rd 1781 - Died in the City of Richmond Sept. 13th 1862. Surrounded by a large family of children, grandchildren and faithful servants who would say much and yet lack words to express their irreplaceable loss. A sincere friend and neighbor and most useful citizen. The righteous man is taken from before the face of evil. God's will be done."
"Paterfamilias - Nicholas Mills - Born in HanoverCounty Nov. 23rd 1781 - Died in the City of Richmond Sept. 13th 1862. Surrounded by a large family of children, grandchildren and faithful servants who would say much and yet lack words to express their irreplaceable loss. A sincere friend and neighbor and most useful citizen. The righteous man is taken from before the face of evil. God's will be done."
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