AUGUSTUS R. MILLS
byAudrey (MILLS+LEHMANN-CREAGER+SHIELDS) HANCOCK
December 2006
AUGUSTUS "August" R. MILLS, s/o Dennis C. Mills and Elizabeth R. Giesseman (aka Geeseman/Geesaman), was born 3 February 1842 in Shelby County, Ohio (according to family records and censuses) or Maryland (according to Civil War Record).
"Service Record" "Byron W. Joslin Roster" War Served In: Civil Date Enlisted: Aug. 12, 1862 Discharged: Jan. 22, 1864 Branch of Service: Army; Rank Pvt. Company, Outfit or Ship: Co. D, 104th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry  |
"Three Years' Service 87th-108th Regiments--Infantry Vol. VII Page 553 Date Entered 12 Aug 1862; Period of Service 3 years; Remarks: Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps 22 Jan 1864." |
On 7 November 1865 August married in Shelby County, Ohio to Catherine Mary Maxton, daughter of Amos Maxton and Nancy Beard. They began family life and established their home.
Was located at what is now (1992) the corner of Boerger/Cardo Road
(1992: Renovated Home of Carl & Esther Perrin)
Shelby County, Ohio Loramie Township P.O.: Houston, Ohio 3 September 1870 #144-140 Mills, August, 28, male, white, farmer, Real Estate [none given] , Personal Property $1125, born Ohio |
1880 U. S. Federal Census Shelby County, Ohio Cynthian Township 1 June 1880 #11-11 Mills, August, white, male, 38, married, farmer, born Ohio, Both parents born Ohio |
In the winter of 1882, Augustus was kicked by a horse in Shelby County, Ohio. He was apparently taken to the residence of his brother-in-law, Dr. George W. Fulkerson in Logan County, Ohio where he appears to have died on 11 December 1882. His body was brought home to Shelby County, Ohio, where Augustus was interred in Section 2 of Lot 42 in the Old Houston Cemetery, Houston, Shelby County, Ohio on 13 December 1882. This father left these children: Albert, Nancy Jane, Mary Catherine, James, Edward, Charles, George, Oscar, Margaret, & Dora Elon.
Shelbyana Newsletter of the Shelby Co., OH Genealogical Society July 1992, #52, p. 16: "August Mills b 17 Oct 1842 MD and died in Logan Co., OH." |
Sidney Journal Friday, Dec. 15, 1882 Houston [Ohio]  |
Houston Cemetery is located on the south and north side of the Houston-Russia Road, about a quarter mile west of St. Rt. 66. The Houston Congregational Christian Church is just west of the newer, north part of the cemetery. Other churches in the adjacent areas through time were the Mt. Jefferson Presbyterian Church, the Beech Grove United Brethern Society, the Mt. Jefferson Christian Church, the Methodist Episcopal Church, and the St. James German Reformed Church. The earliest known burial was in 1824.
(Source: Internet, Oct 2000, SHELBY COUNTY OHIO - Houston Cemetery: ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/oh/shelby/cemeteries/houston.txt)
Loramie Twp., Shelby County, Ohio Name: MILLS, AUGUST  [Note: Since August was the eldest of his siblings, I do not believe John Mills of Sidney was a nephew, but instead his younger half brother, John H. Mills. As far as can be determined, there were no nephews named John. ASH] |
1807 - 1900 16 May 1898 Mills, Margaret Guardianship 10318 3 0375 |
Within a couple of months, the grieving widow, Catherine (Maxton) Mills would lie to rest their baby daughter known by the family as "Little Ellie."
Family stories tell us that Catherine (Maxton) Mills and her young family tried to keep the homestead going in the months that followed Augustus' death, but in the end they found that they could not. Catherine eventually sold out and moved to Piqua, Miami County, Ohio.
The last of a family gathering between the MAXTON, MILLS, & LEHMANN families was held in 1911 at the home of Martha Maxton's and her brother, John V. Maxton's. During this family gathering it is said that religious differences caused a rift between the families, and Catherine Mary (Maxton) Mills refused to speak to her daughter, Mary Catherine (Mills) Lehmann again. It wasn't until Catherine Mary (Maxton) Mills was on her deathbed that she asked for her daughter, Mary. The two youngest daughters of the LEHMANN family walked past their Grandmother Mills home on their way to school, and Rita (b 1913) recalled that Gertrude (b 1910) once told her, "I think that's our Grandma," who out sweeping her front walk one day. The LEHMANN family was Catholic and the MILLS-MAXTON family was not.
L>R: Johanna "Jennie" Lehmann, Hazel/Grace "Marie" KNAPP [dau/o George Knapp & Calla "Callie" Maxton (biological dau/o William Ploch/Plock/Plough & Martha Maxton)], Martha Maxton, Catherine Mary (Maxton) Mills, wid/o Augustus Mills; Catherine Mary Lehmann (namesake of her grandmother); Margaret "Maggie" Mills, and Calla "Callie" (Maxton/Plock) Knapp
Front Row--L>R: Henrietta "Heine" Lehmann, Catherine Mary (Maxton) Mills (wid/o Augustus Mills), Martin Lehmann, John Maxton, Martha Maxton
John Valentine Maxton, Martha Elizabeth Maxton, & Catherine Mary (Maxton) Mills were siblings.
Mary Catherine Mills was the wife of John Michael Lehmann. They were the parents of 11 children, some in the above picture.
Margaret Mills and Mary Catherine (Mills) Lehmann were sisters, and John Mills was the biological son of their sister, Nancy Jane Mills, who later married Boniface Wies and had six more children.
Both Mary Catherine and Nancy Jane converted to Catholicism.
Forest Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Miami Co., Ohio Nov 26, 1923 Mills, Mrs. Catherine [mother of Edward] 76 Ohio 091 009
[Note: Gravestone reading says Catherine d Jun 1923. ASH]
Apr 05 1951 Mills, Edward P. [Hus/o May & s/o Catherine] 77 Ohio 091 009
Nov 08 1948 Mills, Mrs. May 67 Ohio 091 009 (wf/o Edward)
E-mail: Audrey (SHIELDS) HANCOCK
Created: 12 December 2006
Revised: 13 December 2006
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