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EARLY SETTLERS OF SANGAMON COUNTY - 1876
By John Carroll Power

These biographies were submitted by a researcher and evidently abstracted from the 1876 History of Sangamon County, IL. Errors could occur, so one should always verify the correctness by obtaining copies of vitals and performing all necessary research to document what is contained herein.



MILLS, JAMES, was born Oct. 20, 1794, in Augusta county, Va. When he was nineteen years old he, with two brothers, went to Pickaway county, Ohio. Elizabeth Mitts was born oct. 17, 1793, in Virginia, went to Kentucky with her parents, and from there to Pickaway county, Ohio. James Mills and Elizabeth Mitts were there married and had seven children, and moved to Tippecanoe county, Ind., in 1834, where one child was born, and from there to Sangamon county, Ill., arriving in the fall of 1840, in what is now Fancy creek township. Of their children -

John, born April 24, 1823, in Ohio, married there to Jane Wiley, had five or six children, and the parents died in Pickaway county.

Elizabeth, born Oct. 12, 1824, on Ohio, married in Sangamon county to John W. Morrison, who was born March 17, 1823, in Edinburg, Scotland. They had four children, Orvilla W., Estella died young; John W. and James W. The three living reside with their mother. Mr. Morrison started July 9, 1862, for Idaho, and his fate is not certainly known, but it is believed he died there. His family reside in Williamsville, Illinois.

Adam, born June 30, 1826, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county, March 23, 1853, to Louisa A. Kerns, who was born August 8, 1830, in Ross county, Ohio. They have five living children, John, Hattie, Edward, Adam and Ellen, and live two and a half miles north of Cantrall. - 1874.

William, born August 1, 1828, in Ohio, died in 1850.

Marcus Aurelius, born Sept. 19, 1830, in Ohio, enlisted at Springfield, in 1861, in Co. G, 10th Ill. Cav., for three years, re-enlisted as a veteran, served until July 5, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He is unmarried, and resides with his sister, Mrs. Morrison, at Williamsville, Illinois.

Sarah, born Nov. 23, 1832, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to William Newell. They had three children, and he and two of the children died. She married Clay Gaines. They have one child, and live near Odell, Ill.

Deborah, born Sept. 30, 1834, in Ohio, married in Sangamon county to David C. Duncan. See his name.

Dorcas A., born Sept. 3, 1837, in Indiana, married John J. Alexander. See his name.

James Mills died Jan. 17, 1867, and his widow died June 27, 1870, both in Williamsville, Sangamon county, Ill.



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