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Richard Lee Mills 1838 – 1925 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 24 Mar 1838

Birth Location: Pulaski, GA

Death Date: 17 Jul 1925

Death Location: Samson, Geneva County, Alabama, United States of America

Father: Richard Mills

Mother: Eveline Gilstrap

Spouse(s): Arcenia Ryland, Elizabeth Coleman

Children(s): Evaline Mills, Anna Mills, Alvin Mills, Willie Mills

Richard Lee Mills was born in Pulaski, GA in 1838, to Richard Mills and Eveline SELLERS Gilstrap. Later in life, Richard Lee Mills married Arcenia MILLS Ryland and Elizabeth J. Coleman; among their children were Evaline Susan BRACKIN Mills, Anna Penolope FLEMING Mills, Alvin Monroe "Cap" Mills and Willie Mae BULLOCK Mills. Richard Lee Mills died in Samson, Geneva County, Alabama, United States of America, 1925.

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Parents

Richard Mills
1799 – 1840
Birth Location: Georgia, USA
RM
Eveline Gilstrap
1814 – 1889
Birth Location: Hawkinsville, GA
EG

Spouses(s)

Arcenia Ryland
1839 – 1917
Birth Location: Georgia
AR
Elizabeth Coleman
1841 –
Birth Location: Alabama, USA
EC

Children(s)

Evaline Mills
1867 – 1901
Birth Location: Geneva County, Alabama, USA
EM
Anna Mills
1870 – 1942
Birth Location: Geneva County, Alabama, USA
AM
Alvin Mills
1872 – 1939
Birth Location: Geneva County, Alabama, USA
AM
Willie Mills
1879 – 1952
Birth Location: Geneva County, Alabama, USA
WM

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 Mar 1837
    Event Place: Pulaski County, Georgia, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, 1880 United States Federal Census, 1900 United States Federal Census, 1910 United States Federal Census, Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921, Alabama, Civil War Soldiers, 1860-1865, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Miller, E. M. - Mills, S. E., Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Geneva County #31); Roll Number: 195, Year: 1880; Census Place: Geneva, Alabama; Roll: 13; Family History Film: 1254013; Page: 641B; Enumeration District: 078, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 1, Geneva, Alabama; Roll: M593_17; Page: 571B; Family History Library Film: 545516, Year: 1900; Census Place: Beaver Dam, Geneva, Alabama; Roll: 17; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1240017, Year: 1910; Census Place: Beaver Dam, Geneva, Alabama; Roll: T624_14; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1374027

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 Mar 1838
    Event Place: Pulaski, Georgia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 Mar 1838
    Event Place: Pulaski County, Georgia, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 24 Mar 1838
    Event Place: Pulaski, GA

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Geneva. Township 1, Geneva, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1870 United States Federal Census, Year: 1870; Census Place: Township 1, Geneva, Alabama; Roll: M593_17; Page: 571B; Family History Library Film: 545516

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1880
    Event Place: Geneva, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Geneva, Alabama; Roll: 13; Family History Film: 1254013; Page: 641B; Enumeration District: 078

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1900
    Event Place: Beaver Dam, Geneva, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Beaver Dam, Geneva, Alabama; Roll: 17; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0076; FHL microfilm: 1240017

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1907
    Event Place: Geneva County
    Record Source: Alabama, Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907, 1921, Alabama Department of Archives & History; Montgomery, Alabama; Alabama Census of Confederate Soldiers, 1907 and 1921; Roll: Multiple Regiments (Geneva County #31); Roll Number: 195

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 1910
    Event Place: Beaver Dam, Geneva, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: 1910 United States Federal Census, Year: 1910; Census Place: Beaver Dam, Geneva, Alabama; Roll: T624_14; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 0109; FHL microfilm: 1374027

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Year: 6 Jul 1911
    Event Place: Geneva County, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: U.S., Confederate Pensions, 1884-1958, Alabama Department of Archives and History; Montgomery, Alabama; Confederate Pension Applications, 1880-1940; Collection #: Microfilm in the Research Room; Roll Description: Miller, E. M. - Mills, S. E.

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 17 Jul 1925
    Event Place: Samson, Geneva County, Alabama, United States of America
    Record Source: Alabama Deaths, 1908-59, Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 12
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 18 Jul 1925
    Event Place: Friendship Cemetery, Samson, Geneva, Alabama, USA
    Record Source: Alabama, Deaths and Burials Index, 1881-1974, U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963

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