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Otis Prentiss Mills 1840 – 1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 Feb 1840

Birth Location: North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 23 Jul 1915

Death Location: Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Father: JOHN MILLS

Mother: Eliza Graham

Spouse(s): Susan Gower

Children(s): Anne Mills, Otis Mills, ARTHUR MILLS, CORDELIA MILLS, JANE MILLS

Otis Prentiss Mills was born in 1840 in North Carolina, United States, the child of JOHN MORRIS MILLS and Eliza Cathy Graham. Otis Prentiss Mills married Susan Cordelia Gower, and had children including Anne Marshall Mills, Otis Prentiss Mills, ARTHUR LADSON MILLS, CORDELIA MILLS, JANE GOWER MILLS. Otis Prentiss Mills passed away in 1915 in Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.

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Biography

  • Otis Prentiss Mills was born in 1840 in North Carolina, United States, the child of JOHN MORRIS MILLS and Eliza Cathy Graham.
  • Otis Prentiss Mills married Susan Cordelia Gower, and had children including Anne Marshall Mills, Otis Prentiss Mills, ARTHUR LADSON MILLS, CORDELIA MILLS, JANE GOWER MILLS.
  • Otis Prentiss Mills passed away in 1915 in Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Otis Mills's Ancestors

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Otis Mills
1840 – 1915
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States
Parents
JOHN MORRIS MILLS
1800 – 1842
Green River, Rutherford, North Carolina, United States
Eliza (Cathy) Graham
1811 – 1889
Lincoln, North Carolina, United States
Grandparents
Marvel Mills
1772 – 1849
Rutherford County, North Carolina, United States of America
Mary (Dickinson) Chambliss
1782 – 1870
Richland, South Carolina, United States
WILLIAM GRAHAM
Great-Grandparents
William Mills
1746 – 1834
Eleanor Morris
1746 – 1833
Peter Chambliss
1755 – 1820
Mary Rutledge
1760 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Ambrose Mills
1722 – 1780
Mourning Stone
1725 – 1755
William Morris
1709 – 1780
Esther Phalby
1713 – 1790
Samuel Chambliss
1740 –

Otis Mills's Descendants

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Otis (Prentiss) Mills (22 Feb 1840 – 23 Jul 1915) m. Susan (Cordelia) Gower (8 Dec 1845 – 4 Jun 1936)
  1. 1. Anne (Marshall) Mills (1873 – 1955)
  2. 2. Otis (Prentiss) Mills (12 Mar 1882 – 9 Dec 1952)
  3. 3. ARTHUR (LADSON) MILLS (9 Oct 1883 – 9 Jun 1918)
  4. 4. CORDELIA MILLS (16 Nov 1885 – 20 May 1894)
  5. 5. JANE (GOWER) MILLS (15 Aug 1967 – 15 Aug 1967)

Otis Mills's Timeline

2 Records

1840
22 Feb 1840
Birth of Otis Prentiss Mills in North Carolina, United States
North Carolina, United States
1915
23 Jul 1915
Age 75
Death of Otis Prentiss Mills in Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 Feb 1840
    Event Place: North Carolina, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles
    [2] Web: South Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2011

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Henderson County, North Carolina, USA
    Record Source: U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jul 1915
    Event Place: Greenville, Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
    Record Source: Web: South Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2011

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