Alonzo D. Mills From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 996.

TOWN OF WINGVILLE

ALONZO D. MILLS, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Montfort; was born in the town of Batavia, Genesee Co., N. Y., in 1812; his parents removed to the State of Illinois when he was a child; he came to Mineral Point in the then Territory of Wisconsin in 1837; the following year he settled at Centerville, where he lived about eight years; he then settled on his present farm, where he has since resided; has been twice married. His first wife was Miss Emily Jane Townsend, whom he married at Centerville; she was born in Wisconsin. His present wife was Mary E. Denson, born in Ireland; has had fifteen children - seven sons and five daughters are living. Mr. Mills was appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov. Dodge when Wisconsin was yet a Territory; he has held that office for about twenty years.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.