BIOGRAPHY

JOEL MILLS - OF ELBA, NY

Joel Mills was born in Vermont, came to Cayuga County, N. Y.. and in 1808 located in Elba, on road 42. Ansel D. Mills (one of a pair of twins) was born March 17, 1825, in Elba, in the southeast part of the town. He was educated at the district schools and reared a farmer.:' November 9, 1848, he married Amanda M., oldest daughter of John Taylor. Three of their five children survive, viz.: Elon T., Olin J., and Ansel D., Jr. Olin J. Mills was born May 5, 1857. He received a common, school and commercial education, and March 20, 1880, he married Ella M., second daughter of Alfron W. Howe. Their children are Amanda M., Frances E., John H., Sarah A., and Marjorie E. Mrs. Olin J. Mills was born May 2, 1859.

FROM:
Gazetteer and Biographical Record
of Genesee County, New York
Edited by: F. W. Beers
J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890