Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan
by Dave Mills of Scottsdale, Arizona
Introduction
Presented in this website are my [Dave] family members and allied lines who were early Pioneers of St. Clair and Ogemaw counties, Michigan. Key surnames include: MILLS, WILLIAMS, MCMORRAN, WARD, LAMERSON, COTTRELL, GALLAGHER, HUBBELL, WOLVERTON, CURRIE, MCQUEEN, GRAVERAET, HARSEN, STEWART.

My grandfather, David Williams Mills, in collaboration with his brother, Myron Williams Mills, prepared a genealogy chart in the late 1940s which served as the starting point for our interest in genealogy. Their chart provided important clues to ancestors, but it provided no sources.

So with the challenge before us to confirm people and document sources, we embraced genealogy in earnest about 1985, working in mutual endeavor, and having fun doing so. We made numerous sleuthing trips together. Being Californians, and later Arizonans, as a couple we didn’t get to the east very often; genealogy became a reason to do so.

We recall one memorable day in 1989 spent rummaging through the basement of the Marysville (MI) Historical Museum. We also spent many hours in the Michigan Room of the St. Clair County Public Library. All the librarians were very helpful.

Pictured above is my great-grandfather, Nelson Mills of Marysville, Michigan (1823-1904).

Special thanks to Brenda Williams of Dayton, Ohio, for her passion about St. Clair genealogy, and for hosting this website.

Special thanks also to Stuart Sheridan, Managing Director of Northern Ohio Lumber & Timber Co. of Cleveland, Ohio, the present-day head of the original company organized by Nelson Mills in 1864, and still operating today with some of the original equipment: https://www.noltco.com/about/#history

All suggestions, additions, and corrections are gratefully received.

Living persons are designated “Private.”

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