Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameMary Margaret MILLS , 1658
Birth12 Nov 1869, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan328
Death6 Jul 1932, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio262 Age: 62
BurialLakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, St. Clair, Michigan262
FatherNelson MILLS , 1166 (1823-1904)
MotherMary Jerralds WILLIAMS (1842-1891)
Individual Notes
• Lived in St. Clair, Joplin, Mo. and Cincinnati, Ohio where she died.95

• DIVORCED MRS. HOPKINS IS MARRIED, LITTLE SON GIVING MOTHER AWAY
Port Huron, Mich., Sept. 23 – Before an assemblage of select guests in the old Mills homestead in Marysville today, 11-year-old Mark Hopkins gave the hand of his mother, Mrs. Margaret M. Hopkins, in marriage to George K. Barnes, of St. Louis, Mo., formerly of Detroit.
The bride is a sister of Myron Mills, the M. U. R. magnate, a daughter of the late Nelson Mills and divorced wife of Walter Hopkins, of St. Clair. Their divorce of about a year ago was a society sensation. Mrs. Hopkins was the one who obtained the decree, on the score of her husband’s drinking habits.329

• The interest of Margaret M. Barnes, deceased, is assigned by George K. Barnes, widower, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mark Hopkins, son by former marriage. These are sole heirs. They are on the record in Ogemaw County as legatees and owners of the Margaret Mills Barnes 1/5 undivided interest in the Mills lands in Richland and Mills townships.316

• Death Date: DWM photo of grave marker, Lakeside Cemetery, Port Huron, Michigan.262
Census
• 1870 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 7/12ths, b MI.287
• 1880 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 10, b MI.101
• 1884 Michigan Census: Port Huron Township, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 14, b MI.102
• 1900 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 29, b Nov 1870, MI. Father b Canada Eng; mother b MI. Her name given as Margaret Mills, although husband Walter is present as Son-in-law in Nelson Mills household.104
• 1910 Census: St. Louis, Missouri. Age 38, b MI. Second marriage. Parents b Canada Eng. Mother of one living child.330
• 1920 Census: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Age 46, b MI. Father b [unreadable]; mother b MI.331
• 1930 Census: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Age 57, b MI.332
Spouses
Birth28 Feb 1857, Baraboo, Sauk, Wisconsin334, p 3,335, p 1
Death10 Jun 1924336 Age: 67
BurialHillside Cemetery, St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan336
Occupationtelephone operator305
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherMark HOPKINS (1832-1914)
MotherAnn JASPERSON (1835-1863)
Census
• 1860 Census: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan. Age 3, b MI.335, p 2
• 1880 Census: St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 23, b WI. Parents b MI.337
• 1900 Census: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 40, b Apr 1860, MI. [unclear] in lead mines. Parents b MI.104
Research
• Could not find in 1910 or 1920; Ancestry.com, 15 Mar 2005.
Marriage19 Oct 1893, Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan95, p 3; year only,314, p 1; marriage only,334, p 3; marriage only,305
Divorce1906329
Marriage Notes
• Marriage witnessed by Mrs. M. W. Mills, of Marysville, and Sherwood Hopkins, of California.305

• Married seven years in 1900.104
ChildrenMark (1896-1968)
BirthDec 1881, Indiana338
Death3 Jul 1958, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio339, p 1; year & place only Age: 76
ResidenceDetroit, MI; St. Louis, MO329
FatherGeorge W. BARNES (1856-)
MotherUNNAMED (-<1900)
Census
• 1900 Census: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Age 18, b Dec 1881, IN. At school. Parents b NY.338
• 1910 Census: St. Louis, Missouri. Age 29, b IN. First marriage. Parents b NY.330
• 1920 Census: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Age 40?, b IN. Occupation: unclear (mfg). Parents b OH.331
• 1930 Census: Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Age 48, b IN. Salesman, stocks & bonds. Father b in PA; mother b in NY.332
Marriage23 Sep 1907, Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan329
Divorcebef 1920340
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