Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameSarah MILLS 
, 1177
, 1177Birth11 Aug 1843, Mosa Township?, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada271
Immigration1847770 Age: 3
Memo43 years in the US
Death30 Aug 1924, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan771 Age: 81
Burial2 Sep 1924, Evergreen Cemetery, Alpena, Alpena, Michigan771
Residenceof New York772, p 1
NicknameSally
FatherBarnabas MILLS , 776 (1801-1880)
MotherMargaret Ann NELSON (1803-1852)
Individual Notes
• Received 1/26th of the 1/4 share of the assets of said co-partnership belonging to the Barney Mills estate.739, p 4
• Date of Birth given as June 9th; age at death: 81 years, 2 months, 21 days. Birthplace: Canada. Parents given as Barney Mills, b Nova Scotia, and Mary Hamilton, b Nova Scotia.771
• Date of Birth given as June 9th; age at death: 81 years, 2 months, 21 days. Birthplace: Canada. Parents given as Barney Mills, b Nova Scotia, and Mary Hamilton, b Nova Scotia.771
Census
• 1851 Mosa Twp. Census: age 8.298, p 2,299,300, p 7
• 1860 Census: Vicksburg P. O., St. Clair, Michigan. Age 16, b Canada. Living with brother, Nelson Mills.301
• 1880 Census: Toledo, Lucas, Ohio. Age 37, b Canada. Widow. Father b NY; mother b CT [probable enumerator error]. Living in household of Maro Wheeler.773
• 1900 Census: Manhattan, New York, New York. Age 55, b Jun 1844, Canada (Eng). Widow; married 29 years prior. Boarder. Father b Canada (Eng); mother b Ireland. Listed as Sarah Conger.770
• 1920 Census: Zion, Lake, Illinois. Age 75, b Canada. Widow. Domestic. Father b Canada; mother b Scotland. Resident in Zion Home on Elijah Avenue. [Note presence of her niece, Margaret Barron, living also in Zion.774,775
• 1860 Census: Vicksburg P. O., St. Clair, Michigan. Age 16, b Canada. Living with brother, Nelson Mills.301
• 1880 Census: Toledo, Lucas, Ohio. Age 37, b Canada. Widow. Father b NY; mother b CT [probable enumerator error]. Living in household of Maro Wheeler.773
• 1900 Census: Manhattan, New York, New York. Age 55, b Jun 1844, Canada (Eng). Widow; married 29 years prior. Boarder. Father b Canada (Eng); mother b Ireland. Listed as Sarah Conger.770
• 1920 Census: Zion, Lake, Illinois. Age 75, b Canada. Widow. Domestic. Father b Canada; mother b Scotland. Resident in Zion Home on Elijah Avenue. [Note presence of her niece, Margaret Barron, living also in Zion.774,775
Research
• Could not find in 1910; Ancestry.com, 13 Mar 2006 & 19 Feb 2022
Spouses
Birth18 Feb 1805, Rockaway, Morris, New Jersey776, gives bp of Trenton, Mercer county, NJ,777
MemoRockaway birth place due to marriage place of his parents
Death10 Apr 1876, St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan776, month, year & place only,778,779, p 18; year & place only Age: 71
Burialabt 15 Apr 1876, Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio778, place only,780, p 20
OccupationLawyer781, p 8
Ancestral File #B434-PF688
FatherDavid Beeman CONGER (1779-~1839)
MotherHannah Ferrin LOCKWOOD
Individual Notes
• [excerpts] Previous to coming to Michigan he lived in Ohio (Cleveland we believe) where he had attained great prominence at the bar, being regarded as one of the ablest criminal lawyers in that state. He came to Michigan in about 1839, and bought a large tract of land in Macomb County, at the mouth of the Clinton River, where he went into business. He erected saw mills, and laid out a city known as Belvedere. The investment was not a successful one and Mr. Conger sank a large fortune in the enterprise.
He was an ardent Whig, and in 1850 was elected to Congress from the Third District, which then composed the counties of Macomb, St. Clair,...etc.
He leaves a widow, (a sister of Mr. Nelson Mills of Marysville) and a son and daughter by a former wife.776
• CONGER, James Lockwood, a representative from Michigan; born in Trenton, N.J., February 18, 1805; moved to New York in 1809 with his parents, who settled in Canandaigua, Ontario County; attended the district schools and Canandaigua Academy; studied medicine; moved to Lancaster, Ohio, in 1822; taught school for several years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Ohio; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and continued the practice of law from 1826 to 1837, when he moved to Macomb County, Mich., and laid out the town of Belvedere; engaged in banking and mercantile pursuits until 1850; moved to Mount Clemens, Mich.; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852; resumed his former business pursuits; owing to ill health retired from active business pursuits; died in St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich., April 10, 1876; interment in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.778
• Very little has been preserved of the Cleveland life of James Lockwood Conger, a lawyer residing in the city between 1826 and 1840, save through a package of old letters written by Mrs. Conger to her only sister, Mrs. Erwina Miner of Centerville, Fairfield Co., Ohio. James L. Conger, b. in Trenton, N. J., was the son of David and Hannah Lockwood Conger, who later lived in Phelps, N. Y. He received his general education in that locality and studied law with Judge Ewing of Ohio.779, p 16
• Some time after the panic of 1837, that was the cause of scattering many of the numerous Cleveland lawyers and doctors to all points of the compass, James L. Conger removed to Belvedere, Mich., where in 1847, after four years of battling with tuberculosis, Mrs. Conger died, aged forty-one. Mr. Conger married again, but there is no record furnished of this union. He became a prominent man of that community and at one time represented it in the lower house of Congress in Washington.779, p 18
He was an ardent Whig, and in 1850 was elected to Congress from the Third District, which then composed the counties of Macomb, St. Clair,...etc.
He leaves a widow, (a sister of Mr. Nelson Mills of Marysville) and a son and daughter by a former wife.776
• CONGER, James Lockwood, a representative from Michigan; born in Trenton, N.J., February 18, 1805; moved to New York in 1809 with his parents, who settled in Canandaigua, Ontario County; attended the district schools and Canandaigua Academy; studied medicine; moved to Lancaster, Ohio, in 1822; taught school for several years; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1825 and commenced practice in Lancaster, Ohio; moved to Cleveland, Ohio, and continued the practice of law from 1826 to 1837, when he moved to Macomb County, Mich., and laid out the town of Belvedere; engaged in banking and mercantile pursuits until 1850; moved to Mount Clemens, Mich.; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-second Congress (March 4, 1851-March 3, 1853); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1852; resumed his former business pursuits; owing to ill health retired from active business pursuits; died in St. Clair, St. Clair County, Mich., April 10, 1876; interment in Green Lawn Cemetery, Columbus, Ohio.778
• Very little has been preserved of the Cleveland life of James Lockwood Conger, a lawyer residing in the city between 1826 and 1840, save through a package of old letters written by Mrs. Conger to her only sister, Mrs. Erwina Miner of Centerville, Fairfield Co., Ohio. James L. Conger, b. in Trenton, N. J., was the son of David and Hannah Lockwood Conger, who later lived in Phelps, N. Y. He received his general education in that locality and studied law with Judge Ewing of Ohio.779, p 16
• Some time after the panic of 1837, that was the cause of scattering many of the numerous Cleveland lawyers and doctors to all points of the compass, James L. Conger removed to Belvedere, Mich., where in 1847, after four years of battling with tuberculosis, Mrs. Conger died, aged forty-one. Mr. Conger married again, but there is no record furnished of this union. He became a prominent man of that community and at one time represented it in the lower house of Congress in Washington.779, p 18
Census
• 1840 Census: Harrison Township, Macomb, Michigan. 0001110001/001001. Listed as J. L. Conger.782
• 1860 Census: St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 58, b NJ. Lawyer. $15,000; $1000. No wife present; 3 domestics in household.783
• 1860 Census: St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan. Age 58, b NJ. Lawyer. $15,000; $1000. No wife present; 3 domestics in household.783
Marriage6 Jul 1868, St. Clair, St. Clair, Michigan776, marriage only,739, p 4; surname only; marriage only,784
No Children