Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
NameMary Emerette POPE 746, p 1
Birthabt 1841, New York750
Death1900746, p 1 Age: 59
Census
• 1860 Census: Morristown, Rice, Minnesota. Age 19, b NY.750
• 1870 Census: Morristown, Rice, Minnesota. Age 26, b NY.751
• 1875 Minnesota Census: Rice County, Minnesota. Age 35, b NY. Parents b England. Enumerated as “Mary E”752
Spouses
1Hance MILLS , 1173
Birth17 Aug 1835, Canada271, date only,745, place only
Death23 Oct 1884, Bijou Hills, Brule, South Dakota746, p 2 Age: 49
DeathOct 1883747 Age: 48
Memodeceased
FatherBarnabas MILLS , 776 (1801-1880)
MotherMargaret Ann NELSON (1803-1852)
Individual Notes
• I’m sorry but we don’t find him here except for the 1880 census. We checked the 1885 and 1895 census, death records, probate records and cemetery records as well as marriage records from 1883 through 1921.748

• The estate of the late Barney Mills cannot be closed until the heirs of the late Hance Mills, brother of Barney Mills, can be located. The Hance Mills family went west several years ago and has not been heard from since. It is not known how many heirs are left.749

• Hance Mills parted from his first wife in 1876. The couple had three children, Addie, Anna and George. The two latter are still living. Anna at Opdyke, Ill., and George at Rochester, N. Y. These he took with him and located at Morristown, Minn., later going to Iowa, and thence to South Dakota, where in 1883 he married again. The missing Walter Mills was born to this second union.747

• Mr. H. Mills, living near Bijou Hills, in endeavoring to get his horses out of his burning barn, was severely burned about his neck, arms and side. He lay in a much suffering condition for several days, when he died.746, p 3
Census
• 1842 Census: Mosa Twp., London District, Ontario.297
• 1851 Mosa Twp. Census: age 16, labourer.298, p 2,299,300, p 7
• 1860 Census: Morristown, Rice, Minnesota. Age 25, b Canada. Cabinet maker. 2 household members.750
• 1870 Census: Morristown, Rice, Minnesota. Age 33, b Canada. Carpenter. Name listed as Hanson Mills.751
• 1875 Minnesota Census: Rice County, Minnesota. Age 39, b Canada. Parents b Canada.752
• 1880 Census: Neola, Pottawattamie, Iowa. Age 43, b CAN. Widower. Farmer. Father b Nova Scotia; mother b Ireland. Enumerated as H. Mills.745
Marriage21 Nov 1859, Morristown, Rice, Minnesota746
Separation1876747
Marriage Notes
• Hance Mills parted from his first wife in 1876.747
ChildrenSarah Adaline (1862-<1880)
 George (1871-)
 Anna Margaret (1876-)
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Updated 8 Aug 2023
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