Crawford County IL Archives Biographies.....Mills, Mathias Corwin 1838 - 
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Author: William Henry Perrin (1883)

  MATHIAS CORWIN MILLS, lawyer and police magistrate, Robinson, was born
February 22, 1838, and is a native of Darke County, Ohio, and when nine years of
age, his parents removed to Howard County, Ind. He attended the common schools
of the neighborhood, and two years in the State Normal School, then located at
Kokomo. At the end of that time the war broke out, and he enlisted, in April,
1861, in Company D, Sixth Indiana Infantry, for three months. Upon the
expiration of his term, he again enlisted in Company C, as Adjutant of the
Thirty-ninth Indiana, and served until January 1, 1865, when he was discharged.
He was in the battles of Shiloh, Perryville, and Stone River, in the latter of
which he was captured, and lodged in Libby Prison. He returned to his command
just in time to take part in the campaign in Tennessee, which ended in the
battle of Chickamauga. He was at Mission Ridge, and in most all the battles
during "Sherman's March to the Sea." After leaving the army he returned to
Kokomo and engaged in the grocery business, which he followed but a short time,
when he went to Sullivan, Ind., where he engaged in the practice of law, having
previously studied for the profession. In 1870, he removed to Robinson and
engaged in teaching, which he followed for nine years as principal of the public
schools. In 1879, he again engaged in the practice of law; and held the position
of City Attorney for three terms, 1877, 1878, 1879. He was elected Police
Magistrate in 1880, which office he still holds. He is a Republican in politics;
is a member of Robinson Lodge, No. 250, A., F. & A. M, and Robinson Chapter, R.
A. M, and also a member of the Odd Fallows. Mr. Mills was married May 13, 1863,
in Kokomo, Ind., to Miss Hattie A. Welsh, a native of Lancaster County, Penn.
They have a family of four children, viz.: Thomas G., Clifford D., Emma K. and
Gloria.

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD AND CLARK COUNTIES, ILLINOIS.
EDITED BY WILLIAM HENRY PERRIN.

ILLUSTRATED

CHICAGO: O. L. BASKIN & CO., HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS,
LAKESIDE BUILDING.
1883.


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