Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Millington, Stephen R. February 9, 1826 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Millington, Dr. Stephen R., Russia, was born near Russia village, February 9, 
1826, a son of Richard and Matilda (Robbins) Millington.  Richard was the only 
son of Deacon Nathan Millington, one of the first settlers, for many years a 
justice, supervisor of the town and prominent in all local affairs.  Richard 
was the second male child born in Russia.  Matilda was the oldest daughter of 
Reuben Robbins, esq., of Cold Brook.  both died in the same week, in January, 
1881, at the home of their son, Stephen P., aged eighty-one and eighty years 
respectively.  Another son, Nathan R., died at Holland Patent in 1872, aged 
fifty years.  An adopted daughter, Sarah L., is the wife of Dr. J. L. Seavey, 
of Poland.  Stephen R. attended district school and entered Fairfield Academy; 
during the winters of 184-3-4 he was in school, then he taught district school 
several terms.  In 1845 he commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Walter 
Booth, of Russia.  He attended lectures at Albany and at the Geneva Medical 
College, graduating at Geneva in the winter of 1847 and 1848.  In 1848 he 
married Ada R. Walker, daughter of E.N. Walker, who died in July, 1852.  In 
1853 he married Harty L. Lamberson, of Salisbury, daughter of Charles and 
Sarah Lamberson, and they have one son, Charles S.  He practiced medicine 
thirteen years in Norway, where he was elected town clerk, school 
commissioner, supervisor, and to the Assembly in 1859 and 1860.  He moved to 
Poland in 1860, and continued the practice of medicine until 1872.  In the 
fall of 1872 he, with others, establised a bank in Poland, and gave the 
business much of his personal attention.  In 1880 he took an active part in 
the building of the Herkimer, Newport and Poland railroad, and continued as 
vice-president of the company until the road and sold and extended -- ow the 
Adirondack and St. Lawrence railroad.  Charles S. married Allie, a daughter of 
J.R. Webster, in 1878, and they have three children:  Maud, Harty and Ada.  In 
1872 he was made cashier of the first bank organized in Poland; has taken the 
active management of the business,  and is now the cashier of the National 
Bank of Poland.


Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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