BIO: John MILLS, Clearfield County, PA
 
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From Twentieth Century History of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania,
and Representative Citizens, by Roland D. Swoope, Jr.,
Chicago: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, 1911, pages 520 & 523.
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  JOHN MILLS, the junior partner in the lumber firm of A. P. Stephens & Co., was 
born November 9, 1862, in Yorkshire, England.  His father, Edward Mills, came 
first to America and when seventeen years of age the son joined his father at 
what is now West Houtzdale, Clearfield County.  Edward Mills married Eliza Wood, 
also of an old Staffordshire, England, family, and they had thirteen children, 
six of whom survived to maturity, namely:  Stephen H., who lives in Somerset 
County, Pa.; John; Edward, who lives also in Somerset County; Joseph, who 
resides at Houtzdale; Daniel R., who lives with his brothers at Windber, 
Somerset County; and William H., who is a resident of Sheridan, Pa.
  John Mills married Nora M. Stephens, and they have six children:  Abednego 
Pitman, Nannie E., John L., Fred H., Sarah and Clifford.  Mr. Mills is a 
Republican and at present is serving in the borough council and also is poor 
overseer.  He belongs to the Houtzdale Fire Company, and is identified with the 
Royal Arcanum and with the Masonic lodge at Osceola Mills.