Iowa-Grant County WI Archives Obituaries.....Millard, Charles Shepardson August 20, 1904
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DODGEVILLE CHRONICLE, DODGEVILLE, WISCONSIN, VOL. XLIII, NO. 2, AUGUST 26, 1904
Death of Charles S. Millard

Charles Shepardson Millard is a son of Nehemiah Millard and Susan Millard, 
whose maiden name was Miss Susan Shepardson, and he was born at the town of 
Manlius, Onondaga county, N. Y., April 22nd, 1813, and died at the home of his 
son Harrison Saturday morning, August 20th, in the town of Mifflin, aged 91 
years and four months.

As a fitting testimonal to his life and character we give the following 
interview which he gave to the Editor of the Dodgeville Chronicle in 1899:

"When he was but nine years of age his father died, and he remained at home on 
the farm until he became about 15 years of age, when he began working on boats 
on the Oswego river.  He was married to Betsy Ann Root on the 18th of 
September, 1836, near Utica, N.Y., after which he bought a tract of pine land 
and engaged in getting out timber for building ships, and also manufacturing 
salt barrels.

On leaving the state of New York he went to Iowa and built a boat on the Des 
Moines river and ran it down to Keokuk, Iowa, where he disposed of it and then 
went south and engaged in chopping cordwood, which employment he continued for 
some time until he was engaged by a planter in Louisiana as overseer of his 
plantation.

When he left the south he came to Platteville, arriving there on the 13th of 
May, 1846.  There he engaged in teaming, hauling lead to Galena, which he 
continued for about a year, when he settled on some land in the town of 
Mifflin, on the 1st of May, 1847, and on the following day snow fell to the 
depth of 6 inches.  The first crops he raised on his new farm consisted in 
potatoes and watermelons, and afterwards when he got the farm sufficiently 
improved, he began raising stock, and soon found it necessary to enlarge his 
farm and which he did by buying more land until he had acquired a farm of 480 
acres on which he has resided 52 years, and the farm is considered one of the 
best in the town of Mifflin, which is regarded as containing the finest farms 
and wealthiest and most enterprising farmers of any town, as a whole in Iowa 
county.

Mr. Millard suffered the bereavement of the loss of his wife by death, on the 
26th of February, 1893, leaving as surviving members of the family, the 
husband and three sons, one son Albert Millard, having been killed in the army 
of the rebellion.  The surviving sons are, Edwin Millard, who lives at Mineral 
Point; Myron Millard, living at Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, and Harrison 
Millard, who resides on the old homestead  in the town of Mifflin.

Mr. Millard is a man of extraordinary vitality both physically and mentally.  
Although at the present time of the date of this paper, May 5th, 1899, he has 
arrived at the venerable age of 86 years, 13 days, yet he is strong, active, 
ambitious, with his mind clear and vigorous, and endowed with the most 
comprehensive perceptions of all the occurring events both local and national 
and he seems to be the embodiment of that rare quality in wisdom that 
increases with increasing years.  By his active, ceaseless energies through a 
long life, blessed with temperance and good health, he has accumulated 
sufficient fortune to provide for himself a home and all the necessary 
comforts for his declining years and he now devotes his time to the enjoyment 
of a well earned rest and leisure, having reserved for himself a home on a 
portion of his farm after providing the means and opportunities for his three 
sons to start them in life, by which, if they but follow in the footsteps of 
their father, will lead them on to affluence and honor.

Mr. Millard has no relatives in this country save the members of his own 
family.  His only brother, Harlow Millard, came from the state of New York, on 
the 1st of last November, to make him a visit, and while there was taken sick 
and died on the 24th of last January, and was buried at the Roc church 
cemetery, in the town of Clifton, in Grant county."

Charles S. Millard was a member of the Masonic order.  The funeral took place 
last Sunday at the home of his son Harrison, the services being conducted by 
Rev. Vincent, pastor of the M. E. church at Montfort.  Although at the time of 
the funeral the hardest and most threatening rain, hail and wind storm was in 
progress that has visited the county for many years, yet large numbers of 
friends from all parts of the county were present to attest their respect for 
their oldest and most faithful pioneer friend, there being 18 present from the 
city of Mineral Point alone.  The immediate cause of death, in connection with 
the frailty of age, arose from an accident which occurred to the deceased on 
Tuesday, but a few days before his death, by which the bone of his hip was 
broken by a fall while in his bed room alone, he never afterwards being able 
to communicate comprehensively to the members of the family.  He was buried in 
obedience to his former request, among the deceased family relatives in Rock 
church cemetery a few miles from his old home.

The surviving members of the family thus publicly express their thanks to the 
many friends who did all they could to relieve the suffering of their father 
in life, and further attested their true friendship after death.

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