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Mills and Burkholder Genealogy

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Husband: George Marshall MILLS 1 2
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   Born: 05 Jan 1906 in Ruple, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 3 4
Married: 21 Apr 1929 in Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 27
   Died: 05 May 1998 in Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 5 6
 Father: Joseph Crawford MILLS
 Mother: Georgie Ann HARPER
Spouses:
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   Wife: Elizabeth Lee "Lesby" HERRING 18
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   Born: 22 Mar 1912 in Grannis, Polk County, Arkansas 19
   Died: 07 Oct 1995 in Homer, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 21 22
 Father: John Wilson HERRING
 Mother: Mahala Elizabeth "Lizzie" WAGNER
Spouses:
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Children
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01  (M): Kenneth Harold MILLS 28
   Born: (Private) 29
   Died:
Spouses: Carole Anne BURKHOLDER

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Additional Information

George Marshall MILLS:
Buried: May 1998, Whitehall Cemetery, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 7
Residence: 1910, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 8
Education: Bridgeman School, south of Haynesville 9
Education: dropped out after 4th grade to help family 10 11
Residence: about 1918, George and his family were living on the Walker place, about 2.5-3 miles north of the Blackburn store
Residence: 1920, Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 12
Residence: 1930, Ward 3, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 13
Occupation: 1930, none 14
Occupation: 1937, ditch digger for SW Natural Gas 15
Occupation: 1971, retired 16
Residence: 1998, 1661 Greer Drive; Haynesville, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 17

Notes:
From interview with Freddie Crump, April 26, 2000: As a child George and his family were "livin' by a sawmill up by the old Yates place. That's up N about 2, to 2.5 miles N of Haynesville, east of the Yates place."

George only went to school when they couldn't work in the fields, when it was bad and cold and couldn't do anything else, that is the schooling he got."

"About 1918 George and his family were living on the Walker place, about 2.5-3 miles north of the Blackburn store."

Elizabeth Lee "Lesby" HERRING:
Name: LESBY
Buried: 1995, Whitehall Cemetery, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 23 24
Residence: 1920, Mena, Polk County, Arkansas 25
Residence: 1930, Ward 3, Claiborne Parish, Louisiana 26

Notes:
Her mother died when she was 4-5 months old. She was raised by an aunt, but all of her siblings stayed together and the oldest, Addie (11 years old at the time) raised them. (Judy Trammell Smith)

Footnotes

  1. 1920 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Haynesville, p. 46, sheet 8B-9A.
    Quality: 3.
  2. 1910 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  3. George Marshall Mills' death certificate, State of Louisiana.
    Quality: 3.
  4. 1920 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Haynesville.
  5. Social Security Death Index.
  6. George Marshall Mills' death certificate.
  7. Ibid.
  8. 1910 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, p. 16.
    Quality: 3.
  9. Frederick Crump telephone conversation with Michele Mills.
  10. Mills Genealogy, by Kenneth Mills Jr.
  11. George Marshall Mills' death certificate.
  12. 1920 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, Haynesville, p. 46 (sheet 8B).
    Quality: 3.
  13. 1930 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, ED 14-8, sheet 5B.
    Quality: 3.
  14. Ibid.
  15. Frederick Crump telephone conversation with Michele Mills.
  16. Ibid.
  17. George Marshall Mills' death certificate.
  18. Mills Genealogy, by Kenneth Mills Jr.
  19. Ibid.
  20. Death Certificate of Lesby Herring Mills.
  21. Mills Genealogy, by Kenneth Mills Jr.
  22. Death Certificate of Lesby Herring Mills.
  23. Mills Genealogy, by Kenneth Mills Jr.
  24. Death Certificate of Lesby Herring Mills.
  25. 1920 Arkansas Census, Polk County.
  26. 1930 Louisiana Census, Claiborne Parish, ED 14-8, sheet 5B.
    Quality: 3.
  27. Mills Genealogy, by Kenneth Mills Jr.
  28. Carole Burkholder Mills.
  29. Ibid.

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