Jacob Franklin "Jake" Mills

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      Sex: M

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Individual Information

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          Birth: 16 Feb 1882 - Front Royal, Warren Co, VA
    Christening: 
          Death: 2 Aug 1957 - University of Maryland Hospital, Baltimore, MD
         Burial: 5 Aug 1957 - Nineveh Presbyterian Cemetery, Front Royal, Warren Co, VA
 Cause of Death: 
           AFN : 
                 

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Events

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• Census, Federal, 1920 in Front Royal, Warren Co, VA

Mills, Jacob F, head, renting, age 37, married; Ella Mae, wife, age 26; Catherine V., daughter, age 8; Charles L, son, age 7; Randolph C, son, age 6; Vergie M, daughter, age 4; Henry H, son, age 3; James E, son, age 1; Rebecca, mother, age 59, widowed.

• Occupation, Tree Trimmer, Orchard, 1920
• Census, Federal, 1930 in Laurel, Prince George's Co, MD

Mills, Jacob, head, renting, age 45; Charles, son, age 16; Randolph, son, age 15; Virgie, daughter, age 14; Henry, son, age 12; James, son, age 11; Giles, son, age 9; Walter, son, age 7; Bessie, daughter, age 5.

• Occupation, Farm Assistant, Dairy Farm, 1930
• Obituary, Laurel News Leader, 1957

Father of 17 Dies at 76

Funeral services for J. Franklin Mills, father of seventeen, were held on Monday at 10 a.m. from Donaldson Funeral Home with the Reverend John Neimiller conducting the services. Burial was in Ninevah, Virginia.

Mr. Mills, who was 76, died on Friday, August 2, 1957, at te University of Maryland Hospital in Baltimore.

A native of Virginia, Mr. Mills resided on Brooklyn Bridge Road in Laurel and survived by his second wife, Elizabeth; five sons and eleven daughters. They are Charles, Randolph, Giles, James and Henry, Mrs. Benny Becraft, Mrs. Norman Dustin, Mrs. Warren Becraft, Mrs. Bill Cavender, Myrtle, Naney, Betty, Carolyn, and Edith Mills all of Laurel. Two daughters, Joan and Arlene, were killed in an automobile accident about four years and another son, Walter is also deseased.

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Parents

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         Father: Henry Harrison Mills
         Mother: Rebecca J Shipe

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Spouses and Children

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1. *Ella Mae Butler
       Marriage: 21 Dec 1910 - Warren Co, VA
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Catherine Virginia Mills
                2. Charles Lewis Mills
                3. Randolph Cademy Mills
                4. Vergie M. Mills
                5. Henry Harrison Mills
                6. James Franklin "Jim" Mills
                7. Giles Delaney Mills Sr.
                8. Walter Mills
                9. Bessie Regina Mills

2. Elizabeth Virginia "Lizzie" Jenkins
       Marriage: 11 Jul 1932 - Ellicott City, Howard Co, MD
         Status: 
       Children:
                1. Rose Marie Mills
                2. Joan Rebecca Mills
                3. Annie Arlene Mills
                4. Myrtle Lee Mills
                5. Betty Louise Mills
                6. Nancy Virginia Mills
                7. Edith Pauline Mills
                8. Carolyn Jean Mills

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Notes

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Burial Notes:

No Head Stone.

Marriage Notes (Ella Mae Butler)

Reg. B, p. 87

Marriage Notes (Elizabeth Virginia "Lizzie" Jenkins)

Emory M E Church, Rev. H.D. Stewart