James Franklin Mills was born 14 Oct 1847 in possibly Warren County, Indiana or Penn, Jefferson Iowa. He is the son of Isaac Joseph Mills born 03 Mar 1825 in North Carolina and Lydia M. Ruble born 04 Aug 1827 in Belmont, Ohio. James Franklin Mills married Lydia Nyswonger on 12 Mar 1871 in Lucas County, Iowa. His wife Lydia Nyswonger was the daughter of James Nyswonger and Elizabeth Lowery.
I do not have a death date for James Franklin Mills at this time. I found his wife remarried and living in King County, California after 1878. I believe she remarried twice, once to a Mr. Bush and the other to a Mr. Crye.
James had two children with Lydia; Elizabeth Lydia 'Eliza' Mills born Abt. 1871 and Joseph Mills b. Abt. 1874.
This framed picture of James Franklin Mills was given to my father as is with a small note tucked up in the back of the frame. It appears to read that James was presenting this photo to his baby sister Sadie (Sarah Elizabeth Mills who was born 1866), but it could read Lydia Ruble who was his mother. He was 19 years old in this picture and it's dated 1866.
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