Melvin Whitson Mills

1845 -

• Name	Melvin Whitson Mills
  Birth	Oct 1845	Canada
  Gender	Male
  Birth	Canada Am
  Birth	New Mexico, USA
  Ethnicity	American
  Race	White
  Name	Belva Mills
  Name	Belven W Mills
  Name	Melvin W Mills
  Residence	1900	Springer, Colfax, New Mexico, USA
  	Age: 34; Occupation: Lawyer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0037; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: Own; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; OwnsFarm: H; YearsMarried: 19; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head
  Person ID	I8368	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel Wood Mills,   b. 6 Dec 1823, Sparta, Elgin, Ontario, Canada d. 1904, Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA (Age 80 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Hannah Chase,   b. Apr 1825, New York, USA d. 21 Dec 1910, Springer, Colfax County, New Mexico, USA (Age ~ 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	18 May 1844  [1]
  Married	1847  [2]
  Family ID	F1757	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - - New Mexico, USA Residence - Age: 34; Occupation: Lawyer; AbleToSpeakEnglish: Yes; CanRead: Yes; CanWrite: Yes; EnumerationDistrict: 0037; HomeMortgaged: F; HomeOwnership: Own; MonthsUnEmployedPastYear: 0; OwnsFarm: H; YearsMarried: 19; MaritalStatus: Married; RelationToHead: Head - 1900 - Springer, Colfax, New Mexico, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  From Wikipedia: Mills House is a house in Springer, New Mexico, in Colfax County, New Mexico, that was built in 1877. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1970. The locals have dubbed it the "Clegg Mansion”, after Luke and Myrtle Clegg who owned and lived in the house for several decades beginning in about 1915. The original owner, Melvin Whitson Mills, was an attorney, politician, and businessman who was one of the founders of Springer NM. He needed a home large enough for him and his wife, his parents, and five adopted children. Mills lost the house and land as a result of bankruptcy in 1905. It is a three-story 32-room adobe house on a rise near Cimarron Creek on the edge of Springer. It is made of adobe, has a metal mansard roof with four chimneys protruding above.

  
  

• Sources

  [S18] New England Historical & Genealogical Register, Vol 88 P 29 Descendants of William Chase. desc of wm chase 29 At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld. [S28] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Springer, Colfax, New Mexico; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0037; FHL microfilm: 1241000. Record for Hanna Mills https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=7602&h=21390471&indiv=try 1900 United States Federal Census