George W. Mills

NJGenWeb ~ Morris County, New Jersey

George W. Mills

Source: History Morris County New Jersey, Volume II, Lewis Publishing Co., 1914

The name of MILLS is met with frequently in all portions of the United States, and an old branch settled in Morris county, New Jersey, and contributed its full share toward developing that section of the State. A representative of this family is George W. MILLS, a farmer in Boonton, Morris county. Theodore MILLS, his father, is an engineer in the employ of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad Company, and has been connected with this corporation forty-two years. He lives about one mile below Boonton, and married Kate STORMS, of Paterson, New Jersey. They have had eleven children.

George W. MILLS was born in Hudson county, New Jersey, in 1878. Upon the completion of his education in the public schools of his native county, he accepted the position of fireman on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, and retained it three years. Six years were then spent in the manufacture of hats at the plant of the Knox Company, after which, in 1896, he came to Boonton, in which place he has had his residence since that time. His farm is about forty-three acres in extent, and he has been very successful in cultivating it for general produce. Since the last four years he has also been in the ice business, having his own pond, and runs one wagon to Boonton to supply his numerous customers, and another to the mountain lakes. His storage plant has a capacity of about 1,200 tons, and he has one man constantly in his employ. He stores spring water ice, and has the reputation of having the clearest ice in that section of the country. Politically he is a Republican, and he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Mr. MILLS married Cora E. STEVENSON, and has one child, Doris, born in 1907.

Transcribed by John Cresseveur (1949-2003)