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Perry Miller
Born 1832

PERRY MILLER, farmer, Wayne Twp., Sec. 12; P.O. Langworthy; born in Ohio in 1832; came to Jones Go. in 1847, and has since lived here. His wife's maiden name was Eliza Cook, a native of Canada; they were married in 1847; have had five children, all of whom are livingJohn Wesley, George Ira, Effie May, Frank Alexander and Mary Maria. Mr. Miller was Tax Collector of his township one season. He is among the oldest settlers in Jones Co. He and his wife are members of the M.E. Church; he is a Republican.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 631.

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W. J. Miller
Born 1860

W. J. MILLER, general stock-dealer, Olin; born in Jones Co. in 1860; owned seventy-two acres, and sold to W. V. Field, and engaged in business. In politics, Republican; in religion, liberal.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 650.

William Mills
Born October 1, 1825

Some of the bravest and most devoted defenders of the Union during the dark days when dissolution seemed imminent were men who were born on foreign soil but attracted to the cause on account of their love of justice and fair dealing and for the reason that they knew that the north was in the right. One of the native sons of Canada who came to the rescue of the country which is now his adopted land is William Mills, of Hale township. He was born near St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, October 1, 1825, and, is a son of David and Ruth Mills, natives of Nova Scotia, who spent their lives in Canada. They had a family of five children, as follows: John, who died young; George; Nathaniel, who passed away forty-eight years ago; Sarah Eberly, also is deceased; and William, the youngest of the family.

The father of this family died when William Mills was only thirteen months old but the mother brought up her little family and William remained with her until he was fifteen years old. At that age he went to Palmyra, Ontario, and learned the blacksmithing trade with a brother-in-law and followed it until about 1897, with the exception of the time he spent in the service of the United States. Mr. Mills was still a resident of Canada when he enlisted at Detroit, Michigan, in Company E, Fifteenth Michigan Volunteer Infantry and served during the last five months of the struggle. In the fall of 1865 he came to Wyoming, Jones county, Iowa, with his wife and four children and resided there for seven years, when he removed to Hale township and this has since been his home. Being an excellent workman Mr. Mills always had plenty to do and he took a pride in being one of the best blacksmiths in Jones county.

On February 22, 1854, Mr. Mills married Amanda Whitesell, who was born in Streetsville, Ontario, January 5, 1837, a daughter of John and Elizabeth Whitesell, natives of Pennsylvania and Ontario, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Mills have had four children: John, who lives at Geneva, Nebraska: William J., who lives at Anamosa; Elizabeth, who married Edward Lewis; and Cora, who married Peter Markey, of Milwaukee; Elizabeth died in Texas, April 11, 1909. Cora was born in Wyoming, and the others in Canada.

Mr. Mills is a stanch republican and has always been interested in the success of the party for which he has done so much. He is a member of the Dan Carpenter Post, G. A. R., of Olin, Iowa, and takes a great deal of pleasure in his association with it and the opportunities it gives him to meet his old comrades. A man of simple tastes, he has always striven to do his full duty and has won and held the respect of his community.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 419.

James Milne
Born 1821

JAMES MILNE, farmer, Wayne Twp., Sec. 12; P.O. Monticello; born in Scotland in 1821; came to Jones Go. in 1857. His wife's maiden name was Elizabeth Barr, a native of Canada East; they were married in 1870; have had four children, all of whom are livingHelen, Agnes Blanche, James Wallace and Edna Jane. Mr. Milne was married before, and had four children by that marriage, three of whom are living-Joseph J., Hector Alexander and Elizabeth Ann. Mr. Milne own 160 acres; eighty in Wayne and eighty in Scotch Grove Township. He and his wife and all the grown children are members of the U.P. Church. Mr. M. is a Republican.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 631.

Joseph Miraiir
Born 1831

JOSEPH MIRAIIR, farmer, Oxford Twp., Sec. 15; P.O. Oxford Junction; born in Bohemia in 1831; came to America in 1861, and remained four years in Chicago; in 1866, came to Jones Co., Iowa, and now owns 120 acres, and is building a fine house and making fine improvements on the place. His wife, Annie Sheamonek, was born in Bohemia in 1828; married in 1861, and came immediately to America; have eight children living; five boys and three girls. In politics, Republican; in religion, Catholic.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 594.

C. T. Mirick
Born April 29, 1839

C. T. MIRICK, farmer, Greenfield Twp., Sec. 9; P.O. Martelle; born April 29, 1839, in Otsego Co., N.Y.; in 1862, he came to Jones Co. He owns 247 acres of land. Married Miss Theresa Peet in 1864; she was born in Jones Co.; have two childrenArthur E. and Hobert D. Republican.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 588.

W. A. Mirick
Born January 8, 1853

W. A. MIRICK, homoeopathic physician and surgeon, Monticello; is a native of Otsego Co., N.Y., and was born January 8, 1853; his parents came to Iowa when he was only 5 years of age, in 1857, and located in Jones Co.; he grew up and attended school here, and entered Cornell College at Mount Vernon, where he completed his literary education. He studied medicine, and graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, in the winter of 1876 and 1877, and since then he has successfully practiced his profession here.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1879, page 675.

For more than thirty-two years W. A. Mirick has followed the profession of medicine in the city of Monticello, where he enjoys the honor not only of being the oldest resident physician here but also of having one of the largest and most lucrative practices. And yet, however gratifying these things may be, the knowledge that he retains the respect of the many persons who have come into contact with him and the satisfaction that comes to even the most humble and modest of men, from a daily recognition of the fact that their lives have been led to good purpose and to the benefit of others, affords him the greatest reason to feel a justifiable pride in the work of the past years.

Dr. Mirick was born in Chenango county, New York, January 8, 1854, and is a son of Augustus and Jane (Hakes) Mirick. In 1857 they came to Iowa for the sake of the health of Mrs. Mirick, locating in Anamosa, but she died shortly afterward, and the father married Mrs. Fannie Boon, of Anamosa, whose was the only maternal care of which Dr. Mirick has any distinct remembrance. Upon his advent to this county, Augustus Mirick acquired a tract of land in Fairview township, on which he pursued his calling as a farmer. A pronounced success attended his efforts and although about sixteen or seventeen years ago he retired from active life he still owns about two hundred acres of land. At present he is living in the village of Anamosa, at the advanced age of eighty-five years. In politics his sympathies were with the republican party, and during the greater part of his active years be was a dominant factor in its cause in his township besides taking a vital interest in the public affairs of his locality and serving in the various township offices. He was also prominent in the work of the Baptist church and in the ranks of the Masons and of the Odd Fellows, to local lodges of which he belonged. In short, he was a man possessed of a strong personality, of great energy, and of a capacity for execution that won the attention of all with whom he associated, accordingly his influence was felt far and wide and men placed reliance in his judgment.

Dr. Mirick has lived in Jones county since he was four years old and when of suitable age was enrolled as a pupil in the public schools. Later he took a special course in Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa, and in 1874 began the study of medicine. At first he read under the preceptorship of Dr. L J. Adair, of Anamosa, and then under that of Dr. G. W. White, of the same place, so that he was fairly well prepared in 1875 for entrance to the Hahnemann Medical College of Chicago, Illinois. He was graduated from that institution in the spring of 1878, and on the 1st of March of that year, located in Monticello. Here he has built steadily up a large and remunerative practice and for years past has been one of the best known physicians in his section of the county. A skilled diagnostician, an experienced practitioner, and endowed by nature with those personal qualities that perhaps have greater weight in attaining a success in this than in any other vocation of life, his record is one of continued advance, of increased confidence in his abilities on the part of others, and of enlarged realization by them of strength of his character and the integrity of his purposes. He is a surgeon as well as a physician and for the past twenty years has been employed in the former capacity by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad in this city.

On the 12th of September, 1882, Dr. Mirick wedded Miss Catherine S. Curtis, of Independence, Iowa, who for the four or five years previous had been teaching in the Monticello schools. She had attended the Iowa State College, from which she was graduated in the same class with J. W. Doxsee. To this union three children have been born, namely: Irving A., Maud A. and Galen C. The oldest was graduated from the Monticello high school and then spent three years at the Iowa State College. He is now associated with the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad, with headquarters at Huron, South Dakota. The daughter is in her senior year at the Iowa State College at Ames, while the youngest of the family is a pupil in the Monticello high school. Dr. Mirick belongs to several organizations which have as their aim the advancement of the interests of those engaged in his profession, for he is a member of the American Medical Association, of the Iowa State Medical Society and of the Jones County Medical Society. Fraternally he is connected with the Masons, being a member of Burns Lodge, No. 173, A.F.&A.M. He did belong to the chapter and commandery of the local lodge here, but they have now disintegrated.

From History of Jones County, Iowa, Past and Present, R. M. Corbitt, S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1910, p. 304.