Wm C Mills b 1859 PA, d 1939 WA marr. Ida G. Purdy
Looking to fill in the gaps
William Carlton Mills b. 1859 Lockport, PA, m.21 Mar 1888 in Caro MI,to Ida Grace Purdy b 1864 Penn Yan NY. d. Jan 1941 Tacoma, WA.William died 1939? in Tacoma, WA buried at Old Tacoma Cemetery with his parents. Ida is in the same cemetery.
[Children of William and Ida are: i. Joseph P Mills b. 1889 in Minn. (married a May/Mae in WA, listed in Tacoma City Directory) ii. Howard D. Mills b. 28 Dec 1891 IL d. Nov 1957 Olympia WA m. 10 June 1921 to Alice Roche bAug 1888 in Merrill WI.]
Parents of William are:
Delos(s) W. Mills b 1831-33 PA d 1900 Tacoma WA m. abt 1855 Louisa M. Raymond b Aug 1833-34 Ohio, d. about 1918 Tacoma WAboth are buried Old Tacoma Cemetery, Tacoma WA.
Their Children are: i. Charles C. Mills b. 1856 Girard PA
was a grocer in Caro MI in 1880.ii. William C. Mills see above. iii. Zada/Zadia Mills b. Sep 1861-62 PA m. James Ralph (J.R.) Gillespie b. Sep 1857 Caro? MI. vi. Jesse R Mills b Sep 1865 PA.
Children of Zada and J.R. are Raymond S. Gillispie b Feb 1881 in MI and Helen M Gillespie b. Nov 1893 in WA.
Between 1880 and 1900 the Mills & Gillespie family moved from MI to WA, and Delos and Louisa were living with their daughter Zada Mills Gillespie along with their younger son Jesse Mills.Unable to find out about Charles Mills.Jesse Mills worked as a Railroad Dispater, J R Gillespie was a realeaste Agent. and Delos (DW) Mills was retired.
1910 Census Wm C. Mills and Ida G Purdy live in WA also along with son Howard.Wm C. worked for the Railroads.In 1920 Census Ida G. Purdy Mills is listed as a widow with sons Howard and Joseph and she is working as a bookkeeper.In 1930 Census Ida G.P. Mills is still in WA and works as a bookkeeper, unable to locate the Gilliespie family in 1920 & 1930 Census.
Any information on the Mills Side would be great.