Joseph P. Mills ^{2 3}

   Cause of his death was Cirrhosis of Liver.

  General Notes:

Joseph P. Mills was living Toledo, Ohio when father Joseph died on 17 Apr 1893.
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  Death Notes:

Name: Joe P Mills
Event: Death
Event Date: 29 Aug 1912
Event Place: Stryker, Williams, Ohio
Gender: Male
Death Age: 61y 7m 17d
Marital Status: Married
Race: white
Occupation: railroading
Birth Date: 15 Feb 1851
Birthplace: Ohio
Burial Date: 31 Aug 1912
Cemetery: Boynton Cemetery
Father: Joseph P. Mills
Mother: Mary Wilburn
Mother's Birthplace: Syracuse, NY
Reference Number: fn 46611
Film Number: 1953425
Digital Folder Number: 4021203
Image Number: 2197
Source Citation
"Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X86C-2MZ : accessed 10 Sep 2012), Joe P Mills, 1912; citing reference fn 46611, Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio.
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  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1880 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 22 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 682A, District 13, Dwelling 347, Family 372, Roll 1078
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Joseph P. Mills..Self..28..OH..Works On Farm
(Living with wife and son.)

NOTE - If his birth date was 15 Feb 1851, then his age should have been 29 instead of 28.
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• His occupation on 29 August 1912 was a Railroading in Stryker, OH.

• He was buried on 31 August 1912 in the Boynton in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH.

Joseph married Rebecca Arnsberger, daughter of Daniel Arnsberger and Elizabeth Shade, on 10 November 1870 in , Williams County, OH.^{1 2} (Rebecca Arnsberger was born on 10 April 1847 in , Wayne County, OH,^{1 2 4} died on 17 December 1915 in North Brewster, OH ^{1 4} and was buried on 20 December 1915 in Massillon, OH ⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1880 US Census in Springfield Township, Williams County, OH on 22 June 1880. ²

1880 US Census
Page 682A, District 13, Dwelling 347, Family 372, Roll 1078
Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio
Joseph P. Mills..Self..28..OH..Works On Farm
Rebecca Mills..Wife..33..OH..Keeping House
William C. Mills..Son..8..OH

NOTE - Joseph's father, who was 58 years old at the time, lived two farms away and Joseph probably worked on his father's farm.
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  Marriage Notes:

Groom's Name: Joseph P. Mills
Bride's Name: Rebecca Arnsberger
Marriage Date: 10 Nov 1870
Marriage Place: Williams County, Ohio
Groom's Race: White
Bride's Race: White
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M02063-4
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 914037
Reference Number: v 4 p 140
Collection: Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953
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It is interesting to note that the husband, Joseph Mills, was buried in Springfield Township, Williams County, Ohio but three years later when the wife, Rebecca, died, she was buried in Massillon, Stark County, Ohio. I'm not sure why but her son, William, had established residency there. I also suspect that the elderly Rebeca was living with and being cared for by her son so that when she died, he chose to have her buried in a local cemetery rather than with her husband. I have no other data to prove it but perhaps Rebecca and Joseph Mills were divorced. In fact the 1910 Census shows Rebecca living with her son, William and Joseph is nowhere to be found. Perhaps there were merely just bad feelings towards the father, Joseph..
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Neither one can be found in the 1900 census.
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