Walter Finley Mills (1893 - 1970)

Born 28 Jan 1893 in Irving, Dallas, Texas, United States

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Died 21 Nov 1970 at age 77 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas, United States

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Biography

Walter Finley Mills was born Saturday January 28,1893 in Irving, Dallas county, Texas the son of John Finley Mills (1859 - 1914) and Ella (Mullendore) Bishop (1854 - 1944) (see death record). He was a man of medium height, stout build, gray color eyes and light color hair (see WWI draft Reg. card). In 1910 at age of 17 young Walter is working as a laborer at the cracker factory. He married Hattie Leudulia (Johnson) Mills (1895 - 1978) on Sunday August 6, 1911 (see engraving on gravestone) . When Walter signed his WWI draft registration card he was employed as a truck driver for Crowder Drug Company, married with a wife and baby. Walt was employed as a truck driver in the laundry industry during the 1920’s. Walter died at the age of 77 Saturday November 21, 1970 in Arlington, Tarrant, Texas of respiratory failure due to pulmonary emphysema with contributing condition of rheumatoid arthritis at 10:50 A.M. He was buried at Grove Hill Memorial Park, Dallas, Dallas County, Texas.^[1] His memorial has a photo of his headstone and links to those of family members.^[2]

Occupation

1. Factory Laborer (1910 census)
2. Truck Driver (WWI draft reg. Card, 1920, 1940 census)
3. Proprietor (1930 census)

Sources

1. ↑ Walter Finley Mills Obituary Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas, USA, 23 Nov. 1970, Mon. Page 34. Copy in images.
2. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #52717588 Walter Finley Mills

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LL-458 : accessed 6 March 2020), Walter Mills in household of John F Mills, Justice Precinct 8, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 146, sheet 6B, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,626.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2MS-J3N : accessed 6 March 2020), Walter Mills in household of J F Mills, Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 105, sheet 4B, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1544; FHL microfilm 1,375,557.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC9B-X28 : accessed 6 March 2020), Walter F Miller, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing ED 82, sheet 6B, line 91, family 151, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1794; FHL microfilm 1,821,794.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H572-XMM : accessed 6 March 2020), Walter F Mills, Precinct 8, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 142, sheet 15B, line 64, family 348, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2322; FHL microfilm 2,342,056.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJB-FY4 : 29 July 2019), Walter Mills, Irving, Justice Precinct 8, Dallas, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 57-58, sheet 12B, line 64, family 268, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4017.

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X21M-9ZZ : 9 March 2018), Walter Mills in entry for Mills, 18 Aug; citing Irving, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 40800, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,133,209.

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2YK-6RM : 11 March 2018), Walter Finely Mills in entry for Walter Clayton Mills, 31 Oct 1916; citing Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 40178, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,489,928.

• "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X2YK-65Y : 11 March 2018), Walter F Mills in entry for Walter F Mills, 31 Oct 1916; citing Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States, certificate 40178, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 4,489,928.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K34Q-PP9 : 13 March 2018), W F Mills in entry for Mills, 03 Jul 1921; citing certificate number 18871, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,074,099.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K37N-291 : 13 March 2018), W F Mills in entry for Mills, 09 May 1925; citing certificate number 17184, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,113,846.

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZX3-YPP : 24 August 2019), Walter Finley Mills, 1917-1918.

• "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XPGL-Q4W : 25 February 2020), Walter Finley Mills, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV2S-WBV4 : 13 December 2015), Walter F. Mills, 1970; Burial, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Grove Hill Memorial Park; citing record ID 52717588, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J1L5-TMJ : 20 May 2014), Walter Mills, Nov 1970; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K363-TSC : 13 March 2018), Walter Finley Mills, 21 Nov 1970; citing certificate number 91867, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,218,971.

• "Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV1K-XZ2 : 5 December 2014), Walter F Mills, Tarrant, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.

• "Texas Death Index, 1903-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZCG-8Y2 : 24 May 2014), Walter Mills, 21 Nov 1970; from "Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2006); citing certificate number , Tarrant, Texas, Texas Department of Health, State Vital Statistics Unit, Austin.

• "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K36R-NQH : 13 March 2018), W F Mills in entry for Walter Clayton Mills, 29 Dec 1973; citing certificate number 102063, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,242,952.