David Williams Mills (1879 - 1957)

Born 22 Jul 1879 in Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan, United States

Husband of Maude Mitchell Merrell — married 14 Jan 1909 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

Husband of Bertha Esterbrook (Goodier) Mills — married 1941 in Michigan, United States [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 27 Aug 1957 at age 78 in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States

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Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 22 JUL 1879

Place: Marysville, St. Clair, Michigan^[2][3][4]

Death

Death:

Date: 27 AUG 1957

Place: Pasadena, Los Angeles, California^[5][6]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 30 AUG 1957

Place: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, Los Angeles, California^[7]

Residence

Residence: Marysville, MI; Cleveland, OH; Santa Cruz, Pasadena, CA^[8]

Residence: 1886 Carter Road^[9]

Residence: 2218 Chatfield Dr, Cleveland Heights^[10]

Residence: 2046 E. 96 St, Suite 6, Cleveland, Ohio^[11]

Cause

Cause: Chronic pulmonary emphysema, 4 years; Myocardial infarction, 3 days^[12]

Occupation

Occupation: Secretary-Treasurer, The Mills-Carleton Co. lumber business^[13]

Education

Education: University of Michigan (Zeta Psi)

Marriage

Husband: David Williams Mills

Wife: Maude Mitchell Merrell

Marriage:

Date: 14 JAN 1909

Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan^[14][15]

Child: Nelson Merrell Mills

Husband: David Williams Mills

Wife: Bertha Esterbrook Goodier

Marriage:

Date: 1941

Place: Michigan?

Note: not married in LA County or Stearns County, MN^[16][17]

Notes

• Codicil [to Nelson Mills Will] appoints son David W. Mills as joint executor with Myron W. Mills.

• SUIT INVOLVING OVER ,500,000

[excerpts] A suit was begun in the circuit court on Monday afternoon which involves real and personal property amounting to a million and a half dollars. Myron W. Mills and David Mills, executors of the estate of the late Nelson Mills are the complainants, and Mary M. Mills and Hannah E. Mills, administratrixes of the estate of the late Barney Mills, are the defendants. The suit is a friendly one, an dis begun for the purpose of winding up the co-partnership of N. & B. Mills.

Judge Law ordered that Myron Mills and David Mills continue the business, sell the property, and close the estate as soon as possible.

• The marriage of Miss Maud Merrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Merrell, to Mr. David Williams Mills, of Marysville, was quietly celebrated yesterday. The ceremony took place at the home of the bride's parents, Commonwealth Avenue, and Rev. William T. Jaquess officiated. Only the immediate families were present. After the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Mills left for a trip south, where they will pass the remainder of the winter.

• David W. is vice president of the Mills, Gray, Carleton Lumber Company, and makes his home in Cleveland. He was married in 1909 to Miss Maud Merrell, of Detroit, and they have one son, Nelson.

• The David W. Mills was a typical Great Lakes cargo vessel of the late 19th century. This wooden “steambarge” could carry over one million board feet of lumber. The vessel was originally named Sparta and was launched at Cleveland, Ohio on April 11, 1874. The vessel was renamed in 1910 after the manager of the Port Huron Navigation Company, the firm that owned the ship.

The Mills ran aground on Ford Shoals on August 11, 1919 in dense smog created by forest fires in Canada. Attempts to free the boat failed and it broke apart during a violent October storm.

• Lived in Cleveland, Ohio, Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Pasadena, Calif.

• Resided at 14186 Euclid Avenue, East Cleveland.

• Dear Beth

We arrived here Tuesday afternoon, Bertha having decided she would like to have another look at St. Cloud, something we had decided not to do when we left home. However, we are leaving for Duluth this afternoon and hope to be in Mackinaw Friday night and Leland early Saturday. Expect to leave Leland early next Monday and should be passing through Ogemaw sometime around noon that day and in Port Huron late afternoon.

A fine trip so far.

Love,

Dave

• MILLS – Mr. David W. Mills, beloved husband of Mrs. Bertha Mills, father of Nelson M. Mills, grandfather of Nelson E., David W. and Donald C. Mills. Service Friday at 1:30 p.m. in the “Wee Kirk O’ the Heather,” directed by Forest Lawn Mortuary. Friends may send flowers to Stanford Convalescent Home, Palo Alto, Calif., or make contributions to the American Heart Assn.

• David W. Mills

Funeral services for David W. Mills, 78, retired lumber executive and father of Nelson M. Mills, president of Pacific Outdoor Advertising Co., will be conducted at 1:30 p.m. today in Forest Lawn’s Wee Kirk o’ the Heather under the direction of Forest Lawn Mortuary. Mr. Mills lived at 615 E California Ave., Pasadena. He died Tuesday at Huntington Hospital, leaving his widow Bertha, his son Nelson, and three grandsons.^{[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]}

Sources

1. ↑ Mills-4947 was created by Christopher Wilson through the import of Mills-Martin Families.ged on Jan 12, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S336
3. ↑ Source: #S5837
4. ↑ Source: #S6868 Page: date only
5. ↑ Source: #S2020 Page: p 1; date only
6. ↑ Source: #S6930 Page: Huntington Memorial Hospital
7. ↑ Source: #S6930
8. ↑ Source: #S1159 Page: p 1
9. ↑ Source: #S3702
10. ↑ Source: #S6115
11. ↑ Source: #S6868
12. ↑ Source: #S6930
13. ↑ Source: #S6868
14. ↑ Source: #S339
15. ↑ Source: #S1135 Page: p 62, #210; marriage only
16. ↑ Source: #S1 Page: p 4
17. ↑ Source: #S8 Page: p G34
18. ↑ Source: #S1133 Page: p 6
19. ↑ Source: #S1135 Page: p 50, #172
20. ↑ Source: #S7070
21. ↑ Source: #S338
22. ↑ Source: #S50 Page: p 684
23. ↑ Source: #S6413 Page: p 2
24. ↑ Source: #S1
25. ↑ Source: #S336
26. ↑ Source: #S1137
27. ↑ Source: #S347
28. ↑ Source: #S4360

• Source: S1158 Type: Personal Notes Title: Cleveland City Directories Author: compiled by Gretchen M. Mills DOCL Mills (JPEG) Text: • Includes printed 1915 Cleveland Directory from Cuyahoga County Archives, rcvd 1 Apr 1991. CONT Source 1158 Data Changed: Date: 10 AUG 2013
• Source: S1159 Type: Personal Notes Title: Notes from City Directories Author: compiled by David W. Mills Place: Santa Cruz and Pasadena, California DOCL Mills (JPEG) Text: • Includes Map of Santa Cruz, showing location of E. Cliff Drive. Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/MILLS/1159.1.jpg Title: 1159.1 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/MILLS/1159.2.jpg Title: 1159.2 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 31 JUL 2013
• Source: S2020 Type: Correspondence Title: Letter from Ann Cade Phelps of Vacaville, CA Place: Solano County Genealogical Society Date: received 23 Aug 1988 DOCL Walter (JPEG) Surname: Mills Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/WALTER/2020.1.jpg Title: 2020.1 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/WALTER/2020.2.jpg Title: 2020.2 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 17 MAR 2013
• Source: S336 Type: Birth Certificate/Record Title: Nelson Merrell Mills Birth Certificate Date: 3 Feb 1910 Place: East Cleveland, Cuyahoga county, Ohio Call Number: Registration District No. 2127, File No. 10415 DOCL Mills (JPEG) Surname: Merrell Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/MILLS/336.jpg Title: 336 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 23 JUN 2012
• Source: S3702 Type: Death Certificate/Record Title: Edward George Merrell Date: 2 Aug 1924 Place: Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio Call Number: File No. 43393 Submitter: Informant: David W. Mills, 1886 Carter Road, Cleveland Publication: Ohio Historical Society Date: received 8 Sep 2003 DOCL Secure Documents DOCL Merrell (JPEG) Surname: Mitchell Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/MERRELL/3702.jpg Title: 3702 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 23 JUN 2012
• Source: S5837 Type: Passport Title: David Williams Mills Family Passport Date: 10 May 1922 Place: Cleveland, Ohio DOCL Ancestry.com Date: Nov 2007 DOCL Mills (JPEG) Surname: Merrell Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/MILLS/5837.jpg Title: 5837 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 9 AUG 2013
• Source: S6115 Type: Photograph/Video Title: 2218 Chatfield, Cleveland Author: Postcard from Maude Merrell Mills to Mrs. C. E. Hoyt Place: of Ilion, New York Date: postmarked 9 Oct 1923 DOCL Merrell (JPEG) Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/MERRELL/6115.jpg Title: 6115 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 27 JAN 2013
• Source: S6868 Type: Draft Registration Title: David Williams Mills World War I Registration Card Call Number: Serial No. 5807; Order No. 2170 Date: 12 Sep 1918 Place: Cleveland, Ohio DOCL FamilySearch.org Date: 5 Mar 2013 DOCL Mills (JPEG) Surname: Merrell Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/MILLS/6868.jpg Title: 6868 Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 5 MAR 2013
• Source: S6930 Type: Death Certificate/Record Title: David Williams Mills Death Certificate Date: 27 Aug 1957 Place: Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California Publication: Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, County of Los Angeles Call Number: 002144654 Submitter: Informant: Donald R. Wright (Friend) DOCL Safekeeping Container Date: received 16 Mar 2013 DOCL Mills (JPEG) Surname: Williams Surname: Weber Text: • Residence at death: 615 E California Street, Pasadena CONT • Son Nelson Mills was on a family driving trip in Washington state, when pulled over and notified by the Washington Highway Patrol. We continued on to Seattle and flew home. The family car was later driven home by an employee of Pacific Outdoor Advertising Co. (personal recollection of DWM) CONT • Of necessity the Death Certificate informant was Donald R. Wright, personal friend of my father’s, and future Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court. Object: Format: jpg File: /DiMAC FILES/GENEALOGY/SOURCES/MILLS/6930.lfs.jpg Title: 6930.lfs Type: PHOTO DOCUMENT Primary or Preferred: N Data Changed: Date: 17 MAR 2013