Person:John Mills (181)

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John J. Mills
b.7 Jul 1883
  • F.  Jesse Mills (add)
  • M.  Bettie Edwards (add)
m.
  1. John J. Mills1883 - 1940
m.
Facts and Events
Name[1][2] John J. Mills
Gender Male
Alt Birth[2] 25 Jun 1881 Pitt, North Carolina, United States
Birth[1] 7 Jul 1883
Marriage to Sudie S. _____
Medical[2] Bef 1940 Suffered from hypertension and arteriosclerosis for several years before death.
Residence[2] Abt 1940 Greenville, Pitt, North Carolina, United StatesR.F.D. (this is probably "Rual Free Delivery" a rural mail delivery service)
Occupation[2] Farmer.
Death[1][2] 20 Jun 1940 Chicod, Pitt, North Carolina, United StatesDied in a rural area. Death cert. indicates age of 58 at time of death.
Burial[1][2] 21 Jun 1940 Black Jack, Pitt, North Carolina, United StatesMills-Haddock Cemetery aka Mills Family Cemetery, located near the homeof John L.
Cause of Death[2] Cerebral apoplexy.
Physical Description[2] White.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 headstone image, in Find A Grave
    11 Mar 2013.

    Headstone reads:
    John J. Mills
    July 7, 1883
    June 20, 1940
    Gone but not forgotten

    across the top of the headstone: "FATHER"

    Find A Grave record for: Mills-Haddock Cemetery, Black Jack, Pitt County, North Carolina, USA

    The grave sits in close proximity to ... but not as close as expected for a couple ... to the headstone for Person:Sudie Mills (1). Find A Grave record purports the two were a couple.

    Find A Grave: additional unsupported information

    John J. Mills was the son of Jessie B. and Bettie Edwards Mills and husband of Sudie Sutton Mills. He was a farmer. His death was caused by cerebral apoplexy due to hypertension and arteriosclerosis. He was buried June 21, 1940. (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/106519360/john-j-mills, 10 Dec 2021)

  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Certificate of Death, in North Carolina, United States. North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994. (FamilySearch Record Search)
    Registration Dist. No. 7405, Certificate No. 19, 22 June 1940.

    Informant: Passe Mills, Greenville, NC R.F.D.

    Source citation: "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89G8-G9Y3-X?cc=1584959 : 31 July 2014), > image 1 of 1; State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh.