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1840 Census - Fayette County

Following from http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/fayette/1840/index.txt (Source:United States, Illinois. Census Project. GenWeb)

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PG#     LAST NAME         FIRST NAME         FILE-NAME
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176     Mills             Gibson             pg0165.txt

1850 Census - Fayette County

Following from http://us-census.org/pub/usgenweb/census/il/fayette/1850/indx-l-m.txt (Source:United States, Illinois. Census Project. GenWeb)

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Pg#  Ln#  Last Name      First Name       Age   Birth Place       Filename
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346B  35  Mills          George W.        2     Ill               pg0346a.txt

Now why a 2 year old would appear alone in the census ... George appears associated with a Causey head of household:

346B  24  Causey         David            50    N.C.

People

Frank M. Mills

There are many different people with this name to be found in news reports. Few citations have genealogical relevance. As of this writing, there is only a single Frank M. Mills (1880–1972)

• marriage license: Frank M. Mills & Joanna Jane O'Day, marriage 1895. The Washington Times (Washington D.C.) 21 Jun 1895; "Marriage Licenses"
• family reunion: Frank M. Mills, age 87, suggest birth year Abt 1831. Omaha Daily Bee (Omaha, Nebraska) 6 Apr 1918; "Family Reunion".
• honor bestowed: Frank M. Mills, age 90, suggests birth year Abt 1831. Omaha Daily Bee (Des Moines, Iowa; 16 Jun) 17 Jun 1921; "Petitions for New Temples Granted at Final Shrine Session".
• violent death: Frank M. Mills, "young man" (?late teens, early 20s?), suggesting birth in the latter quarter of 19th century; grandson of J. T. Flippen and father living in Santa Rosa California. Arizona Silver Belt (Globe City, Pinal County, Arizona) 30 Sep 1897; "Met a Violent Death".

Samuel Mills (b 1855)

Source:Middlesworth, Grace H. Excerpts from Fayette County, Illinois : History, Biographies

Thomas Chapman Mills (b 1838)

Source:Middlesworth, Grace H. Excerpts from Fayette County, Illinois : History, Biographies