. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. 21, 1S31, son of Lorin A. and Eva (Petrie)Mills, who were parents of a family of sixchildren—three sons and three daughters. Mills graduated from a high school in hisnative State, later took a seminary course andin 1857 came to Ashton, Lee County, 111., thena small hamlet, where he engaged in buyinggrain ■vhich he stored in a small warehousecapable cf holding about three car-loads. Hewas a man of genial temper, hospitable andwon many life-long friends, no deserving per-son ever appealing to him for aid in vain, andtook a foremost place in charitable
. Historical encyclopedia of Illinois. 21, 1S31, son of Lorin A. and Eva (Petrie)Mills, who were parents of a family of sixchildren—three sons and three daughters. Mills graduated from a high school in hisnative State, later took a seminary course andin 1857 came to Ashton, Lee County, 111., thena small hamlet, where he engaged in buyinggrain ■vhich he stored in a small warehousecapable cf holding about three car-loads. Hewas a man of genial temper, hospitable andwon many life-long friends, no deserving per-son ever appealing to him for aid in vain, andtook a foremost place in charitable wcrk andin public improvements in his village. In hissuccessful business career he was closely iden-tified with his friend and partner, N. A. 22, 1879, Mr. Mills was married atAshton to Miss Louise Getman, daughter of HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY. 721 Daniel and Mary (Vrooman) Getman of Pa-lermo, Oswego County, N. Y., but formerly ofHerkimer County. In 1890, desiring to retirefrom active business. Mr. Mills erected an up-. S. F. MILLS. to-date borne at Parisb, Oswego County, N, there resides nine months each year,spending the remaining three months with hisfriends and partner, Mr. Petrie, at Ashton,111. In action and appearance he would betaken for a man in the prime of life. He isa member of the Methodist Episcopal church,and adopts as his motto, Good will to all,malice to none. Mr. Mills father was aColonel of the New York State militia and pa-ternally he is of Scotch extraction, and mater-nally of English descent. NATHAN A. PETRIE, Cashier of the AshtonBank, Ashton, 111., was born in Oswego, N. Y.,Nov. 14, 1S43. the seventh son of Rudolph andElizabeth (Vrooman) Petrie, natives of NewYork. His early ancestors were German. Thematernal grandfather captain of a fort inNew York in early colonial days, and was killedand scalped by the Indians, as were also hiswife and son John. N. A. Petrie was raisedon a farm, received his ediicational training: ina count
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