History of the families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy, comprising genealogies and biographies of their posterity surnamed Milliken, Millikin, Millikan, Millican, Milligan, Mulliken and Mullikin, AD800-AD1907; containing names of thirty thousand persons, with copious notes on intermarried and collateral families, and abstracts of early land grants, wills, and other documents .. . ERICK S. AND MELVINA. i. Hon. Benjamin Milliken7 (11), eldest son of Frederick6 (2), and Melvina,b. in Appling Co., Ga., Dec. 13, 1842, was m. June 24, 1868, by Richard Ben-nett to Martha Hopps, b. May
History of the families Millingas and Millanges of Saxony and Normandy, comprising genealogies and biographies of their posterity surnamed Milliken, Millikin, Millikan, Millican, Milligan, Mulliken and Mullikin, AD800-AD1907; containing names of thirty thousand persons, with copious notes on intermarried and collateral families, and abstracts of early land grants, wills, and other documents .. . ERICK S. AND MELVINA. i. Hon. Benjamin Milliken7 (11), eldest son of Frederick6 (2), and Melvina,b. in Appling Co., Ga., Dec. 13, 1842, was m. June 24, 1868, by Richard Ben-nett to Martha Hopps, b. May 19, 1850. Fifteen children, of whom with 8thgeneration. At the age of ten years young Milliken was following the was constitutionally fond of useful knowledge and an apt scholar. Everyspare moment was occupied in study. He read all of the books and newspapershe could lay hands on, and often by the dim light of pitch knots at night. Be-fore he was twelve years of age he had taught two schools. Before he was eigh-teen he entered the Confederate Army, being one of Grays, thefirst company raised in Appling County. He was at the battles of Yorktown, Wil-liamsburg, and Seven Pines, and was one who waded the Potomac when theConfederate Army entered Maryland in 1862. He was also in the battles ofBoonesborough, Sept. 14, 1862, and Sharpsburg, Sept. 17, 1862. In this battle,. POSTERITY OF EDWARD MJLLIKEN. 131 called by the Federals Antietam, he was taken prisoner, and being severelywounded was soon discharged. For more than a year he was on crutches, andthe effects of his wound are seen in his gait to-day. As soon as he could walkwith a cane he organized a company over which he was elected captain, andagain entered the Confederate Army in 1864. He was among those taken prison-ers by Sherman at Savannah, and was confined in the Old Capitol Prison inWashington. Thence he was removed to Fort Delaware, where he was confineduntil June 19, 1865, after the war had closed.
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