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 .. . enced dealing in livestock andwas very successful. His father knowing of his good judgment assistedhim financially. In 1855 he began to invest extensively in government land, enteringlarge tracts in Il
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 .. . enced dealing in livestock andwas very successful. His father knowing of his good judgment assistedhim financially. In 1855 he began to invest extensively in government land, enteringlarge tracts in Illinois and Iowa. Such investments were judiciously madeand proved very profitable. Several thousand acres were bought at onedollar an acre and sold at a handsome advance in price. In 1857 he went to Decatur, 111., then a village of a few hundred still had large investments in land and stock, and the next three yearswere spent in disposing of the stock and in realizing on some of the lands. In i860 the need of another bank became apparent in Decatur, and anumber of business men suggested to Mr. Millikin that he was the man toestablish one. Being inexperienced in banking business, he had not con-templated embarking in such a venture but after clue consideration he de-cided that there was a good opening and established himself in bankingunder the firm name of J. Millikin & JAMES MILLIKIN
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