Robert Henry Mills
b. 18 August 1887
- Father: Alexander Mills b. 7 April 1854
- Mother: Emma Winston Parrott b. 20 October 1859, d. 30 January 1956
- Robert Henry Mills was born on 18 August 1887 in Bismarck, Dakota Territory.
- Alexander Mills and Emma Winston Parrott appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Rock Creek, Whitman County, Washington. Other members of the household included Robert Henry Mills, Edith Abby Mills, Alta Ione Mills and Thomas Arthur Mills.
- Alexander Mills and Emma Winston Parrott appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Union, Whitman County, Washington. Other members of the household included Robert Henry Mills, Edith Abby Mills, Thomas Arthur Mills, Blanche Cameron, Alta Ione Mills and Allene Leone Mills.
- The following appeared on 2 February 1956 in the Ritzville Journal-Times: Funeral services for Mrs. Emma W. Mills, 96-year-old Inland Empire pioneer who died here Monday, were held Wednesday at the Sprague Community church with burial at Greenwood cemetery, Spokane. She was living in Sprague with a daughter, Mrs. Park N. Smalley.
Mrs. Mills and her husband, Alexander Mills, came to Washington from North Dakota in 1892. They lived at Tacoma and Pullman before settling on a farm near Sprague.
Later they moved to Ritzville where they lived for 12 years. Since her husband's death in 1936, Mrs. Mills had lived both with Mrs. Smalley in Sprague and with another daughter, Mrs. Richard B. Ott, in Ritzville.
Mrs. Mills was a member of Henrietta chapter of the Order of Eastern Star at Sprague and had been a member of the Espicopal church, later. Mrs. Mills also was survived by two sons, T. A. Mills of Sprague and R. H. Mills of Spokane, three grandchildren, Dean D. Williams of Portland, Don M. Smalley of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Mrs. Willard Hennings of Ritzville, and five grandchildren.
Another daughter, Mrs. R. D. Williams, had preceded her in death.
Danekas and Duncan funeral home was in charge of arrangments.
- Last Edited: 6 Apr 2012