The 1850 Center Township, Polk County, Arkansas census gives Nancy's place of birth as Tennessee. The 1880 census gives her parents place of birth as Tennessee as well.

According to Dean Mills, Nancy's middle name is Edelyn. However, on the death certificate of her daughter Nancy Elizabeth (Lizzie) Cagle, her mother's name is listed as Emily Lawrence. The last name was very hard to read and may be incorrect. Emily may in fact be Nancy E., as Emily was often a short form of Emaline. This is very close to Edelyn, which Dean said was her middle name. Nancy E. may have been called by her middle name as her daughter Nancy Elizabeth was.

In the 1880 Arkansas census the family listed next door to Nancy and Thomas is the family of Daniel Lawrence. More research needs to be done to determine if this could be a member of Nancy's family. By tracing Daniel's lineage we might find Nancy's. Daniel was born in 1825, just about the right age to be Nancy's brother. The census lists Daniel as a farmer, born in Tennessee.

The 1880 census is the last record we have of Nancy. The exact date of her death is unknown.

Choctaw, Roll # 13253 1/4 Choctaw. According to her son Jack, Delora went to school in Tuscahoma.

Elijah was one of the first alderman of Mena, Arkansas

According to Gracie's granddaughter, LaHoma Shannon, Gracie left Tom and her 5 children sometime in 1929 or early 1930. Lorene was 11 at the time. Gracie is supposed to have left with a half sister who came to visit.

According to LaHoma Shannon, grandaughter of Gracie, there are indications that Graphen would not support his wife and daughter.

According to Lahoma Shannon, Gracie Green's granddaughter, Graphen and Ada were married very young. Graphen wouldn't make a living, so she left him. Gracie called Roy Stone "Papa".

Died when he was 2 days old.

According to Lahoma Shannon, Gracie Green's granddaughter, Graphen and Ada were married very young. Graphen wouldn't make a living, so she left him. Gracie called Roy Stone "Papa".

Henry is listed in the 1850 Arkansas census with his parents, Thomas I. and Nancy E. Mills. He was born in Alabama about 1846, as he is listed on the census as being 4 years old. Henry does not appear on any later census records, and a handwritten note by Jack Mills indicates that Henry drowned while still a child.

Jerusha lost three fingers in a machinery accident as a child in Mena. Thomas J. Mills was said to have buried the fingers next to the fireplace in the old Janssen Park cabin.

Sylvester and Ida Mae had 7 children, although 11 children are shown. It is assumed 4 of the children are Coleen and Sylvester's children.

Although the 1900 census indicates Thomas Albert Mills was born in Mena, Arkansas, he put "near Webbers Falls, OK" as his birthplace on his social security application dated February 10, 1937.

Thomas' son Jack remembers that when he was around 10-12 (1934-1936) his father was arrested for bootlegging. Thomas used to make trips to the Kiamichi Mountain area and come back with booze. Although he was arrested for possession he probably sold the whiskey too. He spent about 6 months in the prison in Muskogee, Oklahoma.

According to Thomas' son Jack, Thomas had a grocery store in Eufala. He took his brother George in as a partner. They moved it to Quinton, Oklahoma, but it didn't do well there, so they moved it back to Eufala. Somehow George wound up as the owner.

In Quinton, Thomas and Delora had a house with two rooms. Thomas and Delora lived in the front room, and the 9 kids shared 3 beds in the back room. The house burned down. Thomas always thought a man who lived a few blocks away, Mart Hopper, had his black worker burn it down. Delora got some Indian money and bought a 2 bedroom house a couple of blocks away.

In 1942 Thomas and Delora moved to Chandler, Arizona so Thomas could work in a civil service job at Williams Air Force Base.

Isaac may be spelled incorrectly.

The 1880 Arkansas census records indicate Thomas was born in North Carolina. The same census indicates his father was born in Virginia and his mother was born in North Carolina. Their names are not known.

Thomas's exact whereabouts are not known between 1818 and 1846. We first found a record of him in the 1850 census for Polk County, Arkansas. The census indicated his first three children were born in Alabama, so we can assume he lived there from at least 1846 when their first son Henry was born until sometime in 1849 when their son Thomas J. was born. Notes from research done earlier by Mary D. Robinson show that Thomas and Nancy were married in Alabama, but we have not been able to confirm this.

In the 1850 census Thomas is listed as a carpenter, and in the 1860 census as a farmer. That census also indicated he had $1,200 in real estate and $1,800 in personal property. In the 1860's Thomas I. Mills and his family lived in the log cabin which still exists on its original site, located in Janssen Park in Mena, AR. His daughter Nancy married Elijah Cagle in the cabin in 1869. During this time Thomas contracted to handle the six mail routes out of old Dallas, the county seat, handling mail to and from Hot Springs, Fort Smith, Arkadelphia, and other points in Howard and Sevier counties. The 1860 census shows three mail carriers living in the Mills household.

The 1870 Arkansas census lists the value of his personal estate at $1,000. From 1874 to 1878 Thomas served as a Polk County judge. In 1880 he is still listed as a farmer, with two sons still living at home working on the farm. This is the last record of Thomas Isaac Mills that we know of. Where and when he died is not certain.

According to the 1870 Arkansas census Thomas J. and wife Nancy A. Mills are living with his parents, Thomas Isaac and Nancy E. Mills. At this time Thomas J. is working his parents' farm. Thomas J. and Nancy A. Mills show up in the Logan County, Arkansas census in 1880.

According to Lahoma (Jameson) Shannon, Thomas J. Mills was killed in a sawmill accident in 1894. Dean Mills, son of Sylvester "Ves" Mills, says that he was actually murdered and it was made to look like an accident. The story is that Thomas hired a black man to work in the mill and the other workers didn't like it. This is supposedly the time that the family moved to Oklahoma, as Nancy was afraid for the rest of the family.

In 1900 Nancy A. is a widow living in the Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory.

Cobb was a US Marshall in Oklahoma Territory and later a Justice of the Peace in McAlester. He was mean and grouchy according to many.

Roland's life came to a tragic end. He got drunk one night and laid down by a fire and burned his legs nearly off. He died in a hospital in McAlester, Oklahoma.

Cherokee Indian (undeclared).

Nancy was a widow by 1900, living in the Choctaw Nation, Gaines County. Four of her children were living with her at the time. Her son, John, lived next door to her. The census listed her as owning 256 acres, which her son John apparently rented from her.

Just 8 houses down from her on the census is a possible relative, Albert Smith. Mrs. Mary D. Robinson's notes indicate Nancy had a brother, Albert H. Smith.

John Aden White is the brother of Samuel J. (Jay) White who married Sarah's niece, Savannah P. Mills.

Samuel is a brother of John Aden White who married Savannah's aunt Sarah Della Mills.