Researching Lewis Mills
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 38838 people with the Mills surname? In that year Mills was ranked number 78 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Lewis means "Form of LOUIS. Famous in Battle" and is of Teutonic origin.
Records of Lewis Mills on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Lewis Mills and the Mills Family Tree
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| Did you know that there are currently 48316 people with the Mills surname in the UK? Mills is now ranked number 85 for popularity in the UK. |
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| Did you know that there are currently 185333 people with the Mills surname in the USA? Mills is ranked number 96 for popularity in the USA. |
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Some Famous People called Lewis Mills
Lewis Mills (basketball)
Lewis Benson Mills (February 5, 1937 – October 12, 2011) was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Richmond from 1963 to 1974 and athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth University from 1976 to 1986. In college, Mills was a point guard for the Virginia Tech Hokies and served as captain in his senior year. He was inducted into the Virginia Tech Sports Hall of Fame in 1991. Mills also served as athletic director at Western Kentucky University from 1995 until his retirement in 1999.
Source: Lewis Mills (basketball), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Lewis Mills (rugby league)
Lewis Mills (born 30 May 1989) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Crusaders in the Super League, and is dual registered with the South Wales Scorpions in the Championship 1. He signed for the Crusaders, then Celtic Crusaders in 2008, after coming through the youth ranks at the Newport Titans. Mills' position of preference is . Mills made his Super League début in 2009's Super League XIV, coming off the bench in a round 24 loss away to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He has since played one three more occasions, all of which were substitute appearances. Mills also gained national honours, playing for his native Wales in their European Cup success in 2009.
Source: Lewis Mills (rugby league), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Lewis Este Mills
Lewis Este Mills (August 13, 1836 – April 10, 1878) was an American lawyer and author. He was born in Morristown, New Jersey, on August 13, 1836, the son of. Lewis and Sarah A. Mills.
He graduated from Yale College in 1856. He studied law at first in Morristown, and later completed his studies in Cincinnati, where he was admitted to the bar in November 1858. Mills became a partner in the firm of Mills & Hoadly, in which his elder brother Edward Mills was the senior member. In 1859, he formed a partnership with A. T. Goshorn in the same city.
He joined the Union Army late in the Civil War, as a volunteer aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. R. B. Potter, and served in the Army of the Southwest during that year's campaign, which included the siege of Vicksburg.
Returning to Cincinnati, he married Jean Springer, daughter of Charles Springer, on January 7, 1864. After his marriage, Mills gradually withdrew from active practice and devoted himself to travel and literary pursuits. He published a revision of Handy's Reports of the Superior Court of Cincinnati (in 1877), and printed privately (in 1867) a volume of Glimpses of Southern France and Spain. He went to Europe for the fourth time in summer 1877. After traveling in Normandy and passing the winter in Brussels, he reached Florence, Italy, in an invalid condition. There, while wasting away from a disease of the kidneys, he died from a sudden attack of heart-disease on April 10, 1878, at age 42. His wife survived him, without children.
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