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ROY S. MILLS
The name borne by Roy S. Mills is
indelibly traced on the history of San Joaquin County, for his grandfather,
Freeman B. Mills, was a pioneer of the county, coming in 1853 across the plains
from Illinois and he became a very prominent citizen. He served as sheriff of the county for one
term and was active in local Republican politics and was a charter member of
Jefferson Lodge of Odd Fellows. Roy S.
Mills was born in Paso Robles, California, April 29, 1895; his father, George
Mills, was born on the Freeman B. Mills ranch one mile west of Lodi and
received his education in the schools of his native district. After finishing his education he moved to San
Luis Obispo County and purchased a ranch in the vicinity of Paso Robles. He married Miss Mary Bucher, a native
daughter of California, and their six children were born on their ranch at Paso
Robles, namely: Ralph; Stella, Mrs. Guy
Knight; Ethel, Mrs. Fred McCann; Claude; Glendora, Mrs. Marcus Nelson, and Roy
S., the subject of our sketch. The
father passed away at the age of sixty-four years in Woodbridge.
Roy S. Mills attended the Woodbridge
grammar school and the Lodi high school and at the age of eighteen years struck
out for himself, working first in Stockton.
About four years ago he returned to Lodi where he bought a twenty-one
acre ranch on Walnut Avenue set to vineyard and amply watered by a good
irrigation system; then he purchased another on Terminus Road, consisting of
twenty acres, one-half of which was set to vineyard and the balance bare land;
later he sold this ranch and then bought his present forty-acre ranch on the
Cherokee Road south of Lodi, which is a producing vineyard.
The marriage of Mr. Mills occurred
in Stockton and united him with Miss Corinne Bentley, a native of Lodi,
California, a daughter of Rodney and Elizabeth Bentley. The former was born in Dixon, California, and
later moved to Lodi where he engaged in the merchandise business. Both parents reside in Lodi, as does their
daughter, Cecil Bentley McMillan. Mr.
and Mrs. Mills are the parents of two children:
James and El Roy, and in politics Mr. Mills is a Republican
Transcribed by Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
490. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2011 Gerald Iaquinta.
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