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STOTT MILLS, postmaster at Warwick, N. Y., was born at Paterson, N. J., June 26, 1840. His parents were John
and Sarah (Briarly) Mills, and both were of English extraction. The subject of this sketch acquired his education
at the public school at Paterson. He was identified with the Rogers Locomotive Works for a period of four years.
He enlisted in May, 1861, in Company A, Second Regiment, N. J. Vols., and was honorably discharged. He participated
in all the important engagements in which his regiment was engaged, and became first lieutenant. After the close
of the war he removed to Port Jervis, N. Y., and was connected with the Erie Railroad as foreman in the shops for
a period of fourteen years. He went west for three years, after which he removed to Warwick, N. Y., and filled
the position of master mechanic of the Lehigh and Hudson Railroad for sixteen years. In 1898 he was appointed postmaster
at Warwick, which position he still holds. He was united in marriage to Melvuta Jackson, of Amity, Orange County,
May 17, 1865. To this union five children were born; Sarah, Anna, Isabel, John and Charles. In politics Mr. Mills
is a republican. He is a member of Lincoln Post, G. A. R., of Newark, N. J., and attends the Episcopal Church of
Warwick.
From:
The History of Orange County New York
Edited by: Russel Headley
Van Deusen and Elms, Publishers
Middletown, N. Y. 1908
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