GEORGE B. MILLS, farmer, in Towanda township, P.O. Towanda, was born in North Towanda, this county, April 13, 1829, a son of Stephen A. and Amanda (Fanning) Mills, natives of this State. His grandfather, Edward Mills came to this county in 1801. His great-grandfather was brutally murdered by the British soldiers at Fort Griswold, Conn.
George B. Mills, the subject of this sketch, was united in marriage, June 19, 1856, with Ruth J., daughter of Samuel K. Harkness, a native of Madison county, N.Y.; they have the following children: Florence A., wife of Sidney R. Smith, residing in Rome, this county; Leslie D., married to Orris Smith; Willis, married to Isabel McMurran.
Mr. Mils’ present home is the homestead of his father, who built the old stone house, in 1839, which was for a long time used as a hotel, and is consequently one of the historic places in the county; he has the old farm under a fine state of cultivation, and is considered one of the principal farmers of the township. Mr. Mills has been for many years an active member of the Masonic Lodge, No. 108; has been a school director nearly twenty years; he is a Republican in politics and takes an interest in the affairs of he county. Mrs. Mills and all of her children are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Towanda; she has been an active worker in the Sunday-school.