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Source: Atlas Map of Fulton County, Illinois, 
Andreas, Lyter, and Co., Davenport, Iowa. 1871
(page 47)

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Emaline Mills.--- Ira Bishop, the father of Mrs. Emalinc Mills, was born in the state of Connecticut, and emigrated to Illinois in the year 1839, and settled in Trivolia, Peoria county, where he remained until the year 1856, when he died at the age of seventy-seven years. Emaline was born in Connecticut, in the year 1811, and came to Illinois with her parents, in 1839, at the age of fifteen. She married Mr. Lem. Martson in Canada, and had six children, three boys and three girls -- three now living and three dead. Mr. Martson died in the year 1838; Mrs. Martson lived by herself and supported her family as best she could -- giving them all a reasonable education, and preparing them for ordinary and honorable pursuits in life. 
    
In 1840 Mrs. Martson again married (Gideon Mills), and settled on Copperscreek, Fulton county, Illinois, and lived there until the year 1853, when they moved and settled on section thirteen, in Deerfield township, where she still resides. On the 4th day of November, 1870, Mr. Mills departed this life; Mrs. Mills again being left a widow, with an addition of eight children to her former family, four boys and four girls -- five living and three dead. Mrs. Mills is the mother of fourteen children in all; six of them are dead and eight are still alive. Mrs. Mills sent three sons to the support of the government during the late war, who all served their respective terms and got their honorable discharges, without either of them receiving a wound. James Martson and David Mills, her sons, served in the 55th Regiment Illinois Infantry; Nelson Mills served in the 70th Regiment Illinois Infantry. Mrs. Mills has four children married -- one living in Montana, one in Kansas, one in Iowa, and one in Fulton county, Illinois. The rest are single, and living at home. Mrs. Mills is now sixty years of age, weighs 258 pounds, but is in poor health. Mrs. Mills is entitled to great credit for the manner she has supported her family through many hard struggles. Mrs. Mills is now comfortably situated on her own homestead, which is in good order and very productive, situated on Spoon River bottom.