From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
publ. 1912, Page 1455-1456
 
ORLIN H. MILLS, D.D.S.  The profession of dentistry has a worthy exponent in 
Walworth county in the person of Dr. Orlin H. MILLS, of East Troy, who, 
because of his skill and long years of practice here is well known throughout 
this locality and who ranks high among his professional brethren in the 
southern part of the Badger state, for he was, it seems, well adapted by 
nature for this vocation, being, in the first place, a student, so that he has 
kept well abreast of the times in everything that pertains to his work, and he 
is also the possessor of those personal traits which one must have in order to 
be popular with the masses.  He is a man who can be depended upon, and his 
hundreds of patients know that they can repose the utmost confidence in him 
and rely upon his judgment.  He is also of a sociable nature, and an 
optimistic one - he believes in finding the silver lining to every cloud, 
maintaining that all clouds have such, and that the obstacles we daily 
encounter on the road of life should but serve to arouse our combative nature, 
and cause us to accomplish more rather than yield to the perverse rulings of 
fate.
 
Doctor MILLS was born in Deerfield, Manshara county, Wisconsin, on July 1, 
1862.  He is the son of Charles and Phoebe (WRIGHT) MILLS, the father born in 
Canada and the mother born in Pennsylvania.  The former was young when he 
accompanied his parents, Alfred and Ruth MILLS, from Canada to Manshara county 
and settled on a farm when the country was new, and through hard work they 
established a good home and there the parents spent the rest of their lives.  
Grandfather MILLS was a ship carpenter by trade.
 
Charles MILLS, father of the subject, was reared in Waushara county, this 
state, and when young learned the blacksmith's trade, also that of 
wheelwright, and he lived in the town of Deerfield until the commencement of 
the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Nineteenth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry 
and served faithfully through many trying campaigns and hotly-contested 
battles, until his death, 1865.  His widow survived him many years, dying in 
1892.  They were the parents of three children, two of whom are living in 
1892.  They were the parents of three children, two of whom are living.  Mrs. 
MILLS was again married, her second husband being Daniel KINGSLEY, of 
Pennsylvania, and to this union one daughter was born, who is still living.
 
Mr. Olin H. MILLS was reared in Deerfield, Wisconsin, and there received his 
early education in the public schools, from which he was graduated.  Early in 
life he took up the study of dentistry in an office at Plainfield, Wisconsin, 
with Dr. M. L. BROWN, who had taken a post-graduate course in the dental 
department of Northwestern University, from which department the subject was 
graduated with the class of 1899.  Soon afterwards he came to East Troy, 
Walworth county, and opened an office which he has since maintained, enjoying 
a very liberal patronage, his office being thoroughly equipped with all modern 
appliances and furnishings to insure prompt and high grade service.
 
Doctor MILLS belongs to the State Dental Society and the Southwestern Dental 
Association.  Politically, he is a Republican, and while he takes more or less 
interest in public affairs he has never sought office.
 
Fraternally, the Doctor belongs to St. James Lodge No. 41, Free and Accepted 
Masons, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Modern Woodmen of America and the 
Royal Neighbors.
 
Doctor MILLS was married on December 30, 1886, to Ida DUELL, who was born in 
Wautoma, Wisconsin, September 18, 1864 the daughter of Millard and Adaline 
(BROWN) DUELL.  Her father was a mason by trade and one of the early settlers 
of Wautoma.  He and his wife are now both deceased.  To the Doctor and wife 
four children have been born, named as follows: Mae, who married Rockwell 
BRIGHAM, of Sharon, Wisconsin, has one child, Beulah; Grace married Frank 
WENDT,a farmer of Troy township; Pearl was next in order of birth, and Ella 
was the youngest of the family.
 
Submitted by Carol
 
[Transcriber's note: I wonder if in the first couple paragraphs the word 
Manshara should be Waushara.]