Mills, Robert S.

Born: 1814-XX-XX Ohio

Flourished: Coles County, Illinois

Mills served as a probate judge in Coles County, Illinois, from 1843 to 1847. In 1850, he was employed as a druggist in Charleston, Illinois. In 1860, Mills was one of the proprietors of the Coles County village of Etna, where he managed a mercantile store and served as the village's first postmaster.

The History of Coles County, Illinois (Chicago: Wm. Le Baron, Jr., 1879), 247, 508-9; U.S. Census Office, Seventh Census of the United States (1850), Charleston, Coles County, IL, 12.