The Butler weekly times., 1896-05-14
Nearly A Century.

Ntdfif century.
The following is taken from a
Flemingsburg, Ky, paper. The SUBJ
ject Of the sketch is a brother o. 7.
p. Mills. and old and respected resi-
dent of Butler
1899. 1896.
The figures given above indicate
the span of life covered by our
neighbor, Benjamin 7. Mills, who
departed this life peacefully and
painlessly at the home of his son,
John F. Mills, in this city, Sunday
morning last, March 80. He had
been somewhat indisposed a week
or two before but had in a measure
recovered and was feeling as we'll as
usual that morning, but desired to
sit up in his chair. He was helped
into his chair and after sitting there
q short time his head seemed to sink
to the back of his chair aud almost
| before those about him were aware
of what ii meant he had passed away.
His funeral took place Tuesday af-
ternoon from the Christian Church,
of which be had been member al.
! most from the first organization of
that denomination in this county,
Elder ". S Willis delivering very
tit and appropriate sermon, while
| tributes to his worth and lessons
from his life were added by Rev
Jno B Evan and Rev Jas 2. Hen.
drick, both of who had known him
long aud well. At the close of the
! services the remains were conveyed
to our cemetery to await that resur-
| rection in which he so steadfastly
believed. His death removes the
| last link, so far as we know in this
county, which binds this century TO
| the last He was born November
Doth, 1899 He was Is days old
when George Washington died, and
lived through almost a century of
the worlds most wonderful progress
in all departments of human activity,
religious, p olitical and material. At
the time of his birth Kentucky was
frontier State only about s years
old. This country had only been
organized the year before, and this
town had just been laid out He
was born in this country and. as we
believe, never lived out of it. He
was a wood-workman by trade, aud
in those early times made all sorts
of furniture and farm tools Many
specimens of his handiwork are vet
to be found in this county, notably
grain cradles, in the making of which
he took a pride. He was first mar
ried in 1928 to Miss Mary Prather,
by whom he had three children, who
have all preceded him to that bourne
whence no traveller returns. His
wife dying in a few years leaving
him with three small children, be
was married second time in 1929
to Mrs. Elizabeth Early Ross. by
whom he also had three children,
| Thomas. now of Kansas CITY. No.
Lucy, wife of Chas. B. Tully. OF
johnson vicinity, and John F., who
lives in this city, aud who with his
excellent wife, afforded a pleasant
and assidious care for bis aged faith.
er in declining years. All the child.
ren were present at the funeral The
subject of this brief and imperfec:
sketch was a man of more SUNNY
temperament and contented mind
than We often meet. Often N an.
swer to the question, How are you
getting along, Uncle Bennyt" be
would say: The Lord is good ,c
me. | have as good home as an
old man Oh this earth. and John and
Matte do everything to make i
pleasant for me" He enjoyed tht
visits OF his friends after be became
so crippled as the result of fal
seven or eight years ago that be
:. could not get about very well, and
when his friends came in be would
sing the songs be loved in his Young.
er days, songs full of faith and trus;
in the in the Savior of mankind
Such was his life and his death was
a fitting end to It May We all learn
from him so DO our duty and trust
God for the rest