Family History - Rev. Thornton A. Mills

1. Rev. Thornton A. Mills,¹ born September 1810 in Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky (parents not determined);^{1, 2} died 19 June 1867 in Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey.^{2, 3} Thornton married, 12 September 1837 in Hamilton County, Ohio, Hulda M. Gazlay^{6, 7} (born ca. 1815 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, the daughter of James William Gazlay and Martha ‘Patty’ Randall;^{4, 5} Hulda died 30 June 1845 in Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio^{4, 5, 6}). Hulda is buried in Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio.⁴

1. U.S. Federal Census, 1850, Ohio, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Page 53, Thornton A. Mills, (35, Ky., N.S.P. Clergyman).
2. Presbyterian Reunion: A Memorial Volume, 1837-1881, New York: De Witt C. Lent & Company, 451 Broome Street, Chicago: Van Nortwick & Sparks. 1870. Available at Google Books. Page 243, biographical sketch of Rev. Dr. Thornton A. Mills.
3. Obituary, The New York Times, 20 June 1867, Rev. Dr. Thornton A. Mills on 19 June 1867, in the ferry house at Hoboken, New Jersey.
4. Cemetery Record, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio (website); Mills, Mrs. Hulda, card no. 31658; died 30 June 1845 in Cincinnati, Ohio; born in Cincinnati, Ohio; Lot Owner: Lane Seminary; Sec. 14, Lot A Sub A; Removed from Walnut Hills Cemetery Sep. or Oct. 1878.
5. The Cincinnati Miscellany, Or, Antiquities of the West: And Pioneer History and General And Local Statistics, compiled from the Western General Advertiser, from April 1st 1845 to April 1st 1846, by Charles Cist. Volume II. Cincinnati: Robinson & Jones, 109 Main Street, 1846. Available at Google Books. Page 44, Deaths: On Monday, June 30th, Mrs. Hulda Gazlay Mills, wife of Rev. Thornton A. Mills, in the 30th year of her age.
6. Gazlay History, written by Spencer G. Kuhn, a grandchild of Theodore Gazlay; undated. This is a typewritten re-compilation of the earlier Genealogy of the Gazlay Family, compiled by Theodore Gazlay in 1890, including the 1852 statement of the family history by Reverend Sayers Gazlay, an elder brother of Theodore. This document re-formats the information in the 1890 work. For example, facts originally shown in list form, such as birth and death dates, are incorporated in the narrative of this later work. Two post-1890 sections are unique to this document: one with additional details about Theodore Gazlay’s family, with dates as late as 1951; and another on the Donaldson family, featuring Jean Gazlay Donaldson and her six marriages, with several dates in 1965.
7. Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958, available at familysearch.org. Thornton A. Mills and Hulda M. Gazlay, 12 September 1837 in Hamilton County, Ohio.