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• The name Millus derives from Bavaria (Germany), but the surname Millus is also found in England and Scotland.  There are other Millus families in other parts of New York.  John's birth in New York fits with the presence of an immigrant from Bayern (Bavaria) named Johann Millus, enumerated in the 1870 census in Erie, New York.  In the 1880 census, John's parents are both reported as also born in NY, not Bavaria.  Records for John are limited.
  
  John and his wife Ruth are reported in the 1880 census in Missouri, where all the children were born.  They moved to Oklahoma at an uncertain point.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Douglas County, Missouri, 10 June, Campbell Township, District 28, page 28 (scan 492C), Hse/Fam #18
  Millus, John B  W M 45 Head Farmer Carpenter NY NY NY [b abt 1835]
  Millus, Ruth W F 36 Wife Keeping House Ark KY Tenn [abt 1844]
  Millus, Loumine S  W F 18 Dau Single At Home MO NY AR [abt 1862]
  Millus, Hiram B  W M 12 Son Farming MO NY AR [b abt 1868]
  Millus, Harriet L  W F 10 Dau At Home MO NY AR [abt 1870]
  Millus, Mary C  W F 5 Dau At Home MO NY AR [abt 1875]
  Millus, Martha C  W M 4 Dau At Home MO NY AR [b abt 1876]
  
  1910 Federal Census, Latimer County, Oklahoma, 27 April, Damon Township, District 131, Page 3A, Hse #43, Fam #45
  Millus, John B Head M W 75 Married 47 yrs NY NY NY No Occupation Rents [b abt 1845]
  Millus, Ruth Wife F W 66 Married 47 yrs 7 children/7 living AR KY TN No Occupation
  Millus, Elad [?] Dau F W 27 Single MO NY AR
  Brown, Hariet [sic] Dau F W 39 Widow MO NY AR
  Brown, Pearl Granddau F W 11 Single OK AR MO
  Brown, Dolf Grandson M W 10 Single OK AR MO
  Brown, Harry C Grandson M W 7 Single OK AR MO
  
  Living next door to John and Ruth is their son John B Jr and his young family  Two doors on the other side of John is their widowed daughter Mary Merryman and her children.
  
  1910 Federal Census, Latimer County, Oklahoma, 27 April, Damon Township, District 131, Page 3A, Hse #44, Fam #46
  Millus, John B Head M W 29 Marriage 2 Married 2 yrs MO NY AR farm Laborer Working Out Owns [b abt 1881]
  Millus, Cattie Wife F W 21 Marriage 2 Married 2 yrs 1 children/1 living AR US US No Occupation
  Millus, Gurtie Dau F W 11mos Single OK MO AR
  
  1910 Federal Census, Latimer County, Oklahoma, 27 April, Damon Township, District 131, Page 3A, Hse #46, Fam #48
  Marymon [Merryman], Mary Head F W 35 Widow 8 children/5 living MO NY AR No Occupation Owns
  Marymon [Merryman], Perry D Son M W 17 Single MO US MO Farm Laborer, Working Out
  Marymon [Merryman], Jissie [Jesse] Son M W 12 Single OK US MO Farm Laborer, Working Out
  Marymon [Merryman], Bengiman [Benjamin] Son M W 7 Single OK US MO
  Marymon [Merryman], Jewel Dau F W 4 Single OK US MO
  
  No information has been found on the date of death.  It was probably in 1935.  In December that year, a funeral home on Bengal, Oklahoma, ordered a military gravestone for his grave in Bengal.
  
  U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
  Millus B John [typed] (John B [handwritten]
  Sergeant Co F, Phelps Regiment, Missouri Infantry, Union
  Date of Death Unknown
  Peachland Cemetery, Bingal [sic misspelling], Oklahoma
  To be shipped to Layton-Brown at Bengal [sic, correct], Oklahoma
  P O Address LeFlore, Oklahoma
  Ordered by Layton-Brown, LeFlore, Oklahoma, 16 December 1935
  To AGO 19 Dec 1935
  Ordered Columbia MS 31 Jan 1936
  Shipped 11 March 1936
  
  There are two memorials for John on Find a Grave.  The compiler of both memorials have provided the names of his  parents and links to their memorials.  The first has the names of his children.
  
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  John Benjamin Millus
  Birth Mar. 6, 1835 Columbia County, New York
  Death Sep 28, 1924 Oklahoma
  
  Union Soldier, Sgt. Co. F, Missouri Inf.
  He enrolled on Dec. 6, 1861 at Rolla, MO. He mustered out on May 12, 1862.
  He was the son of Philo Millus and Harriet Turpin. Husband of Ruth B. Castelow and father of Loumine S., Hiram B., Harriet L., Mary C., Martha C. and John Jr. Milus. He worked as a carpenter.
  His parents were both born in New York.
  
  Parents:
  Philo Millius (1805 - 1891)
  Harriet Turpin Melius (1806 - 1891)
  Spouse Ruth W. Castelow Millus (1844 - 1920)
  
  Children:
  Lum Millus (1865 - 1951)
  Martha Millus Standerfer (1875 - 1961)
  Brother Seth Millius (1833 - 1885)
  
  Burial Peachland Cemetery, Bengal, Latimer County, Oklahoma
  
  Created by MillieBelle Apr 30, 2007
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #19159392, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=19159392
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  John Benjamin Millus
  Birth Mar 6, 1835 Columbia County, New York
  Death Sep 28, 1924 Oklahoma
  
  Parents: Philo Millius and Harriet Turpin Millius
  Spouse Ruth W. Castelow Millus (1844 - 1920)
  John and Ruth's children: Lum Millus and Martha Millus Standerfer
  
  Children:
  Hiram Boyd Millus (1867 - 1954)
  Harriet L. Millus Brown (1870 - 1957)
  Mary C. Millus Dollison (1873 - 1947)
  John B. Millus (1880 - 1914)
  Margaret Elva Millus (1882 - 1927)
  
  Inscription:  1 Sgt, Co. F Phelps Regt, Mo. Inf.
  [This is, in fact, all there is on the stone.  There are no dates.]
  
  Burial Peachland Cemetery, Bengal, Latimer County, Oklahoma
  
  Created by Donna Jul 31, 2010
  --  Find A Grave Memorial #55686273, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55686273
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Sources

• 1. 1910 Federal Census, Latimer County, Oklahoma
  • 27 April, Damon Township, District 131, Page 3A, Hse #43, Fam #45
• 2. 1880 Federal Census, Douglas County, Missouri
  • 10 June, Campbell Township, District 28, page 28 (scan 492C), Hse/Fam #18
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. U.S., Headstone Applications, 1925-1963
• 5. U.S., Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
• 6. 1920 Federal Census, Latimer County, Oklahoma
  • 5 January, Damon Township, District 87, Page 1B, Hse/Fam #13
• 7. Ancestry Trees
• 8. 1900 Federal Census, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 7 June, Township 4 (Sugar Loaf County), District 94, Page 16B, House/Family #5
• 9. 1910 Federal Census, Latimer County, Oklahoma
  • 27 April, Damon Township, District 131, Page 3A, Hse #46, Fam #48