Jesse C. Mills
19th century American physician and politician
Jesse Carr Mills (January 4, 1802 – March 16, 1875) was an American physician, Republican politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing Walworth County during the 1856 and 1857 sessions. He was one of dozens of lawmakers in the 1856 session caught up in the La Crosse and Milwaukee Railroad bribery scheme.
Biography
Jesse C. Mills was born in Francestown, New Hampshire. As a child, he moved with his family to Stockbridge, Vermont, where he received his education.
He studied medicine as a young man, and then moved to Congress Township, Wayne County, Ohio, in 1832. He taught school there for a year, and then moved to the nearby village of Seville, Ohio. After arriving in Seville, he resided for a time in the home of Judge Henry Hosmer. Along with seven other pioneer doctors of Medina County, Ohio, he was a co-founder of the Medina County Medical Society, and served as the first treasurer of the organization.
He came to the Wisconsin Territory in 1839, settling in the southern county of Walworth.
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