Individual Details
John Morton "Mort" Mills
(25 Oct 1871 - 17 Aug 1900)
1900 Census. Dated 8 Jun 1900. Union Twp, Crawford, AR, Hh 83
John M. Mills, b. Oct 1871, age 28, married 7 years, Blacksmith
Fannie L., wife, b. Apr 1879, 21, 3 children - 2 are living
Omer H., son, b. Nov 1891, age 8
Joe R., son, b. Dec 1896, 3
John M., son, b. Nov 1898, age 1
Joseph H. Wheeler, servant, b. Sep 1878, age 26
[next door to Randolph Comstock - his 1st wife's brother]
"Morton was widowed young and left with a small son, Omar Mills. At age 22, he met and married Fannie Nolan on 7 Jan 1894 and had 3 children: Irene, Roy, and John."
"..and his family made their home in Uniontown, until Aug. 17, 1900, when he was ambushed by a man while riding his horse in the woods between Lee Creek and Uniontown. Morton died in the woods from the bullets of a left handed sharp shooter. Later a man by the name of Mr. Truitt was arrested and jailed."
Excerpt from History of Crawford County, p. 387-388
Bryan Morning Eagle, published Bryan, TX.
20 Aug 1900
Fatal Arkansas Duel
Van Buren, Ark., Aug. 20. Word has just been received here from Uniontown, a small inland trading point 20 miles distant, of a fatal pistol duel at that point Friday evening between Henry Truitt and Morton Mills, resulting in the death of the latter and wounding of the former. Bad blood had existed between the two men since Truitt's marriage two years ago. Friday afternoon they met in a country road, and each drew a gun and opened fire, Mills falling, shot through the heart. Truitt was able to mount his horse and fled toward the Indian Territory.
The same article appeared in The Forrest City Times, Forrest City, Ark., Friday, 24 Aug 1900.
Events
| Birth | 25 Oct 1871 |  | |||
| Marriage | 16 Jul 1889 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Cornelia Comstock | | ||
| Marriage | 9 Aug 1894 | Crawford County, Arkansas - Fannie L. Nolan | | ||
| Death | 17 Aug 1900 | |
Families
| Spouse | Cornelia Comstock (1875 - 1893) |
| Child | Omer Hiram Mills (1891 - 1964) |
| Spouse | Fannie L. Nolan (1879 - ) |
| Child | Irene Mills ( - 1900) |
| Child | Joe Roy Mills (1896 - 1910) |
| Child | John Morton Mills Jr. (1898 - ) |
| Father | John Buchanan Mills (1843 - 1914) |
| Mother | Alice F. Morton (1851 - 1898) |
| Sibling | William H. Mills (1868 - ) |
| Sibling | James H. Mills (1876 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).
2. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR).
3. Mary Jane Comstock, Compiler; Comstock-Haggard and Allied Families; (Chicago: Adams Press, 1973).
4. Marriage Index: Arkansas, 1850-1900. CD #244 Family Tree Maker.
5. Oma Cole & Hazel Brown, Crawford County Arkansas Marriages (Alma, Arkansas, Self-published, 1977), Book D 1887-1892; p.31.
6. US Census 1900 AR, Crawford Co. (LDS Microfilm #1240056), Union Twp. p.225b; Household 83.
7. Compiled by Doris Stevenson West & Susan Stevenson Sevenburn, History in Headstones; A Complete Listing of all Marked Graves In Known Cemeteries of Crawford County, Arkansas. August 1970. No index. Arranged by cemetery. (Original c1970; The Press-Argus. Reprinted in paperback 1993, Old Van Buren Press; Van Buren, AR), Buried in Comstock Cemetery.