STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1881, p.8, c.4,
STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 1904, p.7, c.7, 
"24 YEARS AGO - PEOPLE WHO WERE 75 YEARS OF AGE BY June 1, 
1880"

WOOSTER McMILLEN, 02 Sep 1804 - 05 Feb 1881
                        DIED
McMILLEN-In Pleasant Lake, Feb. 5, 1881, Wooster McMillen, 
aged 76 years, 5 months and 3 days.
   He was born in the state of Vermont, Sept. 2, 1804.  When 
he was two years old, his parents removed to Livingston 
county, N. Y., where they resided until he was sixteen, 
thence to Sandusky county, Ohio, where he was married Feb. 
13, 1833, to Miss Mary Bullard, who survives him.  In 1836 he 
moved with his family to Pleasant Lake, on the farm where he 
lived and died.  He purchased his land from the government, 
and the title has never changed.  Four children were born 
unto them, two daughters and two sons.  One daughter and one 
son are still living, and ministered to a loving father's 
wishes in his last moments.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   Wooster McMillen, 02 Sep 1804 - 05 Feb 1881, married Mary 
(Bullard) McMillen, 1814 - no date of death.  They are buried 
at Pleasant Lake Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

CHILDREN OF THE MARRIAGE:
   Ruth Ann (McMillen) Woodworth, 1834 - 21 Mar 1864, on 28 
Aug 1858 married Stewart H. Woodworth, 1834 - no date of 
death.  Ruth is buried at Old Angola Cemetery, Angola, 
Steuben County, Indiana.  Stewart's burial place unknown.
   Mary Elizabeth (McMillen) VanAuken, 22 Aug 1838 - 06 Feb 
1906, on 29 Dec 1865, became the 2nd wife of Horace Newell 
VanAuken, 23 Oct 1839 - 06 Jul 1914.  They are buried at 
Pleasant Lake Cemetery.
   Alonzo C. McMillen, 1847 - no date of death, was still 
living when his father died.  He married 1st, on 12 Apr 1877, 
Mary Jane (Huss) McMillen, 1850 - she died or they were 
divorced before he married his 2nd wife, on 26 Mar 1887, Dora 
(Nisonger) McMillen, 1850 - 1932.  Alonzo and Mary Jane's 
burial place unknown.  Dora is buried at Circle Hill 
Cemetery, Angola, Steuben County, Indiana.  

"Marriage Records, Steuben County, Indiana, 1837-1899"
Steuben Republican, 21 Jun 1893, "City of the Dead," Ruth A. 
Woodworth.
Steuben Republican, 16 Aug 1893, "City of the Dead," Wooster 
McMillen.
Steuben Republican, 02 Aug 1906, "Old Settlers" death list, 
Mary M. VanAuken.
"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990," by Audree 
Seibel Lewis, Vol. 1, pages 1231, 1232, 1860, 1861, 1999.
www.familysearch.org: 
   Family Group Record for Wooster McMillan (their spelling)
   1880 United States Census, Wooster McMillen, Steuben, 
Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library Film 
#1254312, NA Film #T9-0312, page #300A.
   1880 United States Census, Horace VanAuken, Steuben, 
Steuben County, Indiana, Family History Library Film 
#1254312, NA Film #T9-0312, page #305C. 
Submitted by Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net