I just ran across this item at http://iowaoldpress.com/IA/Henry/1879/MAY.html :
"Elisha McMillan, of Pilot Grove [...] was born Feb. 19th, 1799, in York county, Penn., where he resided until 1829 when he moved to the Wabash Valley Ind. and engaged in merchandising and grazing for five years, then he moved near Primrose, Lee Co., Iowa, and engaged in farming and stock raising, which he continued with good success until 1866 when he moved to Mt. Pleasant Iowa and lived a retired life until the spring of 1874, when he removed to his late residence one mile south of Salem. In anti-slavery times he was an active worker in the cause often having many fugitives concealed on his premises at the same time. [...] He was a member of the Society of Friends [...]"
It's about halfway down the long page of text, under the heading:
A SAD ACCIDENT
Death of Eli McMillan
Caused by a Kick from a Horse
Is more of the story of Elisha McMillan told elsewhere?
Please send me other obscure snippets you run across. No clue too small!
Dan
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