“History of Grant County, Wisconsin” W. C. Butterfield, 1881, 
published:  Chicago, IL:   Western Historical Society

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:

TOWN OF MONTFORT.

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Alonzo D. Mills, farmer, Sec. 15; P.O. Montfort; was born in the town of Batavia, 
Genesee Co., N.Y., in 1812; his parents removed to the State of Illinois when he 
was a child; he came to Mineral Point in the then Territory of Wisconsin in 1837;
the following year he settled at Centerville, where he lived about eight years; he 
then settled on his present farm, where he has since resided; has been twice 
married. His first wife was Miss Emily Jane TOWNSEND, whom he married at 
Centerville; she was born in Wisconsin. His present wife was Mary E. DENSON, 
born in Ireland; has had fifteen children- seven sons and five daughters are 
living. Mr. Mills was appointed Justice of the Peace by Gov. Dodge when 
Wisconsin was yet a Territory; he has held that office for about twenty years.