Presented by Dave Neuhardt

William Mills - the "Father of Yellow Springs" - lies here with his father, stepmothers, several siblings, three wives and four of his children. His father, Elisha Mills, came here in 1827, having purchased property for a resort. In 1842 Elisha deeded 600 acres of land to his son William who had dreams of founding a town. William brought the railroad through in 1846 and had a village laid out by 1855 which was incorporated the following year. He donated $20,000 and 20 acres of land to entice Antioch College to locate here. William's mother, Nancy Perry Mills, was an aunt of abolitionist John Brown. The Mills children are among the earliest burials in the Glen Forest Cemetery