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     Jesse Fearrington Milliken was a lawyer.³ He was born on 30 July 1888 at Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.^4,2,5 He was the son of Honorable John Rowe Milliken and Annie Bun Fearrington.⁴ He was called into service as a 2nd Lieutenant. He was stationed at Camp Jackson in South Carolina, Fort Sill in Oklahoma and Camp Meade in Maryland. on 27 November 1917.⁶ He began military service on 27 November 1917 at USA.⁶ He ended military service on 9 December 1918 at USA.⁶ He married Juanita Alexander, daughter of M. A. Alexander and Ida Unknown, on 7 June 1927 at USA.⁷ He died on 31 August 1957 at Monroe, Union County, North Carolina, at age 69.⁸

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Monroe, Sept. 1--Jesse Fearrington Milliken, 69, died in a local hospital Saturday night. He had been a member of the law firm of Milliken and Richardson for 40 years, until ill health forced him to retire recently.
At the time of his deathhe was the director of the American Bank and Trust Company of Monroe. He had also served as mayor of Monroe, a member of the General Assembly, a trustee of the University of North Carolina, Union County attorney, a council member of the North Carolina State Bar, member of the City School Board, commander of American Legion Post No. 27 and president and chairman of the Union County FairAssociation.
Funeral services will be held in McEwan Funeral Home chapel in Monroe. Dr. Roy F. Whitley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Monroe, and the Rev. F. B. Drane, rector of St. Paul Episcopal Church, will officiate.
Surviving are one son, J. R. Milliken of Monroe; one daughter, Mrs. William D. Benton of Monroe; two grandchildren; two brothers, Dr. J. B. Milliken of Siler City and Dr. James S. Milliken of Southern Pines; and one sister, Mrs. Fisher Makepeace of Sanford.
Milliken was the son of the late John Rowe and Annie Fearrington Milliken of Pittsboro. His wife, the former Juanita Alexander died a number of years ago.³

     Joe Don Milliken was born on 11 April 1975 at Canadian, Hemphill County, Texas.¹ He was the son of Joe Lynn Milliken and Martha Katherine Tuminaro. He died on 5 September 1991 at Odessa, Ector County, Texas, at age 16.²

Joe Milliken

Services for Joe Don Milliken, 16, of Odessa are scheduled for 10 a.m. today at Asbury Methodist Church with the Rev. Will Cotton officiating.

Burial will be in Coahoma Cemetery.

Mr. Milliken died Thursday, at Medical Center Hospital. He was born April 11, 1975, in Canadian.

Mr. Milliken was a junior at Permian High School. He swam with the swin team and was a skate boarder. He played Nintendo and was a baseball card collector. He has lived in Odessa since seventh grade.

Survivors include his parents Joe and Mary Milliken of Odessa and Martha Milliken of Midland; a brother Cody Thompson of Odessa; two sisters, Melanie Milliken and Mary Milliken, both of Midland; and grandparents, Russell Milliken of Burnet and Ruth Sotkovski of Midland.

Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.³

     Joe Lynn Milliken is the son of Russell Franklin Milliken Jr. and Nelda Jo York. He married Martha Katherine Tuminaro on 15 November 1971 at Hemphill County, Texas.¹ He and Martha Katherine Tuminaro were divorced before 1985. He married Mary Ann Farris, daughter of Johnnie Dean Farris and Lydia Jo Allcorn, on 25 July 1985 at Ector County, Texas.²

     John Milliken was born circa 1772 at Orange County, North Carolina.^2,3 He was the son of Robert Milliken and Jane Unknown.¹ He died on 23 August 1845 at USA.³

     John Milliken was born circa 1825.¹ He was the son of George Franklin Milliken and Mary Susan Cate. He married Unknown Ewing after 1843.¹

     John Milliken was referenced in the biographry of his son, Benjamin Hord Milliken:

"His father, Judge John Milliken, was a native of North Carolina, who came to Kentucky in his youth, and was reared in that State. He there married Miss Harriet L. Hord. He was a lawyer by profession, and prominent in political and judicial circles. He lost his life in the cause of the South, meeting his death in 1861, while serving as a quartermaster in the Confederate Army."

The Lewis Publishing Company. An Illustrated History of Southern California embracing the counties of San Diego San Bernardino Los Angeles and Orange and the peninsula of lower California. The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois. 1890.² He was born on 20 September 1815 at Orange County, North Carolina.^1,3 He was the son of William Milliken and Nancy Ramsey.^1,4 He married Harriet Louisa Hord circa 1839 at USA.^3,1 He began military service in 1860 with the Confederate Army as a battalion major.⁵ He was postmaster on 28 July 1860 at Paducah, McCracken County, Kentucky.⁶ He was assassinated on 18 November 1861 at Mayfield, Graves County, Kentucky, at age 46, by a political enemy.^1,5

     Rev. John Milliken was born after 1807 at Simpson County, Kentucky. He was the son of James Milliken and Elise A. West. He was buried after 1834 at Simpson County, Kentucky.¹ He died after 1834 at Kentucky.

     John Barnes Milliken was born on 10 December 1893 at Lewisville, Denton County, Texas.² He was the son of William Dickerson Milliken Sr. and Margaret Crockett Young. He was educated between 1911 and 1915 at Georgetown, Williamson County, Texas. He married Juliette Dandridge King circa 1921.³ He married Maybelle M. Coburn after 1931.¹ He died on 2 May 1981 at California at age 87.

     John Beard Milliken was born on 29 June 1850 at Tennessee.^1,2,3 He was the son of Elias Milliken and Sarah Ann Redding.¹ He married Annie E. Grizzard, daughter of Louis Grizzard, on 8 November 1874.¹ He died on 11 October 1929 at Indian Mound, Stewart County, Tennessee, at age 79.³ He was buried after 11 October 1929 at Stewart County, Tennessee.

     Dr. John Bunyan Milliken D.D.S. was a dentist.^3,4 He was born on 8 December 1893 at Chatham County, North Carolina.⁵ He was the son of Honorable John Rowe Milliken and Annie Bun Fearrington.⁵ He married Joyce Winifred Edwards on 21 November 1926 at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina.^6,7 He died on 29 June 1975 at Siler City, Chatham County, North Carolina, at age 81.²