From the History of Brown County, Ohio.
Col. Mills Stephenson was one of the earliest settlers of Eagle Creek. Born in Delaware and went to sea a s a boy, longing for adventure but didn't like it. Came home and moved with his parents to Pennsylvania and afterwards to Mason County, Kentucky where he became a farmer.
In the War of 1812 he was colonel of a battalion and served throughout the war. Fort Stephenson in Fremont, Ohio, was named after him.
His wife Jane Kilpatrick died soon after the close of the War of 1812 and he moved to Ripley, Ohio.
He died June 16, 1822, in Louisiana.
--Brock-Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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