They were members of the Union Presbyterian Church in Chester Co., South Carolina prior to becoming members of the Hopewell Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church in Preble Co., Ohio on 23 Feb. 1832. Their certificate was signed by William Millen and John Millen.
James was born at
Chester Co., South Carolina, on 5 October 1805. He was the son of
John Millen and
Martha Moffett. He married
Hannah C. Millen at
South Carolina in 1829. James was listed as the head of a family on the 1850 Census at
Bloomington Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. 1850 Indiana, Monroe Co., Bloomington Twp., taken 10 Sept 1850 lists the following family at dwelling # 125: Jas. Millen, age 45, male, farmer, real estate valued at $2800, born in South Carolina; Hannah Millen, age 45, female, born in South Carolina; Rebecca Millen, age 19, female, born in South Carolina; Eli Millen, age 14, male, born in Indiana.. James was listed as the head of a family on the 1860 Census at
Bloomington Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. 1860 Indiana, Monroe Co., Bloomington Twp. lists the following family at dwelling # 318: James Millen, age 54, male, white, merchant, born in South Carolina; Hannah Millen, age 56, female, white, born in South Carolina; Eli R. Millen, age 22, male, white, lawyer, born in Indiana; Louise Batterhouse, age 10, born in Indiana.. James was listed as the head of a family on the 1870 Census at
Bloomington Twp., Monroe Co., Indiana. 1870 Indiana, Monroe Co., Bloomington Twp. lists the following family: James Millen, age 63, male, born in South Carolina; Hannah Millen, age 64, born in South Carolina; Eli R. Millen, age 32, born in South Carolina.. James died on 27 January 1884 at
Monroe Co., Indiana, at age 78. His body was interred in January 1884 at
Bloomington, Monroe Co., Indiana, at Rose Hill Cemetery.