William was born at
Chester Co., South Carolina, on 7 November 1852. He was the son of
Robert Millen and
Nancy Lynn. Rev. William Hemphill Millen was William Hemphill Millen served as minister in the following places: 1879 to 1882 missionary work in Texas; 1882 to 1892 Ebenezer, Mississippi; 1892 to 1896 Ebenezer, Mississippi and Hinkston, Kentucky; 1896 to 1909 Richland and Brighton, Tennessee; 1909 to 1910 Spartenburg, South Carolina; 1911 to 1917 White Oak, Georgia; 1917 to 1922 Ebenezer, Mississippi; 1922 to 1931 Bethany, Mississippi in 1879. He married
Jessie May Rabb in 1879. William died on 1 August 1932 at
Shannon, Mississippi, at age 79. His body was interred in August 1932 at
Tipton Co., Tennessee, at Salem Cemetery.