P. R. Mills, Superintendent Public Schools, Richwood, was born at Reynoldsburg, Franklin County, Ohio, August 23, 1850; he is a son of Nelson T. and Eleanor (Rhoads) Mills, the former native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio.  His father was a saddler by trade, and came to Ohio in 1830.  His mother died when he was but six months of age.  He was educated principally at the Reynoldsburg Union Academy, from which he graduated in 1874.  During the winters of six years previous to his graduation, he taught school to obtain the means necessary for completing his education.  After leaving the academy, he taught at Aetna, Licking County, Ohio, one year; Pataskala, one year, and Canal Winchester three years, resigning his position at the latter place on account of ill health.  He afterward accepted the position of Superintendent of the South Grammar School at Lancaster, Ohio, which he resigned one year later to assume the duties of his present charge.  Since leaving school, his entire time has been devoted to the public schools, both in self-education and management, and his vacations are spent in visiting metropolitan and other schools, to obtain ideas for the better management of his own school.  His success as a Superintendent is partly clue to a meeting of his teachers, which he holds each week with some definite object in view.  One year ago he engaged, with marked and promising success, in conducting a teachers' normal school during the summer vacation.  In the fall of 1882, he was instrumental in organizing a lecture association that has given Richwood a higher order of lectures, and has enabled the people to enjoy entertainments that would otherwise have been denied them.  In 1874, he married Zoda Howard, a daughter of William and Mary J. (Reynolds) Howard, and a native of Reynoldsburg.  By this union two children have been born, viz., Glennie and Bertha.  Mr. Mills is a member of the Odd Fellows society, and he and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.