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 MILLIKEN. MILLIS. 4'3 at Waterville, Maine, with the class of '67. Unavoidable circumstances prevented his graduating with the class, but he received the degrees of A. B. and A. M. as of that class. He then studied law in the offices of Hon. Isaac F. Redfield, late Chief Justice of the supreme court of Vermont, and with William A. Herrick, in Boston, and was admitted to the Suffolk bar in 1870. He at once formed a law partnership with his two instructors, under the firm name of Redfield, Herrick & Millett, which contin- ued till the death of Judge Redfield, six years later. The two remaining members carried on the business till 1885, when by the death of Mr. Herrick, the entire busi- ness of the office came into the hands of Mr. Millett. In addition to his legal business, Mr. Millett has been president and counsel of the Crosby Steam Gage & Valve Company since its organization in 1875. In 1869 Mr. Millett removed from Dorchester to Maiden, where he has since resided. Dur- ing this time he has served several years upon the school committee, upon the board of trustees of the public library of this city, and represented the district in the Legis- lature in 1884 and '85. He has been among the most earnest workers in the Maiden Improvement Society. June 19, 1867, Mr. Millett was married, in Dorchester, to Rosa Maria, daughter of Charles and Hannah Giles Tredick. Their two children are : Charles Howard and Mabel Rosa Millett. MILLIKEN, EBEN COLBRAITH, son of Edward and Lucia A. (Bacon) Milliken, both of Maine, was born in Windsor, Ken- nebec county, Me., August 6, 1843. District schools of Winthrop, Me., gave him his first insight into books, — grammar and high schools of New Bedford, and a private academy, Providence, R. I., finished his academic education. In 1863 he began his business career, with his father, in the grocery business. He was afterwards book-keeper and paymaster in the Bay Mill Company, East Greenwich, R. I., for two years. In 1869 he opened a bakery in New Bedford, and still conducts it as a success- ful business enterprise. Mr. Milliken was married, September 15, 1869, to Ellen M. Darling. Of this union are two children : Albert Darling and William Beal Milliken. Mr. Milliken was alderman of New Bed- ford, 1879; member of the House of Repre- sentatives, 1S80 and '81 ; member of the state Senate 1885, '86 and '87, where he was chairman of committees on harbors and public lands, street railways, fisheries, and woman suffrage. He is connected with various benevolent and political associ- ations. He was regent of the Royal Arcanum two years, and is director of the New Bedford board of trade. MILLIS, HENRY L., son of Lansing and Harriet P. Millis, was born in Lansingburgh, Rensselaer county, N. Y., January 2, 1855. He obtained his education at the Chaun- cey Hall, Dwight and English high schools at Boston, and began his business train- ing as clerk in the National Car Company, St. Albans, Vt. He subsequently became car agent for the same company, and afterwards clerk for the general manager of the Central Vermont Railroad. HENRY L. MILLIS. He is now president of the Oak Grove Farm Company ; selectman of the town of Millis ; director in Broadway National' Bank and Market National Bank, Boston ; director of Ogdensburgh & Lake Cham- plain Railway, and the Hammond Beef Company ; treasurer of the Steel Edge Stamping Company of Boston, also of the Chicago, Boston & Liverpool Company, and the New York Despatch Refrigerator Company. He was representative to the