Samuel Sylvester Mills
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Samuel Sylvester Mills (December 1, 1806 - January 24, 1874) was a Canadian
businessman and politician.
He was born in Burlington Bay, later Hamilton
, in Upper Canada
in 1806. He went into the business of selling hardware, also expanding into shipping, construction, mills and real estate, and quickly became one of the richest people in the area at the time. He served on the town council for Hamilton. Mills also served as president of the Gore Bank. In 1849, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
. At Confederation
in 1867, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada. He died while still in office at Hamilton in 1874.
He donated land to the city of Hamilton for use as a cemetery, which later became part of Harvey Park.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
businessman and politician.
He was born in Burlington Bay, later Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
, in Upper Canada
Upper Canada
The Province of Upper Canada was a political division in British Canada established in 1791 by the British Empire to govern the central third of the lands in British North America and to accommodate Loyalist refugees from the United States of America after the American Revolution...
in 1806. He went into the business of selling hardware, also expanding into shipping, construction, mills and real estate, and quickly became one of the richest people in the area at the time. He served on the town council for Hamilton. Mills also served as president of the Gore Bank. In 1849, he was appointed to the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
Legislative Council of the Province of Canada
The Legislative Council of the Province of Canada was the upper house for the Province of Canada, which consisted of the former provinces of Lower Canada, then known as Canada East and later the province of Quebec, and Upper Canada, then known as Canada West and later the province of Ontario...
. At Confederation
Canadian Confederation
Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal Dominion of Canada was formed on July 1, 1867. On that day, three British colonies were formed into four Canadian provinces...
in 1867, he was appointed to the Senate of Canada. He died while still in office at Hamilton in 1874.
He donated land to the city of Hamilton for use as a cemetery, which later became part of Harvey Park.