William H. Milhan was born on April 6, 1885 in Michigan as the first child of Fred and Henrietta (Grey) Milhan.

His wife was named to Clara.

He died in 1971 at the age of 86.
 

On January 10, 1921, a fire in the Commerce Department building, Washington, DC, resulted in the destruction of most of the 1890 census.
Fred (50) and Henrietta (47) were living on their farm on South Custer Road with children John (25)  Wilhelmina "Minnie" (24), Anna (21), Fred Jr. (18), Helena (17), William (15), Henry (10). Other relatives on the same page included John Heiden and Bertha Burgard.
 
 
 
 
 

William and Clara were living in Dundee Township with their 2 children and working as a tenant on a 140 acre farm. They had 5 horses and 19 cows and a telephone.