Dr. Charles Spotswood Mills

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Charles was born in Manchester (when it was still an independent city from Richmond), the son of prominent railroad builder, businessman, and Unionist Nicholas Mills. He graduated Yale College, and received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia in 1836. However, he then went to work managing the coal-mining business of his father in Chesterfield County.

He married Claudia N. Crozet, daughter of famed engineer Claudius Crozet, in Richmond on 15 October 1839. They had at least four children, including Nicholas C., Charles S., Charles Mills, and Adele.

Charles began his medical practice in 1843. He was an early leader in the American Medical Association, and in 1852 became a co-founder of the Medical Society of Virginia. He was a prominent obstetrical specialist, performing one of the first five Caesarean sections ever done in Virginia. He was a member of City Council for several years, and a known Union man, like his father. He ran unsuccessfully for mayor as the Union candidate in 1861. Despite that, he ran a hospital in Richmond during much of the Civil War. After the War, hostility for his Union sympathies forced him to end his medical practice and serve in various civil positions, including Sergeant of the City, and Collector of Customs.

He built a beautiful home for his family at 312 N. 12th Street, between Broad and Marshall streets, about 1850. His daughter Adele lived in it until her death in 1936.

Charles died at home of "Chronic Bronchitis and Old Age", per Cemetery records. His grave in his father's plot, near his wife, two of his children and his parents, is unmarked.