Born in Ontario, Canada on April 15, 1867, Thomas Elwood McMillan married Luella Bassett on January 20, 1892.

In the spring of 1899 the family which included three children, moved to Barnes County, settling in Section 9 of Uxbridge Township. By 1905 Elwood had purchased a threshing outfit and not only threshed for himself but for his neighbors as well.

The children born to Elwood and Luella were as follows: Elsie May, Clarence, Henry Franklin, Alma Irene, George Bruce, Clifford Raymond, Kenneth Elwin and Vera Joy.

Henry Franklin, born January 28, 1897, married Tilla Michaelson and farmed his father's land. To this couple were born, Howard Bruce, married to Shirley Ann Falk. They farm the home farm. Russell Lloyd, married Ruth Naomi Saar; Clara Elaine married Edward Christ, 148

Jr.; Leonard Ellsworth married Phyllis Ann Arvidson; Charlotte Joan married Knute Henning, Jr.

Henry Franklin (Frank) retired in 1963 and died in May 1972.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 148