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Milburn Windmill

(unknown location)
Kentucky, IL 61944

Status

Destroyed

Owner

John Milburn (? - ?)

History

Only known history is that John Milburn, a Methodist preacher from Kentucky, constructed a wind grist mill for the purpose of grinding the flour to be used as the offering of the Body of Christ; however, the windmill was partially destroyed by a storm and abandoned.  

Source

-Le Baron Jr., William.  The History of Edgar County, Illinois.  Chicago: William Le Baron, Jr. & Co., 1879.