Born on the head waters of the Bay of Fundy, in the Province of New Brunswick, August 12, 1818, and died October 10, 1895. At the age of twenty-two years young Millburn went to the home of his brother-in-law, Oliver Dow, of Calais, Maine, who was a millwright by trade, and there acquired the same art. He then returned to Calais and worked at his trade as a journeyman for the following two years, and in 1850 turned his face westward, crossed the Mississippi, and came into Iowa, locating in Monroe Township and erecting the first sawmill built in this township. Mr. Millburn owned and operated this mill for the next twenty-five years, and in this, as in other undertakings, met with more than ordinary success, he is the owner of a line farm of 435 acres, which he has industriously cultivated and superintended in addition to his other business interests, attending to them all intelligently and successfully. He married Miss Olivia McLaskey, their marriage taking place November 28, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Millburn are the parents of nine children. In 1862 he was nominated as a member of the State Legislature on the Republican ticket, and elected by a majority of over 400. While a member of this, the Ninth General Assembly, he was on the committees of Schools and Universities, Military Affairs, and Judicial Districts. Mr. Millburn was a Union man and his opponent a Pro-slavery man in principle. Previous to this Mr. M. had served as Township Trustee and Justice of the Peace, and as a member of the School Board. During the recent great Prohibition movement in Iowa Mr. M. became deeply interested in the question at issue, and earnestly gave his support to the antiliquor movement.
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