An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, page 452

	HUGH H. McMILLAN, of the firm of Ross, McMillan & Company, real estate and
insurance agents, Spokane, Washington, dates his birth in Glengarry county, East
Ontario, Canada, in 1855. He was the fourth born in a family of nine children,
his parents being II. II. and Mary (McMillan) McMillan, natives of Canada. His
great-grandfather, John P. McMillan, a native of Scotland, came to America and
settled in Canada when a young man and was one of the pioneer farmers of East
Ontario. He was the founder of the McMillan family in this country. The father
of our subject is a farmer and is now living in the same neighborhood in which
his grandfather settled.
	Hugh H. McMillan had excellent educational advantages. After attending the
common and high schools, he entered Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, in
the fall of 1875, and graduated at that institution in the spring of 1880,
receiving the honors in natural philosophy, mathematics and political economy,
taking class prizes and also writing prize essays. The summer following his
graduation he engaged in the ministry of the Presbyterian Church, being in a
mission field, and that fall entered the Princeton Theological Seminary, where
he continued till the spring of 1883, when he graduated. During this time he
spent his summer vacations in preaching. At the solicitation of Rex H.W. Hill,
then synodical missionary of the Synod of the Columbia, Mr. McMillan came West
and took work at Moscow, Idaho, arriving there in July, 1883. In one year's time
he erected the only Presbyterian Church in the town, built up the organization
and placed it on a solid working basis. Desiring to enter a purely missionary
field, he resigned his charge at Moscow, and went into the "Big Bend" country.
He established the first church at Davenport, and for two years traveled over
that section of the country, at first on horseback and afterward in a buggy, and
during that time organized four churches, three of which are now prospering.
Then, on account of ill health, he was compelled to give up preaching, and, in
partnership with his brother, he bought land near Davenport and worked on the
farm two years. Next he returned his attention to the real-estate business in
Davenport, continuing there successfully until January, 1890, when he came to
Spokane and has since been engaged in business here. He has made wise
investments in real-estate and this property is rapidly advancing in value.
	Mr. McMillan is an active temperance worker. He adopted the cause of
Prohibition because it is his principle, and sacrificed preferment when he
retired from the Republican ranks. He was a candidate for Representative on the
Prohibition ticket in 1891.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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