Orville Tonk Mills was born in East Tennessee, May 21, 1856. He came to Barber
  County in early spring of 1877. in 1892 he married Mary Heavilin. To this union
  was born two girls, Mary (Mrs. Ervin Lake) and Celia (Mrs. Mark Purdy). Mrs. Mills
  died in 1895.
     He was married to Lora McColl in 1896, and there were five children born to 
  this union: W.C. 2nd. Orva, Ethyl, Elizabeth and Orville. Tonk and his brother,
  Govan, bought the W.C. Mills' interest in Barber County holdings before "Uncle
  Billy" W.C. moved to Texas.
     Tonk was sheriff of Barber county in the 1890's. He followed the one trail herd
  from Texas to Barber County. He worked on the Salt Fork and Eagle Chief Pool from
  1878 until the spring of 1885. He and Clark Bunton from Kiowa roped all the calves
  that they branded. One year they branded 15,000 head.
     Tonk and Govan divided their cattle and land in 1910, he taking the west end 
  which was on Dog Creek, his brother Govan, taking the east end which touched part of
  Dog Creek and part of Bear Creek, and Medicine River.
               
     Source:Chosen Land - Barber County, Kansas,  pg. 330 
     Submitted by: W.C. Mills