1 9 9 3 ▁– ▁) ▁▁▁ 3 ▁Ze ola ▁" S we ets ie " ▁G aye ▁( 1 9 4 5 ▁– ▁) ▁▁ ▁+ ▁Gordon ▁" G uit ar " ▁B anks ▁( 1 9 5 5 ▁– ▁) ▁ ▁Category : A fr ican - American ▁families ▁Category : Mar vin ▁G aye ▁Category : Show ▁business ▁families ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States <0x0A> </s> ▁William ▁August us ▁M ills ▁( 1 7 7 7 – 1 8 4 4 ) ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁general ▁in ▁the ▁War ▁of ▁ 1 8 1 2 ▁and ▁early ▁sett ler ▁of ▁Living ston ▁County , ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁Biography ▁M ills ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁New ▁Bed ford , ▁Connecticut ▁and ▁came ▁to ▁the ▁Gen ese e ▁Valley ▁with ▁his ▁father . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 9 4 , ▁he ▁settled ▁at ▁Mount ▁Morris , ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 1 , ▁he ▁built ▁a ▁large ▁log ▁cabin ▁on ▁a ▁brow ▁over looking ▁the ▁Gen ese e ▁Valley ▁to ▁which ▁he ▁brought ▁his ▁new ▁wife , ▁Sus anne ▁Harris ▁of ▁Ti oga ▁Point , ▁Pennsylvania , ▁in ▁ 1 8 0 3 ▁( they ▁were ▁married ▁on ▁ 3 0 ▁March ▁ 1 8 0 3 ▁in ▁Ti oga ▁Point ). ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁family ▁grew , ▁he ▁expanded ▁the ▁cabin ▁and ▁lived ▁there ▁quite ▁comfort ably ▁until ▁ 1 8 3 8 , ▁when ▁the ▁family ▁moved ▁to ▁the ▁new ▁brick ▁house ▁known ▁today ▁as ▁the