John Riley Mullins

Brief Life History of John Riley

When John Riley Mullins was born on 23 October 1858, in Eolia, Letcher, Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Mullins, was 24 and his mother, Mahala Shepherd, was 23. He married Leodicia M Bolling in 1879, in Flat Gap, Wise, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Wise, Virginia, United States for about 20 years and Roberson District, Wise, Virginia, United States in 1940. He died on 25 November 1941, in Flat Gap, Wise, Virginia, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Benjamin Bolling Cemetery, Flat Gap, Wise, Virginia, United States.

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Family Time Line

John Riley Mullins
1858–1941
Leodicia M Bolling
1860–1898
Marriage: 1879
Louisa Jane Mullins
1879–1961
William Morell Mullins
1881–1968
Boyd Jesse Mullins
1882–1958
Lucinda E. Mullins
1884–1980
Dianah Josie Mullins
1886–1973
Joseph Irving Mullins
1888–1968
James Francis Lee Mullins
1891–1972
Charles Owen Mullins
1894–1963
Charles Henry Mullins
1894–
Thirsa E Mullins
1898–1947

Sources (66)

  • J R Mullins, "United States Census, 1940"
  • John R Mullins, "Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900"
  • John, "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1878

Historical Boundaries - 1878: Letcher, Kentucky, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

Name Meaning

English (of Norman origin): habitational name from one or more of the many places in France with names derived from Old French molins ‘mills’, such as Moulins (Aisne) and Moulines (Calvados, Manche). Compare Molin , with which there may well have been some interchange.

Irish (Clare and Cork): from variant of Mullen .

English: there has been some confusion with Mullings .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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