James Vernon Mullis

Brief Life History of James Vernon

When James Vernon Mullis was born on 29 November 1868, in North Carolina, United States, his father, Charles Pickney Mullis, was 35 and his mother, Elizabeth A. Little, was 29. He married Margret Frances Kestler on 1 January 1891, in North Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Elizabethtown, Bladen, North Carolina, United States in 1920 and Morning Star, Haywood, North Carolina, United States in 1930. He died on 15 February 1935, in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Vernon Mullis
1868–1935
Addie E Barr
1881–1937
Marriage: 16 November 1902
Bessie Frances Mullis
1903–1985
Myrtle Mullis
1905–
Clarie Pink Mullis
1907–1969
Myrtle A Mullis
1907–
Floyd Meredith Mullis
1910–1995
Pearl Mullis
1912–2004
Jessie Paul Mullis
1913–1989
Ruth Estelle Mullis
1919–1994

Sources (45)

  • James V Mullis, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: James F Mullis - Published information: birth-name: James F Mullis
  • J W Mullis, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1877 · Last Troops Leave

In 1877, the last of the troops that were occupying North Carolina left.

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

Name Meaning

English (mainly West Midlands):

variant of Moule , with post-medieval excrescent -s.

habitational name from Mowlish Farm in Kenton (Devon). The placename appears to mean ‘farm of the mules’, from the genitive plural form of Old English mūl ‘mule’ + hīwisc ‘family, measure of land that would support a family’.

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

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