Mullins Family Groups

Genealogy of George and Hazel Mullins

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Mullins Family Groups

Family Group Number MUL(4)1 #1

George Mullins Junior and Hazel Strickland

Husband’s Name George Morris Mullins, Junior

Date of Birth July 25, 1921 at #247-18^th Street, Port Arthur, Texas.

Date of Marriage April 5, 1942 at Percy Strickland home, Pike Co, Mississippi

Place of Residence Pike Co, Ms; Baton Rouge, La; Pensacola, Fl; Burkeville, Texas

Occupation Commissaryman, US Coast Guard; Camp Manager

Religion Southern Baptist, Deacon

Name of Father George Nelson Mullins

Name of Mother Mary (Marie) Rife Arthur

Wife’s Maiden Name Hazel Ione Strickland

Date of Birth Feb 24, 1918 at Percy Strickland home, Pike Co, Mississippi

Date of Marriage April 5, 1942

Place of Residence Pike Co, Ms; Pensacola, Fl; Burkeville, Texas

Occupation Clerk, Housewife

Religion Southern Baptist, librarian

Name of Father Percy Edward Strickland Senior

Name of Mother Carrie Lee Simmons

The children are listed in MUL(3).

Children in order of birth:

1. Name George Morris Mullins III

Name of spouse Colleen Murphy, three children

2. Name Philip Mitchel Mullins

Name of spouse Rosa Maria Morales Bocaletti, two children

3 Name Diane Marie Mullins

Name of spouse 1) John Herold 2 children, 2) Jim Johnston no children

4 Name Jeffrey Clark Mullins

Name of spouse Deborah Woods, two children

Family Group Number MUL(4)1 #2

Robert Mullins

Husband’s Name Robert Mullins

Date of Birth Chatawa, near Osyka, Mississippi

Name of Father George Nelson Mullins

Name of Mother Mary (Marie) Rife

Family Group Number MUL(4)1 #3

Julio Mullins

Husband’s Name Julio Mullins

Name of Father George Nelson Mullins

Name of Mother June Irene Simmons

Family Group Number MUL(4)1 #4

Claude Mullins and Betty Stephens

Husband’s Name Claude Ellis Mullins

Name of Father George Nelson Mullins

Name of Mother June Irene Simmons

Wife’s Maiden Name 1) Betty Stephens

Children in order of birth:

1. William Nelson (Billy) Mullins

2. Claude Scott Mullins

3. Robert Brian Mullins

4. Russell Brent Mullins

Family Group Number MUL(5)1#1

Cecil Turner and Willie Mullins

Husband’s Name Cecil Washington Turner

Date of Birth Jan 17, 1883 near Kirbyville, Jasper Co, Texas

Date of Marriage February 19, 1916

Place of Residence Kirbyville, Texas; Port Arthur, Texas; Osyka, Ms.

Name of Father Angie Madison Turner

Name of Mother Rose Ella Bean

Wife’s Maiden Name Willie Mullins

Date of Birth December 20, 1886

Date of Death September 7, 1965

Place of Burial Pike Co, Ms

Place of Residence Pike Co, Ms; Kirbyville and Port Arthur, Texas

Name of other husbands 1) Hardin

Name of Father Henry Melville Mullins

Name of Mother Mary Frances Reynolds

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Henry M Hardin, son of first husband

Birth c1912

2. Name Cecil Helen Turner

Name of spouse J (John) T Sandifer

Birth 1918

Burial Probably in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

3 Name James Roger Turner

Birth c1919

Burial Maybe in Anacoco, near Leesville, Louisiana

4 Name Joseph D Turner

Birth c1922

5 Name William Roy (Peanut) Turner

Birth c1927

Burial Probably in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

This family appears in the 1920 Census as Cecil W Turner in the Kelley Precinct in Pike County, Mississippi and in the 1930 Census as Cecil W Turner at Jasper, Texas.

Family Group Number MUL(5)1#4 1^st

G N Mullins and Mary Rife

Husband’s Name George Nelson Mullins

Date of Birth April 17, 1900 in Brookhaven, Mississippi

Date of Death October 14, 1981 near Amite, Louisiana

Place of Burial Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cem., Pike Co, Mississippi

Place of Residence Osyka, Port Arthur, Baton Rouge, Pasadena, Amite Parish

Occupation Industrial carpenter, house carpenter

Religion Methodist

Name of other wives 2) June Irene Simons

Name of Father Henry Mel Mullins

Name of Mother Mary Frances Reynolds

Wife’s Maiden Name 1) Mary (Marie) Rife

Date of Birth March 4, 1904 in Port Arthur, Texas

Date Baptized Beaumont, Texas

Date of Death July 12, 1967 Galveston, Texas

Place of Burial Galveston

Place of Residence Port Arthur, Pike Co, Baton Rouge, Galveston

Occupation Practical Nurse

Religion Roman Catholic

Name of other husbands 2) Manuel Arthur

Name of Father Morris Wade Rife

Name of Mother Josephine Toffia

Children in order of birth:

1. Name George Morris Mullins

Name of spouse Hazel Ione Strickland, four children

Birth July 25, 1921 at #247-18^th Street, Port Arthur, Texas

Married April 5, 1942 in Pike County, Mississippi

2. Name Robert Nelson Mullins

Birth in Pike Co, Mississippi

Family Group Number MUL(5)1#4 2^nd

G N Mullins and Irene Simmons

Husband’s Name George Nelson Mullins

Date of Birth April 17, 1900 in Brookhaven, Mississippi

Date of Death Oct 14, 1981 near Amite, Louisiana

Place of Burial Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike Co, Ms

Place of Residence Osyka, Port Arthur, Baton Rouge, Pasadena, Amite Parish

Occupation Industrial carpenter, house carpenter

Religion Methodist

Name of other wives 1) Mary Rife

Name of Father Henry Mel Mullins

Name of Mother Mary Frances Reynolds

Wife’s Maiden Name June Irene Simmons

Date of Birth July 14, 1907 in Emerald Community, Pike Co, Ms

Date Baptized in old Bluff Springs Baptist Church, Pike Co

Date of Death Dec 9, 1969 at home Route 3, Kentwood, Louisiana

Place of Burial Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike Co, Ms

Place of Residence Emerald community and all over Mississippi and Louisiana

Religion Baptist

Name of Father George Johnson Simmons

Name of Mother Sophronia C. Hinson

The children are listed in MUL(4)1.

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Julio Lee Mullins

Name of spouse 1) Irene Jones two children; 2)

Birth Texas

2. Name Claude Ellis Mullins

Name of spouse 1) Betty Ruth Stevens four sons; 2)

Family Group Number MUL(5)1#5

Kenneth Mullins and Muriel Smith

Husband’s Name Kenneth Sheldon Mullins

Date of Marriage March 8, 1933

Place of Residence McComb, Mississippi; Port Arthur, Texas

Name of Father Henry Mel Mullins

Name of Mother Mary Frances Reynolds

Wife’s Maiden Name Muriel Kemp Smith

Place of Residence McComb, Mississippi

Name of Mother Kemp

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Kenneth Sheldon Mullins, Junior

Birth June 24, 1938

Death July 22, 1938

Family Group Number MUL(6)1#3

Henry Mel Mullins and Mary Reynolds

Husband’s Name Henry Melville (Mel) Mullins

Date of Birth 1846 or 1849

Date of Marriage after 1880

Date of Death November 1928 at Hazelhurst, Mississippi

Place of Residence Copiah Co and Pike Co, Ms. (4 miles west of Osyka)

Occupation Merchant, farmer and traveling salesman

Religion Methodist

Name of Father William Henry Mullins

Name of Mother Frances Emaline Cato

Wife’s Maiden Name Mary Frances (Fanny) Reynolds

Date of Birth August 8, 1865 near Barlow, Mississippi

Date of Death March 10, 1911

Place of Burial Rehoboth Methodist Cem, Barlow, Copiah Co, Ms.

Place of Residence Farms in Copiah Co and Pike Co, Ms.

Religion Methodist

Name of Father Joseph Marion Reynolds

Name of Mother Nancy Elizabeth Turnipseed

The children are listed in MUL(5)1.

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Willie Mullins

Name of spouse 1) Hardin, 2) Cecil Turner

Birth December 20, 1886

Married 1) Pike Co, Ms. 2) February 19, 1916

Death September 7, 1965 Osyka, Mississippi

Burial Pike County, Mississippi

2. Name J Robert Mullins

Name of spouse 1) Iner…, 2) Kelley two children

Birth November 13, 1888

Death February 23, 1918 perhaps at Fort Hood, Texas

Burial Rehoboth Cemetery, Copiah Co, Mississippi

3 Name William Rufus (W R) Mullins

Name of spouse 1) Ruth, one daughter (Alicia Cutrer); 2)

Birth July 6, 1898

4 Name George Nelson Mullins

Name of spouse 1) Mary Rife two sons, 2) Irene Simmons two sons

Birth April 17, 1900

Married 1) Port Arthur, Texas; 2) Pike Co, Mississippi

Death October 14, 1981 near Amite, La

Burial Bluff Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Pike Co, Ms

5 Name Kenneth Sheldon Mullins

Name of spouse Murel Kemp Smith, one child died as an infant

Married March 8, 1933

Death April 26, 1982 in Port Arthur, Jefferson Co, Texas

Burial Smith Cemetery, Sunny Hill, Louisiana

There is a double head stone in the Rehoboth Methodist Church cemetery in Barlow, Mississippi that is inscribed “Mary Frances Reynolds – Henry Mel Mullins” but there are dates only on the Mary Frances Reynolds side. It is common in that cemetery for double head stones to have inscribed dates of birth and death for only the first of the married couple to die.

Mary Frances Reynolds, wife of Henry Mel Mullins, and her oldest son, J R Mullins, are buried in the Rehoboth cemetery along with her father (James M Reynolds), her stepmother (Margaret E Lupo Reynolds), her brother (James P Reynolds), her brother’s wives and a stepsister (Willie Reynolds). There are no other Mullins’ there.

I have seen a receipt dated June 22, 1905 for a coffin purchased from a business in Union Church, Mississippi, operating as Carnes & Mullins Caskets, Coffins, Furniture and Hardware. The owners are listed as C C Carnes and H M Mullins. Union Church was a small town a few miles northeast of the farm where Henry Mel was raised.

In the 1880 Census of Copiah County (Film #654, house #260, family #266) Henry Mel, who was still living with his parents at age 30, listed his occupation as “sewing machine salesman”. G N Mullins stated that after his father moved to Osyka he was a traveling salesman who sold sewing machines out of a wagon. I have no evidence that Henry Mel ever had a retail store in the Osyka area.

Family Group Number MUL(6)3#2

Jack Rife and Veronica

Husband’s Name Jack (Jacinto) Rife

Date of Birth 1891 San Antonio, Texas

Place of Residence Living in Bexar County, Texas, in 1880 and 1930

Religion Roman Catholic

Name of Father Thomas E. Rife

Name of Mother Francisca Eduarda

Wife’s Maiden Name Veronica

Date of Birth c 1891 in Texas

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Carolina Rife

Birth c 1912

2. Name Josephine Melissa Rife

Birth April 10, 1903 in Texas

Death May 27, 1997 in Pasadena, Harris Co, Texas

Other children listed in 1930 Census: Jack Jr. age 10, Roy age 8, Alice age 5

and Louise age 1.

Family Group Number MUL(6)3#7

Morris Rife and Josephine Toffia

Husband’s Name Morris Wade (Mauricio) Rife

Date of Birth 1886 in San Antonio, Texas

Date of Marriage c 1902 in San Antonio

Date of Death July 13, 1921 at Gulf Oil Refinery, Port Arthur, Texas

Place of Residence San Antonio and Houston Ave. in Port Arthur

Occupation Laborer at Gulf Oil Refinery

Religion Roman Catholic

Name of Father Thomas E. Rife

Name of Mother Francisca Eduarda Rife

Wife’s Maiden Name Josephine Toffia

Date of Birth 1888 Texas

Date of Death July 19, 1935 Galveston, Texas

Place of Residence San Antonio, Port Arthur, Galveston

Religion Roman Catholic

The children are listed in MUL(5)2.

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Mary Rife

Name of spouse 1) George Nelson Mullins two sons, 2) Manuel Arthur

Birth March 4, 1904 Port Arthur, Texas

Death July 12, 1967 Galveston, Texas

Burial Galveston Memorial Park in Hitchcock

2. Name Angela Rife

Name of spouse Miguel Ferrino of Coahuila, Mexico, four children

Birth April 6, 1906 Jefferson City, Texas

Married c 1921

3 Name Morris Gunnie Rife Jr.

Name of spouse Beulah Randell, three children

Birth October 10, 1910 Port Arthur, Texas

Married 1930

Death November 24, 1987 Groves, Jefferson County, Texas

4 Name Eva Rife

Name of spouse Castro

Birth c 1914 Texas

Married Lived in California

5 Name Ruth Rife

Name of spouse Mejia

Birth c 1916 Texas

Married Lived in Galveston

6 Name Paul Rife

Birth c 1922 Texas

Death Died young

Morris W. Rife is listed in the 1910 Census on ED 86, sheet 136, vol. 84 Jefferson Co. (roll 1568).

The 1930 Census taken on April 17 in Port Arthur, Texas, lists Miguel Ferrino, age 29, born in Coahuila, both parents from the State of Coahuila in northern Mexico.

Wife: Angela age 24

Children: 1. Henry R (Henrique) Ferrino, born 1922

2. Richard R (Ricardo) Ferrino, born July 27, 1925 Monterry, Nuevo Leon, Mexico and married Leota LaRuth Miller (born May 1929 in Clement, Ok) on October 30, 1945 in Galveston, Texas

3. Rufus (Refugio) Ferrino

Angela and Morris G Rife, sister and brother, were counted on April 11, 1930 at their mother’s home in Galveston and again on April 17 at Angela’s home in Port Arthur. Mary Mullins was also at her mother’s home on April 11, 1930 with her brother Morris, her sister Angela and the other children of Morris Wade Rife (Eva, Ruth and Paul).

Family Group Number MUL(7)1#7 1^st

William Mullins and Emaline Cato

Husband’s Name William Henry Mullins

Date of Birth November 15, 1819 Georgia

Date of Marriage 1) September 13, 1848, 2) c1859

Date of Death July 31, 1918 in Copiah Co, Mississippi

Place of Burial Mullins Cemetery, 14.5 miles w of Hazelhurst, Ms.

Name of other wives 2) Louise J Carradine (see MUL(7)1#7 2^nd)

Name of Father James Mullins

Name of Mother Temperance Seale

Wife’s Maiden Name 1) Frances Emaline Cato

Date of Birth c1830 Mississippi

Date of Marriage September 13, 1848

Date of Death c1859

Place of Burial Mullins Cemetery, Copiah Co, Mississippi

Name of Father See MUL(8)4D for a discussion of her parents.

The children are listed in MUL(6)1.

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Edwin (Etnia) L Mullins

Birth 1843

2. Name James B Mullins

Name of spouse Georgia Ann Cato (see MUL(8)4D)

Birth September 1846

Married March 16, 1875 Jefferson Co, Ms

Death December 1920 in an old soldier’s home in north Ms

Burial Meadville Cemetery, Franklin Co, Ms

3 Name Henry Mel Mullins

Name of spouse Mary Frances Reynolds, five children

Birth 1849

Death 1928 Hazelhurst, Mississippi

4 Name William Rufus (W R) Mullins

Name of spouse Susan M Lusk, one son

Birth c1851 Copiah Co, Mississippi

Married January 16, 1871

Death In the home of G N Mullins, Pike Co, Ms

Burial Wife is buried in Hazlehurst, Ms

5 Name Robert E Mullins

Birth 1857

Census listings for this family:

US Census 1850 of Copiah Co, Ms, Microfilm M432-371, page 258b, line 37 through 41 house number 741. Henry Mel may be transcribed as Harry M.

US Census 1860 of Copiah Co, Ms film 128, page 10, dwelling number 50

US Census 1880 of Copiah Co, Ms, house number 260

The roll of Charley Clark’s Rifles, Company “A”, 12^th Mississippi Regiment of the Army of Northern Virginia and drawn from the community of Union Church in Jefferson and Copiah Counties lists William Mullins and Elijah Mullins. James Mullins had a son named William Henry Mullins who would have been 41 in 1860 and another named Elisha Flowers Mullins who would have been 31 in 1860. He also had grandsons named William, aged 27 in 1860, and another named Elijah, aged 26 in 1860. Those listed with Charley Clark’s rifles are more likely to have been the grandsons rather than the sons, i.e. William Henry and Elisha Flowers Mullins.

Further information about James B Mullins:

James B Mullins, son of William Henry Mullins, married Georgia Ann Cato in 1875. There is a grave marker in the Meadville Cemetery in Franklin County inscribed with the name J B Mullins born 1840 and wife Georgia Cato Mullins born 1848. G N Mullins stated that his uncle James died in an old soldier’s home in northern Mississippi (but not in Jackson).

Further information about Robert E Mullins:

The 1880 Census of Copiah Co enumerated a single man, aged 24 by the name of Robt Mullins (Family #291, Rose Hill Precinct page 33, Copiah page 17) who gave his occupation as “student”. He was living alone. His older brother, William R Mullins, is widowed, living with his parents and employed as a “book keeper” while Henry Mel Mullins, also single and living with his parents, is employed as a “sewing machine salesman”. This was an unusual group of young men given that almost all of their neighbors were farmers.

Further information about James P Mullins:

A soldier named James P Mullins served with Company F, 1^st Battalion Mississippi Infantry and is buried at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Simpson County, Mississippi.

Family Group Number MUL(7)1#7 2^nd

William Mullins and Louisa Carradine

Husband’s Name William Henry Mullins

Date of Birth November 15, 1819 Georgia

Date of Marriage 2) c1859

Date of Death July 31, 1918 Copiah Co, Mississippi

Place of Burial Mullins Cemetery, 14.5 miles west of Hazlehurst, Ms

Name of other wives 1) Frances Emaline Cato

Name of Father James Mullins

Name of Mother Temperance Seale

Wife’s Maiden Name 2) Louisa J. Carradine

Date of Birth July 18, 1839

Date of Death October 9, 1912 Copiah Co, Ms

Place of Burial Mullins Cemetery, Copiah Co, Ms.

Children in order of birth:

1. Name Frank B Mullins

Birth December 1, 1859

Death August 9, 1906

Burial Mullins Cemetery, Copiah Co, Ms

2. Name George A Mullins

Birth 1871

3 Name Heather (Mattie) L Mullins

Birth 1873

4 Name Oscar (Jack) M Mullins

Birth January 19, 1875

Death July 30, 1920

Burial Mullins Cemetery, Copiah Co, Ms

Jefferson Co, Ms, Wills:

Parker Carradine died March 1819 and left a will. In the will he stated that his wife was Letticia (died May 1824) and his wife’s mother was Mary Keith. He listed three brothers, i.e. 1. George Carradine with the following children: Eliza, Martha, Francis, George and James; 2. John Carradine with the following children: John and Jench and 3. Richard Carradine with one son named Parker.

There is a Mullins Cemetery between Hazlehurst and the Sand Hill/Stronghope communities of Copiah County. It is 14.5 miles west of Hazelhurst on Hwy 28, 1.5 miles north from the highway on Decell Lane and about three miles east of Decell Lane in deep woods. There are supposed to be five people buried there. The markers are:

W H Mullins father 15 Nov 1819 / 31 Jy 1918

Louise J Carradine Mullins 18 Jy 1839 / 9 Oct 1912

Oscar “Jack” Mullins 19 Jan 1875 / 30 Jy 1920

F B Mullins 1 Dec 1859 / 9 Aug 1906

The first wife (Frances Emaline Cato Mullins) is also said to be buried here but no marker remains. This is the family of William Henry Mullins. Oscar M Mullins and Frank B Mullins were both sons of Louisa Carradine. Neither died young. Their burial in this cemetery is an indication that they never married and lived on the farm with their parents until they died. Whoever buried Jack probably inherited the farm.

This cemetery marks the spot where Clement Mullins and his three sons, James, Hardy and William N, settled about 1820. By 1850 there were seven farms belonging to Mullins families and inhabited by 48 people in a tight cluster in this area. The church and cross-roads store at Barlow is three miles north and the Scotch Settlement at Union Church some ten miles to the west.

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