Life History

Notes

• The 1900 census reports the wife of Seaborn J Mullins as Margarette, age 62.  At least one genealogy reports that Seaborn marrried a Magarite Bailey in 1866.  No marriage record is attached.  The census reports they had been married 34 years, which matches that report.  His record of marriage with Sarah Ann Bailey, however, is dated in 1854.  This would indicate a scond marriage 12 years later.
  
  1900 Federal Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee, 1 June, Civil District 15, Enumeration District 71, pages 1B, Hse #16, Fam #17
  Mullins, Seaborn J Head W M Apr 1833  67 Married 34 yrs [mar abt 1866] GA SC SC Farmer Rents
  Mullins, Margarette Wife W F --- 1848  62 Married 34 yrs 7 child/6 living TN GA GA
  Mullins, William Son W M Oct 1898  1 GA GA TN
  Mullins, Virginia Dau W F Jan 1879  21 GA GA TN Day Laborer
  Mullins, Edna Dau W F June 1886  13 GA GA TN
  
  The death certificate of their son John Seborn Mullins and their daughter Julia M Mullins Gordy reported his parents as Margaret Jackson and Seborn Mullins.
  
  Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
  John Seborn Mullins
  Birth 6 October 1871 Georgia
  Spouse  Melvina Jackson
  Occupation Farmer
  Father Seborn Mulins, born Georgia
  Mother Margaret Jackson, born Georgia
  Informant W Q (L?) Mullins, 2917 Bassville Blvd, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  Death 23 April 1945 Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Cause of Death Cerebral Hemorrhage
  Burial 26 April 1945 Concord Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tennessee by National Funeral Home
  Certificate #7344 filed 2 May 1945
  
  I note that Julia's birth date is reported as 18 June 1865, while Seaborn and Margaret's marriage was in 1866.  We find that often the year of birth is off one or more years.  We do not have the specific date of their marriage.  But at any rate, if she was the daughter of Margaret Jackson, she could have been born in last 1866 at the very earliest.  It may be she was the last child of Sarah Ann Bailey Mullins.  The only mother she would have known was Margaret.
  
  Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
  Julia M Gordy [Julia M Mullins]
  Birth 18 Jun 1865 Pickens County, Georgia
  Residence 4311 6th Avenue, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  Father Seborn Mullins, born Georgia
  Mother Margaret Jackson, born Georgia
  Widow
  Informant T C Gordy, Chattanooga, Tennessee
  Death 16 Apr 1943 Erlanger Hospital, Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  Cause of Death 2nd and 3rd degree burns of thigh, abdomen, chest, left arm and face
  Burial 18 April 1943 Chickamauga Cemetery, Chickamauga, Tennessee by J Avery Bryan Co, Inc of Chattanooga
  Certificate #7403 filed 30 April 1943, received at State 11 May 1943
  
  No 1870 census has been found for Seaborn's family.  In the 1880 census, the oldest child in the household is reported as Alvenia.  But she matches by age the person named in her death certificate above as Julia.  The M initial in Julia's name is probably for Mullins, her maiden name, so her middle name could have been something like Alvenia.  The similar name Luvena is found in the Mullins family line also.
  
  1880 Federal Census, Gordon County, Tennessee, 10 June, Calhoun District, Enumeration District 111, page 15-16, Hse #10, Fam #10
  Mullins, S J  W M 29 Head Married Farmer Has (Had?) Fever GA GA GA [b abt 1851]
  - page 16 -
  Mullins, Margaret  W F Wife 35 Married Keeping House TN GA GA [b abt 1857]
  Mullins, Alvenia W F 14 Dau Single GA GA GA [b abt 1866]
  Mullins, John  W M 8 Son Single At School GA GA TN [b abt 1872]
  Mullins, Lula W F 4 Dau Single GA GA GA TN [b abt 1876]
  Mullins, William W M 3 Son Single At School GA GA GA (TN?) [b abt 1877]
  Mullins, Gordon W F [sic] 1 dau [sic] Single At School GA GA GA (TN?) [b abt 1879]

Sources

• 1. 1900 Federal Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  • 1 June, Civil District 15, Enumeration District 71, pages 1B, Hse #16, Fam #17
• 2. Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1958
• 3. 1880 Federal Census, Gordon County, Tennessee
  • 10 June, Calhoun District, Enumeration District 111, page 15-16, Hse #10, Fam #10
• 4. 1870 Federal Census, Gordon County, Tennessee
  • 1 August, PO Calhoun, page 112, Hse #837, Fam #793
• 5. 1910 Federal Census, Hamilton County, Tennessee
  • 22 April, Chattanooga, District 87, page 9A, 102 Front View St at Sharp Street, Hse #171, Fam #176