Life History

Other facts

Notes

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  I found some of the names in your family tree listed in an old Bible in my possession.  The front page of the Bible shows that it belongs to Fannie Mullins.  The Marriage page in the middle of the Bible shows that Fannie Smith married Ben R Mullins on January 21, 1906.  Both are from Lula, Oklahoma.
  
  My Grandpa Mullins is Fannie and Ben R Mullins oldest son.  His name is George Ross Mullins.  The Bible shows that Fannie and Ben had 9 children; three of the names match those on your family tree, Ben Junior "BJ," Sherman and Leon.  The Bible also provides birth dates of all children and marriage dates of 6 of the children.
  
  I told my dad, David Mullins, about the Bible in my possession and your family tree.
  --  Michelle Mullins McConnell, Geneanet Messaging to Orville Boyd Jenkins, 24 June 2019
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  With the ages given, Ross Benjamin married Francis Arizona (Fannie) Smith when she was only 15 years old, and he was 28.  Fannie was his second wife.
  
  Dorothy Mullinnix provides the names of the children of Ross Benjamin and Francis Arizona Mullins.  She has no dates or places of birth:
  Dovie (probably a nickname for Dovina, as in many other families at that time)
  B J
  Sherman
  Para
  Lina
  Lonnie "Leon"
  Lucille
  
  There are three others whose names are not known.  Lonnie's names are probably the other way around from how Dorothy lists them, Leon the proper name, Lonnie the nickname.  Mike Taylor lists the name as Lonnie (Leon), and has no dates or spouse.
  
  Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
  R B Mullins
  Male, Age 29 (b abt 1877)
  Fannie Smith, Age 14 (b abt 1892)
  License issued 16 January 1906
  Marriage 21 January 1906 Southern District, Indian Territory (Chickasaw N, later Carter County, Oklahoma), USA
  Ceremony by R S Baker, Minister of the Gospel, Lula Indian Territory
  Filed 31 January 1906 Southern District, Indian Territory, Marriage Book, p 67, record #217
  Certificate from FamilySearch
  
  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
  Lubbock, Texas, City Directory, 1932, p
  Mullings [sic] Leon student Tech r 2910 20th
  Mullins Lucile Miss r 1807 Av F
  Mullins R Benjamin (Fannie) farmer h 1807 Av F
  Mullins Ross r 1807 Av F
  
  Fannie and her husband Ben Ross (or Ross Ben) Mullins died and are buried in Glendale, Arizona.  The identity of the third person named here, Polly Ward Mullins, is uncertain, but is probably a daughter.
  
  Gravestone of Ben Ross and Fannie Mullins, Glendale Park, Glendale Arizona
  Mullins
  Ben Ross   April 25, 1877  Jan 24, 1943
  Fannie Frances Az  Feb 12, 1891  May 4, 1977
  Polly Ward Mullins  1925  1996
  
  Fannie Frances Mullins
  Birth Feb 12, 1891
  Death May 4, 1977
  Children Ben J Mullins (1919 - 1993)
  Burial Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona
  Created by Florence Lynch Nov 29, 2008
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 31827218, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Mullins&GSiman=1&GScid=57020&GRid=31827218&

Sources

• 1. Mullinnix Files by Dorothy
• 2. Mullins-Mullinax Marriages, Mike Taylor Compilation
  • Name: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy;
• 3. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 4. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
• 5. Ancestry Trees
  • http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v26t1588&id=I0792
• 6. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 7. Oklahoma, County Marriage Records, 1890-1995
• 8. United States Social Security Death Index
• 9. Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
• 10. Gravestone of Ben Ross and Fannie Mullins, Glendale Park, Glendale Arizona
• 11. Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1960