Benjamin Ross MULLINS1,2,3,4,5,6,7
25th Apr 18771,2,3,4,5,6,7 - 24th Jan 19438,3,4,6
Life History
25th Apr 1877 |
Born in Bosque County, Texas.1,2,3,4,5,6,7 |
21st Jan 1906 |
Married Frances Arizona SMITH in Lula, Pontotoc County, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory.1 |
30th Nov 1908 |
Birth of son George Ross MULLINS in Arizona.9 |
25th Jan 1917 |
Birth of daughter Dovie Leona MULLINS in Hereford, Deaf Smith, Texas.11 |
21st Sep 1931 |
Death of daughter Dovie Leona MULLINS in Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas.10 |
24th Jan 1943 |
Died in Glendale, Maricopa, Arizona.8,3,4,6 |
after 24th Jan 1943 |
Buried in Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona.4 |
Notes
- 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
Dorothy Mullinnix reports that Ross Benjamin had a second wife, Mary, maiden name unknown. She lists no children from this marriage.
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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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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
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
On his gravestone, his name is Ben Ross. Also on his Social Security record and his Arizona death record. When he registered for the WWI draft, he reported his name as Ross Ben.
U.S., WWI Civilian Draft Registrations, 1917-1918
Mullins, Ross Ben
Resdience Canyon, Randall County, Texas
Birth 25 Apr 1877
Employed by Sam Gregg in farming, 8 mi NW of Canyon
Contact (wife) Mrs Fannie Mullins, Canyon
Tall, Slender, Brown Eyes, Black Hair
Registered 12 Sept 1918 Canyon, Randall County, Texas
Signed Ross B Mullins
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Ben Ros Mullins
Birth 25 Apr 1875 Boskie [Bosque] County, Texas
Father Sanford G Mullins
Mother Tripan West
SSN 526161289
May 1938 Name listed as BEN ROS MULLINS
Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1960
Ross Ben Mullins
Age 65
Birth 25 Apr 1877 Texas, USA
Father Giff S Mullins
Mother Trippan West
Death 24 January 1943 Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
(No image available)
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
Dorothy Mullinix, in her Mullinix Files, has the place of death of Ben as Texas. Several genealogies have copied this, but his death record was found in Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona (borders Phoenix). Florence Lynch has posted his and Fannie's memorials on Find a Grave with the same photo of their grave, reporting the place of death as Glendale, Arizona, where they were buried.
Even genealogies which post the photo of the grave report his name as Ross Benjamin, rather than Ben[jamin] Ross as it is on the grave. I found a photo of the stone on the Stephen Evans family tree on Ancestry.com.
In addition to the information on Ben and his wife Frances, the gravestone has the name of Polly Ward Mullins, which seems to be a daughter or daughter-in-law.
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Ben Ross Mullins
Birth Apr 25, 1877
Death Jan 24, 1943
Parents:
Sanford Giffin Mullins (1845 - 1907)
Tripan Velma West Mullins (1849 - 1936)
Children Ben J Mullins (1919 - 1993)
Siblings:
Linzey C Mullins (1875 - 1944)
Jennie Wise Mullins Stephenson (1876 - 1961)
Burial Glendale Memorial Park, Glendale, Maricopa County, Arizona
Created by Florence Lynch Nov 29, 2008
-- Find A Grave Memorial #31827170, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=37794231
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Sources
- 1. Mullins-Mullinax Marriages, Mike Taylor Compilation
- Name: http://pages.sbcglobal.net/mike_in_katy;
- 2. Ancestry Trees
- http://awtc.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=*v26t1588&id=I0792
- 3. Gravestone of Ben Ross and Fannie Mullins, Glendale Park, Glendale Arizona
- 4. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
- 5. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- 6. Arizona, Death Records, 1887-1960
- 7. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- 8. Mullinnix Files by Dorothy
- 9. United States Social Security Death Index
- 10. Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
- 11. Texas, Birth Certificates, 1903-1932
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