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Below is a family biography included in The History of Jasper County, Missouri published by Mills & Company in 1883. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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JOHN H. MULLIN, farmer and grower of stock, post-office Joplin, was born in Benton county, Ark., June 12, 1831. His father, William M. Mullin, was born in Tennessee, May 28, 1808, and died in Dade county, Mo., Sept. 3, 1866. His mother, Mary (Homsley) Mullin, was a native of Missouri, born June 7, 1815, and died May 18, 1872, in Crowley county, Kan. In the spring of 1862 our subject enlisted in the Sixth Kansas Militia, in which he served two years. He then engaged in farming in Kansas until 1867, when he came to this county, locating on Turkey Creek, near the present site of Bellville. He came to his present location in 1878, and has since engaged quite extensively in farming and stock-raising. Mr. Mullin was married in Douglas county, Kan., Dec. 5, 1861, to Miss Melina, daughter of James B. and Lucinda M. (Garner) Harvey, of Illinois, she having been born in Sangamon county, Ill., Feb. 6, 1839. There have been six children from this union, four of whom are now living: Ava A,, born March 27, 1858; Nancy J., born Jan. 2, 1862, and died in infancy; Alonzo A., born Jan, 25, 1865; Oscar, born March 12, 1867; Clara Belle, born Jan, 22, 1872; John H., born March 4, 1880, and died Jan. 8, 1881.
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