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ISRAEL MULLIN, a descendant of an old colonial family, is of the fifth generation in this country of the family. He was born in Horsham township, February 26, 1833. He was reared to farm pursuits and educated in the public schools of the township. He is the son of Robert and Mary (Hallowell) Mullin. His father was of Horsham township, and the mother of Lower Merion township, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania.

Robert Mullin (father) was the son of William, and William was a son of William, Sr. William, Sr., was a son of Charles Mullin, who was the first of the family in Montgomery county. He was a prominent farmer of Horsham township, and died within a short distance of this farm. His son William succeeded him on the homestead. His son William (grandfather) succeeded him. William, Jr., had two sisters, Sarah Mrs. Jesse Shay, and Mary (Mrs. J. Rubicam). His children: Agnes (Mrs. Job Darnell); David, a farmer; Robert (father); Joshua, Charles and William, all farmers. Robert Mullin was reared at the homestead, being educated in the common schools, and at the proper age learned the millwright trade and was employed at that occupation until his marriage. He married Mary Hallowell, who was born in Lower Merion township, August 27, 1809. She was the daughter of William and Catharine (Shoemaker) Hallowell. William Hallowell was one of the widely known residents of Montgomery county in his day. His children: Mary, mother of Israel Mullin; Susan (Mrs. G. Pyott); William R., of Rochester, New York; Jane (Mrs. Hugh Foreman); Phebe (Mrs. Samuel K. Stout); Catharine (Mrs. William H. Jenkins); Caleb R., a farmer, for many years a resident of Plymouth township, but more recently residing near Phoenixville. Catharine and Caleb were children by a second wife, Jane Walker, of a well known family living west of the Schuylkill, descendants of Lewis Walker, who settled in Tredyffrin township, Chester county, in 1713, and became the ancestor of a very numerous and influential family.

Robert Mullin was born August 23, 1807. He spent one year on the homestead, after he was married, after which he bought the farm adjoining, on which he located and remained there his entire life, living a most exemplary life. He died December 19, 1884, aged seventy-eight years. He was greatly respected by the community in which he lived. He was an excellent farmer, and attended Philadelphia market for many years. Politically he was a Whig and Republican, and filled some minor township offices, although he was in no sense an office seeker. He was a member of the Horsham Monthly Meeting of Friends, and greatly attached to the principles of the Society. His wife, Mary Mullin, survived several years, and died March 18, 1889, in the eightieth year of her age. The children of Robert and Mary Mullin: Edwin, born in 1836, removed to Iowa, where he is an extensive farmer; Israel, subject of this sketch; Anna, who died at the age of twenty years; Jane H., born December 7, 1845; Phebe, born in 1851, married David Lukens. Jane H. Mullin married Thomas Kerbaugh, who died February 14, 1877. He was a merchant at Davis Grove, in Horsham township. He left two children, Mary, married H. Dager, and Edgar, of Gwynedd. His widow makes her home with her brother Israel since the death of her husband.

Israel Mullin succeeded his father on the homestead, acquiring the ownership by purchase from the other heirs. He gives all his attention to farming, and is a practical worker in that line and very successful. In politics he is a Republican, but has never aspired to public office of any kind. He married, June 13, 1872, Anna L. Ely, daughter of Gilbert and Sarah (Corson) Ely, of an old Bucks county family, although for many years residents of Horsham township. His children: Hannah, Mrs. Webster; Rebecca, Mrs. Teas; William Ellwood, a real estate agent at North Wales, long deceased; Joshua, died unmarried; Anna L., wife of Israel Mullin; Adella, Mrs. S. Lukens.

The children of Israel and Anna Louisa Mullin: Howard E., born October 6, 1874, resides with his father and fills the position of township auditor; Clarence, married, and a farmer by occupation, was born August 3, 1877; Wesley, born July 8, 1882, unmarried. Mrs. Mullin died March 15, 1883, in the thirty-sixth year of her age.