Terry Dow Mullins of War Eagle River (William Dow6, Lorenzo Dow5, Terry4, Henry3, Richard2, Matthew1)

Terry Dow Mullins7 was born in December, 1861, in Rock Castle County, Kentucky; he married Lucy A. Miller ca. 1882 in Kentucky. Lucy A. Miller was born in March, 1862 in Kentucky to John and Susie Seay Miller. John Miller was born in 1840 in Kentucky and Susie Seay was born ca. 1843 in Kentucky. John Miller was the son of John S. Miller, born 1795 in Virginia and Sarah Rose (Rosse), born 1804 (1811?) in Virginia. Sarah was the daughter of a Cherokee Indian woman, according to family tradition.

Terry Dow and Lucy Miller Mullins moved to Madison Coutny, Arkansas, along with John and Susie Seay Miller and another daughter of John Miller, who had married ____? Melton. This group settled along the War Eagle River. John Miller died at age 94 in Madison County, Arkansas; his wife Susie also died in Madison County, Arkansas. (Chester Mullins, personal communication)

In 1908, Terry Dow Mullins and Lucy moved to Oklahoma. Terry Dow died ca. 1923 and Lucy died ca. 1927 in Arpela, Oklahoma. This couple had seven sons and no daughters:

1. John William "Jack" Mullins8, born 1883-84, Kentucky; married (1) Annie Asher; married (2) Mrs. Molly Jones Yager. Jack and Annie had one daughter:

---Jack Mullins and Molly Yager Mullins had children:

2. Mitchell Mullins8, born September 14, 1885, Rock Castle County, Kentucky; married August 1, 1905 Parkey Louise Estep (Smith), born October 23, 1891 in Madison County, Arkansas. Marriage Certificate. This family history follows this line. See below.

3. Benjamin "Bee" Mullins8
4. Celdon Mullins8; married Lou Martin, had a daughter:

5. Oscar Lee Mullins8; married Lucy ____?
6. Floyd Mullins
7. Jesse James Mullins8; married Floy Martin

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Mitchell Mullins, Oklahoma Sharecropper (Terry Dow7, William Dow6, Lorenzo Dow5, Terry4, Henry3, Richard2, Matthew1)

Mitchell Mullins8 was born September 14, 1885 in Rock Castle County, Kentucky. When three years old, Mitchell was brought by his parents and maternal grandparents to the War Eagle River in Northwestern Arkansas. on August 17, 1905 in or near Pettigrew, Arkansas, Mitchell married Parkey Louise Estep (adopted name: Smith), born October 23, 1891 to William Estep and Racel Elizabeth Lewis Atchley Estep.

Parkey Louise's maiden name is recorded as Smith on the marriage document. See the notes of Helen Mullins Walker, regarding her adoption by Dr. Smith, Rachel Elizabeth's third husband. Parkey was the biological daughter of William Estep, Rachel Elizabeth's second husband, who died before his daughters could know him.

Mitchell and Parkey Estep-Smith Mullins moved to Oklahoma only three years after their marriage. Rachel Elizabeth Lewis Atchley Estep Smith moved with them. Terry Dow and Lucy Miller Mullins also moved to Oklahoma at that time. Mitchell and Parkey settled as farmers along the Arkansas River in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. In 1941, they moved to a hill farm near Vian, Oklahoma where they lived the rest of their lives.

Mitchell Mullins died in 1968 in Vian, Oklahoma. Parkey died in 1974 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They are both buried in the family plot in Marble City Cemeter, Marble City, Oklahoma. Mitchell and Parkey had children:

1. Terry Eugene Mullins9, born June 4, 1906 in Red Star, Arkansas; unmarried; died 1984, Vian, Oklahoma.
2. Chester Benjamin Mullins9, born December 2, 1907, Arkansas; married Edna Ethel Welch, December 10, 1934. Edna was born April 1, 1916, Marble City, Oklahoma; see the Welch section of this family history.
3. Mack Archie Mullins9, born July 26, 1910, Oklahoma; married Viola Muller ca 1947; had children:

4. Helen Mullins9, born January 30, 1914, Oklahoma; married Buster Walker, ca. 1940; no children.
5. Jessie Leeila Mullins9, born March 19, 1919, Oklahoma; married Cecil Clark, ca. 1938-39, had children:

6. Bonnie Louisa Mullins9, born September 5, 1922; married Leonard Johnson April 23, 1944 in Tulsa, Oklahoma; had twin sons:

[For a record of the unsurviving children of Parkey and Mitchell Mullins, see the notes by Helen Mullins Walker.]

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Chester Benjamin Mullins, on to California (Mitchell8, Terry Dow7, William Dow6, Lorenzo Dow5, Terry4, Henry3, Richard2, Matthew1)

Chester Benjamin Mullins9 was born December 2, 1907, Pettigrew, Arkansas; married Edna Ethel Welch, December 10, 1934, in Marble City, Oklahoma. Chester and Edna lived in Sequoyah County, Oklahoma. They rented small farms along the Arkansas River from 1934 to 1946, when Chester went to work in the marble quarry in Marble City, Oklahoma. After only two seasons in the quarry, Chester developed lung disease and had to move the family to California where he found work as a planing mill hand at Sacramento Box Factory near Perkins, California. Chester worked there until the late 1950s when he was hired as a janitor at Aerojet General outside Sacramento.

Chester and Edna were active members of the Baptist church on Jackson Road in Sacramento. Edna had been baptized as a young girl, but Chester was baptized as an adult along with his oldest daughters at the church located at 65th Street and 14th Avenue in Sacramento, California. (In 2000, the church building was occupied by the Byzantine Catholic Church.) Chester later became a deacon in the Baptist church on Jackson Road.

Chester was forced to retire in 1968 when he suffered massive heart failure while on the job. He was then able to regain his health by returning to the work he loved best: farming. He and Edna had for many years a tiny farm in Wilton, California; if land deeds were written as they once were, the farm would be "located on the waters of the Cosumnes river, a tributary of the San Joaquin."

Edna operated the family residence as a rest home for the disabled, aged and indigent from the early 1960s to the early 1980s. See the write-up in the local paper on her retirement. It goes on (click here). Chester and Edna sold the home place in 1985 and moved to Countryfield Drive in Sacramento. Chester died February 22, 1991, and Edna died on September 14, 1998. They are both buried in East Lawn Cemetery on Greenback Lane in Sacramento, California. Chester and Edna had children:

1. Anna Luesa Mullins10, born November 13, 1935, Vian, Oklahoma; married Rolland Glenn Garner, December 21, 1953. See the Garner chapter for their family history.
2. Rosa Lee Mullins10, born February 7, 1937, Vian, Oklahoma; married Billy Deean Thomas February 11, 1958. Children:

3. Patsy Elizabeth Mullins10, born January 3, 1939, Vian, Oklahoma; married Earl T. Weisinger, April 16, 1961. Children:

4. Clayton Chester Mullins10, born May 26, 1942, Vian, Oklahoma; married Linda Darlene McCormack, February 5, 1962. Children:

5. Orville Dewey Mullins10, born April 8, 1944, Gans, Oklahoma; married Sophie Ann Simondari, December 17, 1967. Children:

6. Linda Lee Mullins10, born November 10, 1945, Vian, Oklahoma; married Larry Max McCormack, 1962. Children:

7. Eddie Benjamin Mullins10, born January 5, 1948, Sallisaw, Oklahoma; married Peggy Jean Roberts, February 17, 1973. Child:

8. Robert Warren Mullins10, born October 11, 1949, Sacramento, CA; married Laura Lee Marshall, July 5, 1970. Children:

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