Alafare (Damron) Mullins (1873 - 1900)

Born 20 Feb 1873 in Carter, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Ulysses Grant Mullins — married 23 Jul 1888 in Carter, Kentucky, United States

Died 3 Mar 1900 at age 27 in Beech Grove, Carter, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Alafare (Damron) Mullins was born in Appalachia, in Kentucky. See Appalachia Project.

Alafare ("Allie") was born in 1873. She is the daughter of Benjamin Damron and Malinda McGlone. ^[1]. She married Ulysses Grant Mullins in 1888.

She passed away in 1900 as a result of an accidental powder explosion, which was reported in newspapers across the United States ^{[2] [3]}

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Manny Montgomery, May 16, 2013
2. ↑ "Fatal Powder Explosion. A Child Drops the Deadly Can on a Stove", The Times (Washington, D.C.), 5 March 1900, page 2; https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85054468/1900-03-05/ed-1/seq-2/
3. ↑ "One Dead, One Dying. Terrible Results of a Little Boy Spilling Powder on an Open Hearth Near Grayson, Ky.", Daily Public Ledger (Maysville, KY), 5 March 1900, page 2; https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86069117/1900-03-05/ed-1/seq-2/

• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCCH-8NM : Thu Mar 07 22:45:06 UTC 2024), Alafare Damron in entry for Ben F. Damron and Malinda Damron, Carter, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district ED 13, sheet 497D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm.
• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2Q6-8JZF : Sat Feb 24 01:44:51 UTC 2024), Entry for U. S. G. Mullins and Allifaire Damron, 23 Jul 1888, Carter, Kentucky, United States.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41936737/alifare-mullins: accessed May 7, 2024), memorial page for Alifare “Allie” Damron Mullins (20 Feb 1873–3 Mar 1900), Find a Grave Memorial ID 41936737, citing Damron Cemetery #2, Grayson, Carter County, Kentucky, USA.

Acknowledgments

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