Rachel Caroline (Hemrick) Mullis (1842 - 1898)

Born 25 Feb 1842 in Union Grove, North Carolina, USA

Wife of George Washington Mullis — married 22 May 1866 in Iredell, North Carolina, United States

Descendants

Died 3 Feb 1898 at age 55 in Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA

Biography

Rachel Caroline Hemrick was born on Feb 25, 1842 in Union Grove Township, Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. She is the daughter of Daniel Hambrick (1814-?) and Mary "Polly" Lonsford (1825-?). Rachel or Caroline, as she was called, married George Washington Mullis (1832-1919) in Union Grove in 1857. She died on Feb 3, 1898 in Union Grove Township and is buried in the Hemrick Family Cemetery, near Union Grove, Iredell County, North Carolina.^[1]

Tomstone, Hemrick Cemetery.

See also Civil War letters on George Washington Mullis's profile.

Research Notes

Have not been able to find this family in the 1870 Census.

Sources

1. ↑ #C1850, #C1860, #C1880, #C1900George, #FG, #Marriage

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (Link: 9 November 2014), Rachel C Hambrick in household of D Hambrick, Iredell county, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing family 329, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (Link: 30 December 2015), Racheal C Hemrick in entry for Daniel Hemrick, 1860, District South of Hunting Creek, Iredell County, North Carolina.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (Link: 11 August 2016), Caroline Mullis in household of Washington Mullis, Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 152, sheet 220D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0968; FHL microfilm 1,254,968.
• "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 ," database with images, FamilySearch (Link: 8 July 2016), George W Mullis and Caroline Hemrick, 22 May 1866; citing Iredell, North Carolina, United States, p. 53, Office of Archives and History, Division of Archives and Records. State Archive of North Carolina and various county Register of Deeds; FHL microfilm 548,950.
• "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (Link: 11 July 2016), Rachel Caroline Hemrick Mullis, 1898; Burial, , Iredell, North Carolina, United States of America, Hemrick Family Cemetery; citing record ID 65562579, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

Acknowledgements:

• Ancestry.com, 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files were combined to create this source citation. Note: Information extracted from various family tree data submitted to Ancestry.com and The Generations Network Data: Text: APID: 1030