Samuel was born in 1906 in rural Oklahoma south of present day Perry, Oklahoma. His father, James (Jim) Patrick Mullins, had homesteaded on land in the Cherokee Strip. Jim had lost his first wife, Ada May Cotton, in the childbirth of their daughter, Ada May, who was named after her mother. Jim then married his second wife, Mamie Dell Gould whose father had been a minister in the Free Methodist Church, but was no longer under appointment. Jim worked the land until he "proved up" meaning building a home and farming for a set number of years. Most years after autumn harvest was completed, Jim took his family by covered wagon to Salem, Nebraska. The trip took two weeks with a layover for Sunday. A Bible believing man, Jim always gave gave his working team a Sabbath Rest. They made the trip to spend winter with his relatives in Western Missouri and Southeast Nebraska. When time for spring planting arrived they made the trip back to Oklahoma. Young Sam teased his younger sisters during the long, boring ride in a wagon, so Sam was given a pony to ride. He could ride ahead and be a "scout." Eventually, they moved to Salem permanently. On that trip, Grandma Mullins Hudson,the furniture, Mamie's organ and other personal items were sent by rail.
Sam attended school in Salem until he completed eighth grade. He said of quitting school, "I knew I would be a farmer and I couldn't see any sense in learning Latin." He worked for other farmers, sometime with his father and sometimes going out on his own. They did farm labor, building repair, roofing and wood cutting. Sam also learning animal husbandry from his father, who was often called by other farmers to treat farm animals, especially horses. During harvest Sam operated threashing machines, moving the equipment from farm to farm, setting everything in place and doing the daily task of lubricating the moving parts of the machines. All of this gave him background experience for his own farming career.
Sam's farming career took place in Richardson County, Nebraska except for the year 1934 when he moved to Kansas. That year was so dry much of the corn did not sprout after it was planted and the plants that came up did not reach reasonable height nor produce grain. He went bankrupt! The banker in Salem had faith in him and arranged a loan to help him get started again. By that time the depression made survival difficult for everyone. Prices were stable during World War II. More prosperous years followed the war.
Sam retired to rural Pawnee City and then in Morrill, Kansas. He completed his life on October 6, 1995 in Sabetha, Kansas.
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Samuel Luther was born in 1906 near Perry, Oklahoma. His parents were James Patrick Mullins and Mamie Dell Gould. James was known as Jim Mullins and Mamie was nicknamed, Tag, being the youngest child in her family. Jim's first wife, Ada Cotton died from childbirth and her baby daughter was named Ada May after her mother. Five years after the death of Ada May Cotton, Jim Mullins and Mamie Dell Gould were married. Their wedding picture shows them standing together with Mamie Dell standing between the bride and groom. Jim Mullins and Mamie's family had moved to Oklahoma to be part of settling the Oklahoma Territory. Jim had traveled with several relatives who had gone for the Okahoma Land Race known for homesteading the Cherokee Strip. A party of men from the Falls City, Nebraska area went to race for land. Jim Mullins and his younger brother, John, made the trip. John would have been too young to file for land. It is my understanding that the Holt County Historical Society has a report on the tintype photograph take of a group who made the trip. They list: Abner Boyd, 71 years old, Wade Billips, E. E. Boyd, Franklin Greenlee, Charles Williams, Abe Harris, Eli Conn, Lum Lease, John Adams and Albert Adams being in the photo. Others who were on the trip were: John Mullins, Jim Mullins, Wade Whitney, Silas Combs, Frank Combs, Tom Stuart and Henry Hines. The photo was taken at Arkansas City, OK on Sept. 12, 1893. I understand that the original was sent to someone in the Greenlee family in Cortez, Colorado. married Mamie Dell Gould, daughter of Rev. Luther Calvin Gould and Florilla Roseanna Hall. The search for land brought them all together in Perry, OK. There were times when Jim and Mamie took their family back to the Falls City/Salem area and then back to Perry again. They brought with them Mamie's pump organ and kitchen stove. Jim's mother, Ann Marie Boyd Mullins, lived with Jim after the death of Samuel David Mullins. She and Mae took the train instead of the covered wagon. Samuel David Mullins died at 47, having been injured during the Civil War and never fully recovered from that event. Samuel Luther Mullins attended a rural school near Perry, Oklahoma. When the family was near Salem, NE he attended there. After 8th grade he quit school and found work to help his family. With his father, he cut trees to make firewood for farmers in the area. He found work as a farm hand using horse or mule teams. Sometimes he drove the tractors that were beginning to be used in farming. He especially enjoyed telling about running the steam powered threashing machines, Keeping the wheels oiled, belts tightened and everything in working order. He passed away in 1995 after a long life of farm labor and a retirement that kept him in touch with the rural scene. He was well-known in Richardson County, Nebraska.[2]
I, Loren Mullins, am the source for these stories as a witness to my father, Sam Mullins, as he told of these and many other events in our home and in feed stores, machine shops, gas stations, car lots, sale barn and any place he could get a word in "edgewise".
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