Hester Ann (Manning) Mullins (1859 - 1937)

Born 20 Oct 1859 in Walker, Georgia, United States [uncertain]

Wife of Anderson Richardson Mullins — married 30 Apr 1874 in Moore County, Tennessee

Descendants

Died 20 Oct 1937 at age 78 in Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, United States

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Biography

Birth

Hester was born in Georgia, likely in Walker County^[1] on 20 October 1859 to parents George Manning^[2] and Elizabeth Ann (Unknown).^[3]

The 1860 US census^[1] shows Hester at an age of 8 months living in Walker County, Georgia and it is very likely that she was born there. However, on her death certificate, her place of birth is listed as Tullahoma, Tennessee. The discrepancy is most likely the result of her daughter Laura's early death. Laura's daughter Virgie Ulmer is listed on the death certificate as the reporting party. Laura died in 1929 when Virgie was only 14 years old. As the eldest child and her father working full time, Virgie stepped up into the role of home-maker and child caretaker. When her grandmother died eight years later, Virgie filed the death certificate paperwork. At an early age it is possible that Virgie did not know that her grandmother was born in Georgia and may have just assumed that she was born in Tennessee.

Migration to Tennessee

Hester (Manning) Mullins migrated from Georgia to Tennessee.

Hester's parents migrated from Georgia to Tennessee sometime between 1860 and 1870. They appeared on the in the 1860 US census in Georgia^[1] and in Tennessee in the 1870 census.^[4] The Tullahoma Historic Society's genealogy compilation, "Tullahoma, 1851," has a quizzical entry about Hester's father and it must be assumed that their record is conflated or in error:

George Mullins moved to Turkey Creek from Alabama with his wife Sarah and six children. This was before the Civil War. Also, a George Manning moved to Turkey Creek from Ringgold, Georgia with his wife Ann and three children, Hester, Walter and Laura. The two oldest sons were killed in the Civil War. Anderson was Mr. Millins Mullins oldest son. He met Hester and they were married and built a log cabin on his father's farm. Their children were Isabell and Laura.^[3]

The first sentence is most likely a conflation of George Manning and Thomas Mullins; the Mullins family came from Virginia. Walter was born in 1861, if he was born in Georgia, the family would have come to Tennessee between 1862 and 1869. Hester's father "George" appears in the book and in census records as John, George, and William. It is not known if the census records are in error or if he alternately went by his given name, middle name, and a nickname. Ringgold is near Town, Walker, Georgia, this entry appears accurate. If the entry about the sons dying in the Civil War is correct, their records have not been found; they were not living with George and Elizabeth and they were not on the same census page.

Marriage

Hester married, Anderson Richardson Mullins on 30 April 1874 in Moore County, Tennessee. The license was signed by Anderson and W. H. Hall.^[5]

Children

i. Isabel Carter (Mullins) Van Reeder, b. 1878 in Tennessee,^[6] m. L. V. Reeder 13 Jan 1900 in Franklin, TN.^[7]

ii. Laura Elizabeth (Mullins) Ulmer, b. 1888 in Tennessee,^[8][9] m. Edward Clyde Ulmer on 19 May 1906 in Franklin County, TN,^[10] d. 15 Sep 1829 in Tullahoma, TN.^[11]

To Texas and back

Between the births of daughters Isabel and Laura, the family appeared on the 1880 US census in Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee. No other records for Hester have been found until the 1900 census where they are living still in Moore County, Tennessee^[12] (Note: there are many Cobb cousins on the same census page and brother-in-law William Manly Mullins appears on the next page).

By 1910, Hester and Anderson had moved to Italy, Texas^[13] living alongside the entire extended family: next door, daughter Laura, her husband Clyde and their two daughters, cousins John and Nina Sims, and one door over, daughter Isabel, her husband Leroy Van Reeder, and their seven children. It is not known why the whole family moved to Texas; it is possible that they moved for employment opportunities. Sims relatives were from Texas and may have invited them. Their daughter Isabel's family had arrived to Texas earlier; her daughter Ester was born in Texas in 1904.

We do not know what year Hester and Anderson returned to Tennessee but their granddaughter Virgie (Laura's daughter) was born in Italy, Texas in 1914.^[14] By the 1920 census,^[15] Hester and Anderson had returned to Moore County, Tennessee accompanied by their daughter Laura, her husband Clyde, their children, and other extended members of the Ulmer family. Hester and Anderson were sharing a home with Laura, Clyde, and their children Ruby and Virgie.

By 1930, Anderson and Hester can be found living in the home of daughter and son-in-law Laura and Clyde Ulmer along with their daughter Virgie in Tullahoma, Tennessee. Ruby appears on the same census page, married to Ed Carter, probably a relative from the Carter family. The young couple has a child: G. C.^[16] This is the last record found (to date) of Hester and Anderson before they died in 1937.

Timeline and residence

1859 - Town, Walker County, Georgia (Hester was born on 20 October)^[2]
1860 - Town, Walker County, Georgia (residence: 1860 census)^[1]
1870 - Grundy, Tennessee (residence: 1870 census - note: Grundy is just east of Tullahoma)^[4]
1874 - Moore County, Tennessee (marriage to Anderson Richardson Mullins on April 30th)^[5]
1878 - Tennessee (birth of daughter Isabel Carter)^[6]
1880 - Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee (residence: 1880 census)^[6]
1888 - Franklin County, Tennessee (birth of daughter Laura Elizabeth)^[11][9]
1900 - Civil District 11, Moore County, Tennessee (residence: 1900 US census;^[12] daughter Isabel was married on 13 January)^[7]
1910 - Italy, Ellis County, Texas (residence: 1910 US census)^[13]
1920 - Civil District 11, Moore County, Tennessee (residence: 1920 US census)^[15]
1929 - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee (daughter Laura died on 15 September)^[11]
1930 - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee (residence: 1930 US census)^[16]
1937 - Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee (Anderson died on 7 March and Hester died on 20 October)^[2]

Vocation

On her death certificate, Hester was indicated to have been a home-maker.^[2]

Death and burial

Hester died on her birthday, 20 October 1937, she had aged 78 years. She died from pneumonia as a result of complications from influenza. She was buried at Oakwood Cemetery the next day on 21 October 1937. Her husband Anderson was listed on the death certificate and it was indicated that she was a widow at the time of her death;^[2] Anderson had died seven months earlier on 7 Mar 1937.^[17]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Year: 1860; Census Place: Town, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M653_139; Page: 682; Family History Library Film: 803139. Accessed 12 May 2019 SJ Baty at Ancestry.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4} 1937: Death Certificate of Hester Mullins: Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 11. Accessed 12 May 2019 SJ Baty at Ancestry.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Historic Preservation Society of Tullahoma, Inc. Tullahoma, Tn. Tullahoma 1851. Tullahoma, TN: Taylor Publishing Co. , Dallas, Texas, 1986. Page 130. Hard cover copy in possession of SJ Baty.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDD9-JS4 : 12 April 2016), Ester Manning in household of Wilhene Manning, Tennessee, United States; citing p. 6, family 1, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,031.
   Local file here.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} 1874 - Marriage of Anderson Mullins and Hester Manning: Tennessee, Marriage Records, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008. Accessed 12 May 2019 SJ Baty at Ancestry.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDW9-R9T : 15 July 2017), Isabel Mullins in household of Anderson Mullins, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district ED 175, sheet 491A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1273; FHL microfilm 1,255,273.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} 1900 - "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD9V-738 : 11 February 2018), L. V. Reeder and I. C. Mullins, 13 Jan 1900; citing , Franklin, Tennessee, reference 2:ZPPZ34; FHL microfilm 576,304.
8. ↑ 1937 - Tennessee State Library and Archives; Nashville, Tennessee; Tennessee Death Records, 1908-1958; Roll Number: 9. Accessed 1 April 2018 SJ Baty at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2376&h=303903.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} Photo of tombstone of Clyde Ulmer and Laura (Mullins) Ulmer taken by June Brown, Find A Grave contributor 47607836. Local file: https://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Ulmer-402.
10. ↑ 1906 - Marriage of Laura Mullins to Clyde Ulmer: Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002. Nashville, TN, USA: Tennessee State Library and Archives. Microfilm. Accessed 1 April 2018 SJ Baty at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=1169&h=4661946.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2}
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1} Year: 1900; Census Place: Civil District 11, Moore, Tennessee; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0100; FHL microfilm: 1241590. Accessed 13 May 2019 SJ Baty at Ancestry.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Year: 1910; Census Place: Italy, Ellis, Texas; Roll: T624_1549; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0147; FHL microfilm: 1375562. Accessed 13 May 2019 SJ Baty at Ancestry.
14. ↑ 1993 - State of California. California Death Index, 1940-1997. Sacramento, CA, USA: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics. Place: San Bernardino; Date: 19 Apr 1993; Social Security: 409073107. Accessed 10 April 2018 SJ Baty at Ancestry.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Year: 1920; Census Place: Civil District 11, Moore, Tennessee; Roll: T625_1757; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 113. Accessed 13 May 2019 SJ Baty at Ancestry.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Year: 1930; Census Place: Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 0016; FHL microfilm: 2341972
17. ↑ 1937 - Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966, database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSJB-JLF : 15 October 2018 SJ Baty), Anderson Richardson Mullins, 7 Mar 1937; Death, Tullahoma, Coffee, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville.

See also:

• Hester's Find a Grave memorial.