Benjamin Mullen (abt. 1806 - aft. 1855)

Ancestors

Descendants

Died after 1855 after about age 49 in Coles Co., Illinois

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Biography

Benjamin was born about 1806. He was the son of Thomas Mullen and Rebecca Mullen. He passed away after 1855.

Residence 1831 - Ohio

Son Francis born in Ohio in 1931

Residence 1849 - Illinois

Son John born in Illinois in 1849 (as reported in 1860 census^[1], and on John's death record^[2]).

Residence 1850 - Hurricane Twp, Cumberland Co, IL

US Census in Hurricane Township, Cumberland County, Illinois^[3]

Benj Mullen, 44, farmer, b PA

Elizabeth Mullen, 43, b PA

Francis Mullen, 19, b OH

Isaiah Mullen, 18, b OH

Charity Mullen, 14, b OH

Esra Mullen, 12, b OH

Roda Mullen, 9, b OH

Phebe Mullen, 6, b OH

John H Mullen, 11/12, b OH

next household (daughter Mariah)

Hezekiah Roberts, 33, b OH

Mariah Roberts, 18, b OH

Residence 1855 - Cumberland Co, IL

Illinois State Census, 1855 in Cumberland County, Illinois^[4]

in the household of Benj Mullen

males

1 - under 10 (John Mullen)

1 - 10-20 (Esra)

1 - 40-50 (head - Benjamin Mullen)

females

2 - 10-20 (Phebe, Rhoda Mullen)

1 - 40-50 (wife - Elizabeth Mullen)

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXC4-TCD : 13 December 2017), John Mullin in entry for Elisabeth Carpenter, 1860.
2. ↑ "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NQRL-9SV : 8 March 2018), John Mullen, 13 Feb 1929; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,643,027.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M85G-3TD : 12 April 2016), Benj Mullin, Hurricane, Cumberland, Illinois, United States; citing family 40, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "Illinois State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:613P-R2M : 11 March 2018), Benj Mullen, Cumberland, Illinois; citing Cumberland, Illinois, 6, p. 4, Illinois State Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm.

• Land records in Delaware County, Ohio show a sale in 1843 of inherited land by Benjamin and Elizabeth Mullen with the notation "subject to the dower of widow Rebecca Mullen"--similar notation on land records of other children of Thomas and Rebecca Mullen.