mullins

Date:	Thu, 11 Jul 2002 13:30:56 -0700

To:	"JACQULINE SAMPSON" <JACKIEANDSAM@YAHOO.COM>

From:	"David May" <DCM@DAVIDCMAY.COM> \| Block Address \| Add to Address Book

Subject:	Re: Fwd: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] Mullins

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>hi >   can i post a copy of this e-mail you sent me on my >web site? it is my way of

 keeping track of were i >found things about family out, also lets others learn >to > >

  thank you >     jacquline

sure. DM!@  >--- David May <dcm@davidcmay.com> wrote: >>

Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 01:49:13 -0700 >>  From: David May <dcm@davidcmay.com

> >>  Subject: Re: [Rice-Southern-L] Mullins >>  To: RICE-SOUTHERN-L@rootsweb.com

>> >>  Looks like there are at least two Rice tie in to >>  descendants of >>

William Grancer Mullins. Your Margaret Rice m. John >>  W. Mullins and >>

Joel David Rice m. Temperence Alwilda Mullen.

>> >>  Joel David Rice is my gg grandfather.

>> >>  I have the text of a newspaper article Joel David

>>  Rice wrote for the >>  death of of his father in law Thomas Britt Mullen.

>>  It is below.

>> >>  DM.

 >> >> >>  The death of Thomas Britt Mullen, as written by his

>>  son-in-law, Rev. >>  Joel D. Rice, to a Carroll County, Ms. Newspaper.

 >> >>  Thomas Britt Mullen died at his residence in Carroll >>  County,

>>  Mississippi, June 21, 1871. He was born in Davidson

>>  County Tennessee, >>  April 10, 1809. His parents, Joahua and Rhoda,

 were >>  pious members of >>  the Methodist Church and their greatest care was to

 >>  train the feet of >>  their children to walk in the paths of

>>  righteousness. >> >>  About the year 1820 they moved from Tennessee to

>>  Hinds County, >>  Mississippi where they entered land. Both of these

>>  lived to be a good >>  old age, and died in the faith. Thomas was the

 >>  oldest of twelve >>  children, and in early manhood he embraced

"the >>  religion of his >>  fathers". Through more than forty years he continued

>>  to serve the >>  Lord, in full fellowship with the Methodist Church.

>> >>  July 20, 1826 he married Miss Temperance Alwilda >>  Farmer,

an amiable >>  lady, an affectionate and duitiful wife, and a model

>>  christian who >>  died in the year 1842, being then the Mother of nine

>>  children, three >>  of whom died in infancy. >> >>  July 20, 1843 Mr. Mullen

married Miss Elizabeth >>  Williams, who >>  survives him. By this wife he was the

father of >>  thirteen children, >>  eleven of whom are still living.

>> >>  In our late war, Mr. Mullen had five sons who >>  battled for what they

>>  thought was right. But three of these returned to >>  their fathers >>  house.

The other two filled honorable graves. >> >>  For six or eight months previous to

his death, Mr, >>  Mullen suffered >>  excrucciating pain from disease;

 yet he bore it all >>  with Christian >>  fortitude and patience.

He told his wife and >>  children that he knew he >>  was going to die and he did

 not want them to greive >>  over his dead >>  body, for then he would be easy

and happy. He was >>  unable to speak >>  even in a whisper so as to be intelligible

 for >>  sometime before he >>  died; yet he remained in a state of perfect >>

 consciousness. Just an >>  hour before his death, a friend said to him:"if you >>

  feel that Jesus >>  is still with you, raise your right hand." The hand >>

was raised more >>  than once, which gave his friend full assurance that >>

 all was well >>  with him. A few moments more, and casting a longing

>>  look on his dear >>  wife, and making a motion with his hands as if to

>>  bid her farewell, >>  his Spirit left its renement of clay, and was wafted

 >>  to the glory >>  world. >> >>  Rev. Joel D. Rice >>  June 21, 1871 >> >>