This link takes you to the Mullen family files with slide show, deeds, family tree and tour of the John Mullen home in Chico - courtesy of the Yankee Hill Historical group.
https://yankeehillhistory.com/archived-family-files/mullen-family-files/
Company A, 1st California Cavalry-Civil War
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John M. Mullen, aged 62, born Iowa, occupation horticulture, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Merritt, from California Death Index Records.
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Obituary, Phoenix Gazette Phoenix, AZ 9 Nov 1944 p.14 col 6-8 (Death Notices): "John Merritt Mullen came to Fort Whipple in August 1865 as a soldier in Company A of the First California Cavalry. He escorted the first governor of Arizona into the territory. He was kept there three years in the Indian Service. He returned to Concow but came back to Arizona again in 1873. He drove a herd of loose horses that time. Then he returned to Tempe and bought a quarter section southeast of Tempe."
He was the son of Charles William and Phoebe B. (née Merritt) Mullen, and sought a marriage permit on January 7, 1892 to Alice May Clanton at Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. The recordation of marriage is in Maricopa County, Prescott on Jan 11, 1892 at volume 1, page 84.
Sources: Orton Military Records, Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, Sacramento, 1890, pg. 10 / John M. Mullen Private, Co. A, 1st Calif. Calvary; Compiled Records of California Soldiers during the War of the Rebellion, Adjutant General of the Army, pg. 46 / John Merritt Mullen No. 2,502,263 USVA Pension Records; U.S. Veterans Administration, pg. 48.
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Chico Enterprise, September 5, 1942: Lone Survivor of G.A.R. Gives consent to Scrap Old Cannons. The first step toward converting cannons in Chico to the war effort in the national scrap campaign was taken this morning when John M. Mullen, the sole surviving member of the Grand Army of the Republic, gave his consent to Dr. E.L. Meyers, mayor of Chico, to sell the three barrels of the cannons in the G.A.R. plot of the Chico cemetery. Proceeds will be divided between the USO, the local American Red Cross chapter and the Chico airport organization.
Mullens [sic] stated, "I, being the only survivor of the G.A.R., give my consent of the G.A.R. for the sale of the cannon barrels now resting in Chico cemetery, the said barrels to be sold to the regular junk trade and to converted into our present war effort …" One of the barrels rests on wooden wheels and the other two on concrete foundations.
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Chico Enterprise, Wednesday Evening, November 8, 1944, pg 1 col 6-7: John Mullen, State's Last GAR Veteran, Dies Here. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for John M. Mullen, 99 of Chico, last surviving veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic in Northern California, who died last night at his home here.
Mullen, who would have been 100 years old next month, was born December 31, 1844, in Louisa county, Iowa, enlisted in the Grand Army on February 27, 1863, at Oroville and received his honorable discharge on May 14, 1866, at San Francisco.
He was mustered into service in March 1863, at Sacramento as a private in Company A, first California volunteer cavalry, under Capt. E.C. Ledyard and Col. Oscar M. Brown. The first cavalry was repeatedly engaged with hostile Apaches and other Indian tribes while stationed at posts in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, sustaining numerous losses not only through actual fighting, but also during marches thousands of miles through the mountains and deserts.
His company was among those which destroyed a Kiowa village with 150 lodges and routed the Kiowa and Comanche Indians completely in November 1864, under the command of Col. Kit Carson, and also fought other tribes in the Sacramento mountains, New Mexico, near San Andreas Pass, near White Mountains and at La Monica springs. After faithful duty and untold hardships, the regiment was mustered out at the San Francisco presidio.
Mullen then served as a member of General Mason's escort from Los Angeles across Arizona and later as a 'packer' with General Crook's expedition from Fort Whipple, Ariz., ending his service with the San Carlos campaign against the Indians.
The veteran and Alice M. Clanton were married on January 7, 1892 [note different date than reported above], at Phoenix, Ariz., and had two children, Charles Ralph and Ethel Jeanne, both of Chico, who survive. A charter member and officer of guard of J.W. Owen post at Phoenix, Mullen was also a member of Halleck Post No. 19, Department of California and Nevada, Grand Army of the Republic.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Henry Searle of First Christian church officiating, assisted by V.F.W. Post No. 1555. Black Johnson and Brusie are in charge.
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Chico Enterprise, Thursday Evening, November 9, 1944, pg 3 col 6: John Mullen, Last GAR Vet, Services Held. Rev. Henry Searle officiated at the services this afternoon for John M. Mullen, the last of northern California's G.A.R. Veterans, who die don Tuesday. Graveside services were under the auspices of the V.F.W. Post No. 1555 of Chico with W.A. Wielt, chaplain, and Ray Dunning, commander. Many of the Halleck Relief Corps and the Veterans of Chico attended the services in honor of his memory.
The pallbearers were members of the V.F.W.: Jack Burnette, William Bollerud, George Peck, Jack Cabaniss, Ray Dunning and N.O. Johanson. Interment was held in the G.A.R. plot of the Chico cemetery with Black, Johnson and Brusie in charge of arrangements.
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See the completed biography on John Merritt Mullen, by Kyle Piercy, entitled "A Man Who Saw 100 Years of American History. John Merritt Mullen 1844-1944" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2013, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
https://yankeehillhistory.com/archived-family-files/mullen-family-files/
Company A, 1st California Cavalry-Civil War
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John M. Mullen, aged 62, born Iowa, occupation horticulture, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
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Birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Merritt, from California Death Index Records.
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Obituary, Phoenix Gazette Phoenix, AZ 9 Nov 1944 p.14 col 6-8 (Death Notices): "John Merritt Mullen came to Fort Whipple in August 1865 as a soldier in Company A of the First California Cavalry. He escorted the first governor of Arizona into the territory. He was kept there three years in the Indian Service. He returned to Concow but came back to Arizona again in 1873. He drove a herd of loose horses that time. Then he returned to Tempe and bought a quarter section southeast of Tempe."
He was the son of Charles William and Phoebe B. (née Merritt) Mullen, and sought a marriage permit on January 7, 1892 to Alice May Clanton at Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. The recordation of marriage is in Maricopa County, Prescott on Jan 11, 1892 at volume 1, page 84.
Sources: Orton Military Records, Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, Sacramento, 1890, pg. 10 / John M. Mullen Private, Co. A, 1st Calif. Calvary; Compiled Records of California Soldiers during the War of the Rebellion, Adjutant General of the Army, pg. 46 / John Merritt Mullen No. 2,502,263 USVA Pension Records; U.S. Veterans Administration, pg. 48.
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Chico Enterprise, September 5, 1942: Lone Survivor of G.A.R. Gives consent to Scrap Old Cannons. The first step toward converting cannons in Chico to the war effort in the national scrap campaign was taken this morning when John M. Mullen, the sole surviving member of the Grand Army of the Republic, gave his consent to Dr. E.L. Meyers, mayor of Chico, to sell the three barrels of the cannons in the G.A.R. plot of the Chico cemetery. Proceeds will be divided between the USO, the local American Red Cross chapter and the Chico airport organization.
Mullens [sic] stated, "I, being the only survivor of the G.A.R., give my consent of the G.A.R. for the sale of the cannon barrels now resting in Chico cemetery, the said barrels to be sold to the regular junk trade and to converted into our present war effort …" One of the barrels rests on wooden wheels and the other two on concrete foundations.
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Chico Enterprise, Wednesday Evening, November 8, 1944, pg 1 col 6-7: John Mullen, State's Last GAR Veteran, Dies Here. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for John M. Mullen, 99 of Chico, last surviving veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic in Northern California, who died last night at his home here.
Mullen, who would have been 100 years old next month, was born December 31, 1844, in Louisa county, Iowa, enlisted in the Grand Army on February 27, 1863, at Oroville and received his honorable discharge on May 14, 1866, at San Francisco.
He was mustered into service in March 1863, at Sacramento as a private in Company A, first California volunteer cavalry, under Capt. E.C. Ledyard and Col. Oscar M. Brown. The first cavalry was repeatedly engaged with hostile Apaches and other Indian tribes while stationed at posts in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, sustaining numerous losses not only through actual fighting, but also during marches thousands of miles through the mountains and deserts.
His company was among those which destroyed a Kiowa village with 150 lodges and routed the Kiowa and Comanche Indians completely in November 1864, under the command of Col. Kit Carson, and also fought other tribes in the Sacramento mountains, New Mexico, near San Andreas Pass, near White Mountains and at La Monica springs. After faithful duty and untold hardships, the regiment was mustered out at the San Francisco presidio.
Mullen then served as a member of General Mason's escort from Los Angeles across Arizona and later as a 'packer' with General Crook's expedition from Fort Whipple, Ariz., ending his service with the San Carlos campaign against the Indians.
The veteran and Alice M. Clanton were married on January 7, 1892 [note different date than reported above], at Phoenix, Ariz., and had two children, Charles Ralph and Ethel Jeanne, both of Chico, who survive. A charter member and officer of guard of J.W. Owen post at Phoenix, Mullen was also a member of Halleck Post No. 19, Department of California and Nevada, Grand Army of the Republic.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Henry Searle of First Christian church officiating, assisted by V.F.W. Post No. 1555. Black Johnson and Brusie are in charge.
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Chico Enterprise, Thursday Evening, November 9, 1944, pg 3 col 6: John Mullen, Last GAR Vet, Services Held. Rev. Henry Searle officiated at the services this afternoon for John M. Mullen, the last of northern California's G.A.R. Veterans, who die don Tuesday. Graveside services were under the auspices of the V.F.W. Post No. 1555 of Chico with W.A. Wielt, chaplain, and Ray Dunning, commander. Many of the Halleck Relief Corps and the Veterans of Chico attended the services in honor of his memory.
The pallbearers were members of the V.F.W.: Jack Burnette, William Bollerud, George Peck, Jack Cabaniss, Ray Dunning and N.O. Johanson. Interment was held in the G.A.R. plot of the Chico cemetery with Black, Johnson and Brusie in charge of arrangements.
~~~
See the completed biography on John Merritt Mullen, by Kyle Piercy, entitled "A Man Who Saw 100 Years of American History. John Merritt Mullen 1844-1944" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2013, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
This link takes you to the Mullen family files with slide show, deeds, family tree and tour of the John Mullen home in Chico - courtesy of the Yankee Hill Historical group.
https://yankeehillhistory.com/archived-family-files/mullen-family-files/
Company A, 1st California Cavalry-Civil War
~~~
John M. Mullen, aged 62, born Iowa, occupation horticulture, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
~~~
Birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Merritt, from California Death Index Records.
~~~
Obituary, Phoenix Gazette Phoenix, AZ 9 Nov 1944 p.14 col 6-8 (Death Notices): "John Merritt Mullen came to Fort Whipple in August 1865 as a soldier in Company A of the First California Cavalry. He escorted the first governor of Arizona into the territory. He was kept there three years in the Indian Service. He returned to Concow but came back to Arizona again in 1873. He drove a herd of loose horses that time. Then he returned to Tempe and bought a quarter section southeast of Tempe."
He was the son of Charles William and Phoebe B. (née Merritt) Mullen, and sought a marriage permit on January 7, 1892 to Alice May Clanton at Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. The recordation of marriage is in Maricopa County, Prescott on Jan 11, 1892 at volume 1, page 84.
Sources: Orton Military Records, Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, Sacramento, 1890, pg. 10 / John M. Mullen Private, Co. A, 1st Calif. Calvary; Compiled Records of California Soldiers during the War of the Rebellion, Adjutant General of the Army, pg. 46 / John Merritt Mullen No. 2,502,263 USVA Pension Records; U.S. Veterans Administration, pg. 48.
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Chico Enterprise, September 5, 1942: Lone Survivor of G.A.R. Gives consent to Scrap Old Cannons. The first step toward converting cannons in Chico to the war effort in the national scrap campaign was taken this morning when John M. Mullen, the sole surviving member of the Grand Army of the Republic, gave his consent to Dr. E.L. Meyers, mayor of Chico, to sell the three barrels of the cannons in the G.A.R. plot of the Chico cemetery. Proceeds will be divided between the USO, the local American Red Cross chapter and the Chico airport organization.
Mullens [sic] stated, "I, being the only survivor of the G.A.R., give my consent of the G.A.R. for the sale of the cannon barrels now resting in Chico cemetery, the said barrels to be sold to the regular junk trade and to converted into our present war effort …" One of the barrels rests on wooden wheels and the other two on concrete foundations.
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Chico Enterprise, Wednesday Evening, November 8, 1944, pg 1 col 6-7: John Mullen, State's Last GAR Veteran, Dies Here. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for John M. Mullen, 99 of Chico, last surviving veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic in Northern California, who died last night at his home here.
Mullen, who would have been 100 years old next month, was born December 31, 1844, in Louisa county, Iowa, enlisted in the Grand Army on February 27, 1863, at Oroville and received his honorable discharge on May 14, 1866, at San Francisco.
He was mustered into service in March 1863, at Sacramento as a private in Company A, first California volunteer cavalry, under Capt. E.C. Ledyard and Col. Oscar M. Brown. The first cavalry was repeatedly engaged with hostile Apaches and other Indian tribes while stationed at posts in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, sustaining numerous losses not only through actual fighting, but also during marches thousands of miles through the mountains and deserts.
His company was among those which destroyed a Kiowa village with 150 lodges and routed the Kiowa and Comanche Indians completely in November 1864, under the command of Col. Kit Carson, and also fought other tribes in the Sacramento mountains, New Mexico, near San Andreas Pass, near White Mountains and at La Monica springs. After faithful duty and untold hardships, the regiment was mustered out at the San Francisco presidio.
Mullen then served as a member of General Mason's escort from Los Angeles across Arizona and later as a 'packer' with General Crook's expedition from Fort Whipple, Ariz., ending his service with the San Carlos campaign against the Indians.
The veteran and Alice M. Clanton were married on January 7, 1892 [note different date than reported above], at Phoenix, Ariz., and had two children, Charles Ralph and Ethel Jeanne, both of Chico, who survive. A charter member and officer of guard of J.W. Owen post at Phoenix, Mullen was also a member of Halleck Post No. 19, Department of California and Nevada, Grand Army of the Republic.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Henry Searle of First Christian church officiating, assisted by V.F.W. Post No. 1555. Black Johnson and Brusie are in charge.
~~~
Chico Enterprise, Thursday Evening, November 9, 1944, pg 3 col 6: John Mullen, Last GAR Vet, Services Held. Rev. Henry Searle officiated at the services this afternoon for John M. Mullen, the last of northern California's G.A.R. Veterans, who die don Tuesday. Graveside services were under the auspices of the V.F.W. Post No. 1555 of Chico with W.A. Wielt, chaplain, and Ray Dunning, commander. Many of the Halleck Relief Corps and the Veterans of Chico attended the services in honor of his memory.
The pallbearers were members of the V.F.W.: Jack Burnette, William Bollerud, George Peck, Jack Cabaniss, Ray Dunning and N.O. Johanson. Interment was held in the G.A.R. plot of the Chico cemetery with Black, Johnson and Brusie in charge of arrangements.
~~~
See the completed biography on John Merritt Mullen, by Kyle Piercy, entitled "A Man Who Saw 100 Years of American History. John Merritt Mullen 1844-1944" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2013, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
https://yankeehillhistory.com/archived-family-files/mullen-family-files/
Company A, 1st California Cavalry-Civil War
~~~
John M. Mullen, aged 62, born Iowa, occupation horticulture, joined the Major General Henry W. Halleck Post No. 19, GAR, of Chico. Source: "Chico's Grand Army of the Republic", transcribed Descriptive Book of Halleck Post 19, by Paradise Genealogical Society, published in the Goldmine, Volume 32:2 – Fall 1999.
~~~
Birth and death dates and locations, mother's maiden name Merritt, from California Death Index Records.
~~~
Obituary, Phoenix Gazette Phoenix, AZ 9 Nov 1944 p.14 col 6-8 (Death Notices): "John Merritt Mullen came to Fort Whipple in August 1865 as a soldier in Company A of the First California Cavalry. He escorted the first governor of Arizona into the territory. He was kept there three years in the Indian Service. He returned to Concow but came back to Arizona again in 1873. He drove a herd of loose horses that time. Then he returned to Tempe and bought a quarter section southeast of Tempe."
He was the son of Charles William and Phoebe B. (née Merritt) Mullen, and sought a marriage permit on January 7, 1892 to Alice May Clanton at Prescott, Yavapai County, Arizona. The recordation of marriage is in Maricopa County, Prescott on Jan 11, 1892 at volume 1, page 84.
Sources: Orton Military Records, Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, Sacramento, 1890, pg. 10 / John M. Mullen Private, Co. A, 1st Calif. Calvary; Compiled Records of California Soldiers during the War of the Rebellion, Adjutant General of the Army, pg. 46 / John Merritt Mullen No. 2,502,263 USVA Pension Records; U.S. Veterans Administration, pg. 48.
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Chico Enterprise, September 5, 1942: Lone Survivor of G.A.R. Gives consent to Scrap Old Cannons. The first step toward converting cannons in Chico to the war effort in the national scrap campaign was taken this morning when John M. Mullen, the sole surviving member of the Grand Army of the Republic, gave his consent to Dr. E.L. Meyers, mayor of Chico, to sell the three barrels of the cannons in the G.A.R. plot of the Chico cemetery. Proceeds will be divided between the USO, the local American Red Cross chapter and the Chico airport organization.
Mullens [sic] stated, "I, being the only survivor of the G.A.R., give my consent of the G.A.R. for the sale of the cannon barrels now resting in Chico cemetery, the said barrels to be sold to the regular junk trade and to converted into our present war effort …" One of the barrels rests on wooden wheels and the other two on concrete foundations.
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Chico Enterprise, Wednesday Evening, November 8, 1944, pg 1 col 6-7: John Mullen, State's Last GAR Veteran, Dies Here. Funeral services will be held tomorrow for John M. Mullen, 99 of Chico, last surviving veteran of the Grand Army of the Republic in Northern California, who died last night at his home here.
Mullen, who would have been 100 years old next month, was born December 31, 1844, in Louisa county, Iowa, enlisted in the Grand Army on February 27, 1863, at Oroville and received his honorable discharge on May 14, 1866, at San Francisco.
He was mustered into service in March 1863, at Sacramento as a private in Company A, first California volunteer cavalry, under Capt. E.C. Ledyard and Col. Oscar M. Brown. The first cavalry was repeatedly engaged with hostile Apaches and other Indian tribes while stationed at posts in Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, sustaining numerous losses not only through actual fighting, but also during marches thousands of miles through the mountains and deserts.
His company was among those which destroyed a Kiowa village with 150 lodges and routed the Kiowa and Comanche Indians completely in November 1864, under the command of Col. Kit Carson, and also fought other tribes in the Sacramento mountains, New Mexico, near San Andreas Pass, near White Mountains and at La Monica springs. After faithful duty and untold hardships, the regiment was mustered out at the San Francisco presidio.
Mullen then served as a member of General Mason's escort from Los Angeles across Arizona and later as a 'packer' with General Crook's expedition from Fort Whipple, Ariz., ending his service with the San Carlos campaign against the Indians.
The veteran and Alice M. Clanton were married on January 7, 1892 [note different date than reported above], at Phoenix, Ariz., and had two children, Charles Ralph and Ethel Jeanne, both of Chico, who survive. A charter member and officer of guard of J.W. Owen post at Phoenix, Mullen was also a member of Halleck Post No. 19, Department of California and Nevada, Grand Army of the Republic.
Graveside services will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, with the Rev. Henry Searle of First Christian church officiating, assisted by V.F.W. Post No. 1555. Black Johnson and Brusie are in charge.
~~~
Chico Enterprise, Thursday Evening, November 9, 1944, pg 3 col 6: John Mullen, Last GAR Vet, Services Held. Rev. Henry Searle officiated at the services this afternoon for John M. Mullen, the last of northern California's G.A.R. Veterans, who die don Tuesday. Graveside services were under the auspices of the V.F.W. Post No. 1555 of Chico with W.A. Wielt, chaplain, and Ray Dunning, commander. Many of the Halleck Relief Corps and the Veterans of Chico attended the services in honor of his memory.
The pallbearers were members of the V.F.W.: Jack Burnette, William Bollerud, George Peck, Jack Cabaniss, Ray Dunning and N.O. Johanson. Interment was held in the G.A.R. plot of the Chico cemetery with Black, Johnson and Brusie in charge of arrangements.
~~~
See the completed biography on John Merritt Mullen, by Kyle Piercy, entitled "A Man Who Saw 100 Years of American History. John Merritt Mullen 1844-1944" as part of a California State University, Chico Archival History project, fall semester, 2013, under the direction of Professor Mike Magliari. Electronic version and hard print copies are available at Meriam Library, CSU, Chico and Chico Cemetery Association.
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