MULLINS, Patrick

MULLINS, HOFFINES

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 2/12/2014 at 19:12:52

Biography ~ Patrick Mullins

"Biographical and Historical Record of
Ringgold and Decatur Counties, Iowa"
(Lewis Publishing Company (1887)), p. 698.

PATRICK MULLINS, section 25, Eden Township, settled here in 1866. At that time no improvements had been made upon his farm, which consisted of 140 acres. Mr. MULLINS was born in County Kerry, Ireland, about the year 1832. His father died while he was a boy, and when ten years of age he came to America with an elder brother and sister, both of whom had families. The brother, DENNIS, lives in Taylor County, Iowa, and the sister resides in Woodland Township, Decatur County. Mr. MULLINS married MARGARET C. HOFFINES, a native of Ohio, and they have fourteen children – nine sons and five daughters. They are all members of the Catholic church, and politically Mr. MULLINS is a Democrat.

Submission by Sara LeFleur, Decatur County Historical Society Museum, January of 2014