Elizabeth (Harris) Mullinnix (1934)

LEWIS, MULLINNIX

Posted By: Linda Brittain
Date: 6/16/2007 at 18:30:53

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 11, 1934
Page 1

ELIZABETH MULLINEX EARLY SETTLER, DIES

Madison County Resident For Seventy-Eight Years Passes

Mrs. Elizabeth Mullinex, pioneer Madison county woman, died here Sunday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Fred A. Lewis. She was 87 years old.

Mrs. Mullinex was born in Swan sea, Wales, in 1846, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Harris. She was brought to the United States by her parents when five years old, the family settling in this county four years later, in 1855. She has been a resident of this community for 78 years.

In 1874 she was married to T. L. Mullinex in Winterset. Her husband died in March 1926. To this union were born three daughters, two of whom died in infancy. The other, Mrs. Lewis, is the only immediate survivor.

Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at 2:30 p. m., at the Ramsey-Richards funeral home, with the Rev. F. W. Madden, pastor of the Baptist church, in charge. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.
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The Winterset News
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, January 11, 1934
Page 1, Column 7

Mrs. Elizabeth Mullinnix

Mrs. Elizabeth Mullinnix, 87, died late Sunday evening at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Lewis; she had been in ill health for several years.

Mrs. Mullinnix was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Harris, the family emigrating from Wales when she was a child and coming to Madison county in 1855. Davis Harris was one of the first stone masons of the county and early histories carry his advertisements telling of his quarry in Buffalo Hollow and of his mason work.

Mrs. Mullinnix’s husband, T. L. Mullinnix, was for many years a grocer in Winterset, occupying the building now leased by the Club café. He was a popular and a prominent business man.

The family took an active part in the affairs of the Baptist church. Mrs. Mullinnix was noted for her needlework. With others of the Sunday school class of which she was a member as long as her health permitted, she quilted many quilts, the proceeds going to some church fund.

Services were held Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Ramsey-Richards funeral home, the Rev. Fred W. Madson in charge; burial was in the Winterset cemetery.
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Transcriber's note: Transcribed as published, last name should be "Mullinnix" per gravestone.

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