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This is another of my husband's ancestors. As anyone researching in the Middle Georgia area knows, you have to have at least one line of Mullises. My husband has several. Of course they are all related way back some where in the distant past. But I don't even want to go there.

Descendants of Charles Mullis


Generation No. 1

1. CHARLES1 MULLIS was born Abt. 1787. He married REBECCA CAUDLE, daughter of ABSALOM CAUDLE and ELIZABETH MANESS.

Children of CHARLES MULLIS and REBECCA CAUDLE are:
2. i. CHARLES2 MULLIS, b. November 07, 1813; d. September 09, 1887, Pulaski Co., GA.
ii. HENRY MULLIS, b. 1815, NC; d. Abt. 1867; m. ESTHER ROSS.
iii. AARON MULLIS, b. 1817; m. MARGARET SIMPSON.
3. iv. ABSOLOM MULLIS, b. 1819, Anson Co., NC; d. June 08, 1895, Pulaski Co., GA.
v. ALFRED MULLIS, b. 1820; m. FARRABEE ANN TELITHA CUMY.

More About FARRABEE ANN TELITHA CUMY:
Burial: Lovely Grove Cemetery, Dodge Co., GA

vi. RACHEL MULLIS, b. 1823; m. CHARLES HINSON, May 05, 1837.
vii. CHARLOTTA MULLIS, b. 1825; m. JOHN C. JACKSON MULLIS.
viii. JACOB MULLIS, b. Abt. 1828.
ix. WILLIAM MULLIS, b. 1830; m. MARY A. UNKNOWN.


Generation No. 2

2. CHARLES2 MULLIS (CHARLES1) was born November 07, 1813, and died September 09, 1887 in Pulaski Co., GA. He married (1) CYNTHIA MILLER November 30, 1837 in Pulaski Co., GA, daughter of WILLIAM MILLER. He married (2) JULIA PENELOPE BRYANT January 05, 1859 in Pulaski Co., GA. He married (3) SARA HOWINGTON March 06, 1883.

More About CHARLES MULLIS:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About CYNTHIA MILLER:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About JULIA PENELOPE BRYANT:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Notes for SARA HOWINGTON:
Sarah's name is on the high marker at Cedar Hill Cemetery as being buried there but at her request she is buried in the Hinson Cemetery in Twiggs County, GA. told by Mrs. S.C. Mullis(Sallie Burkhalter)

Charles and Sarah had no children.

More About SARA HOWINGTON:
Burial: Hinson Cemetery, Twiggs Co., GA

Children of CHARLES MULLIS and CYNTHIA MILLER are:
i. JOHN HENRY3 MULLIS, b. August 25, 1844; d. 1862.

Notes for JOHN HENRY MULLIS:
John Henry Mullis died in the Civil War.

ii. WILLIAM JACOB MULLIS, b. June 01, 1846; d. August 14, 1909; m. MARY ELIZABETH HORNE, May 09, 1867, Pulaski Co., GA.
iii. NANCY JANE MULLIS, b. March 28, 1848; m. WILLIAM J. TRIPP.
4. iv. GEORGIA ANN MULLIS, b. August 25, 1850; d. March 25, 1916, Bleckley Co., GA.
v. SARA LUCINDA MULLIS, b. April 03, 1853; m. WILLIAM HOLLAND, May 07, 1869, Pulaski Co., GA.
vi. CHARITY EIZABETH MULLIS, b. May 20, 1855; m. RICHARD PURCER, March 17, 1872, Pulaski Co., GA.

Children of CHARLES MULLIS and JULIA BRYANT are:
vii. CHARLES PINKNEY3 MULLIS, b. 1862; d. 1880.

Notes for CHARLES PINKNEY MULLIS:
Copied from Hawkinsville Dispatch.

Charles Mullis, a young man about 20 years of age, was killed near Cochran on Saturday--Falls from wagon and the wheels ran over him breaking his neck

viii. MARY MAYO MULLIS, b. May 07, 1864; d. November 12, 1957; m. KINDRED ALLISON THOMPSON, March 04, 1880, Pulaski Co., GA.

More About MARY MAYO MULLIS:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

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Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

ix. BURNICE MULLIS, b. August 29, 1866; d. December 01, 1948; m. DAVIS WILLIAM BROWN, June 08, 1884, Pulaski Co., GA.

More About BURNICE MULLIS:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About DAVIS WILLIAM BROWN:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

x. JOHN HENRY MULLIS, b. November 30, 1868; d. November 13, 1949; m. OLA LANCASTER, June 06, 1898.

More About JOHN HENRY MULLIS:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About OLA LANCASTER:
Burial: Cedar Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

xi. EFFY IDORA MULLIS, b. September 14, 1874; m. FUDGE E. LEGGETT, November 12, 1902.
xii. EDA L. MULLIS, b. 1875.

3. ABSOLOM2 MULLIS (CHARLES1) was born 1819 in Anson Co., NC, and died June 08, 1895 in Pulaski Co., GA. He married RACHEL YEARTY December 29, 1850 in Pulaski Co., GA, daughter of ELSBERRY YEARTY and PEGGY ROZIER.

Children of ABSOLOM MULLIS and RACHEL YEARTY are:
5. i. HENRY3 MULLIS, b. 1852, Pulaski Co., GA; d. 1928.
6. ii. PEGGY ANN MISSOURI MULLIS, b. October 1855; d. August 21, 1932.
iii. MARY JOSEPHINE MULLIS, b. 1859, Pulaski Co., GA.
iv. WILLIAM A. MULLIS, b. 1864, Pulaski Co., GA; d. Unknown; m. ANNIE MCNEIL, December 01, 1894, Pulaski Co., GA.
7. v. ELIZA R. MULLIS, b. March 14, 1866, Pulaski Co., GA; d. August 18, 1938, Bleckley Co., GA.
vi. SUSAN EMALINE MULLIS, b. December 04, 1867, Pulaski Co., GA; d. July 27, 1950; m. RICHARD HOWARD FRANCIS, October 30, 1898.

More About SUSAN EMALINE MULLIS:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About RICHARD HOWARD FRANCIS:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA


Generation No. 3

4. GEORGIA ANN3 MULLIS (CHARLES2, CHARLES1) was born August 25, 1850, and died March 25, 1916 in Bleckley Co., GA. She married RICHARD FRANCIS December 23, 1866 in Dodge Co., GA, son of FRANKLIN FRANCIS and JEMIMA ANN.

More About GEORGIA ANN MULLIS:
Burial: Francis Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About RICHARD FRANCIS:
Burial: Francis Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Child of GEORGIA MULLIS and RICHARD FRANCIS is:
i. WILLIAM J.4 FRANCIS, b. September 08, 1872; d. September 05, 1938; m. IDA BELL BARLOW, December 20, 1891, Pulaski Co., GA.

More About WILLIAM J. FRANCIS:
Burial: Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Bleckley Co., GA

More About IDA BELL BARLOW:
Burial: Antioch Primitive Baptist Church, Bleckley Co., GA

5. HENRY3 MULLIS (ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born 1852 in Pulaski Co., GA, and died 1928. He married LUCINDA MULLIS December 31, 1876 in Dodge Co., GA.

Children of HENRY MULLIS and LUCINDA MULLIS are:
i. BARRY ROBERT4 MULLIS, m. JANE CLEMENTINE TRIPP.
ii. MARY IDA MULLIS, m. WILLIAM H. JONES.
iii. LONNIE MULLIS, m. LONIE PETTIS.
iv. STEVEN MATHEW MULLIS, m. LUCIA PETTIS.
v. JOSEPH HENRY MULLIS, b. August 1889; d. July 1960; m. MARGARET.
vi. JAMES IVY MULLIS, m. MAY FELLOWS.
vii. ELMER MULLIS, m. JOHN M. SKIPPER.
8. viii. MARTHA MULLIS, b. January 20, 1900; d. July 17, 1943, Pulaski Co., GA.

6. PEGGY ANN MISSOURI3 MULLIS (ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born October 1855, and died August 21, 1932. She married WILLIAM JEFFERSON BASS Unknown.

Children of PEGGY MULLIS and WILLIAM BASS are:
i. WALKER4 BASS, b. October 02, 1876; d. January 01, 1957; m. MARTHA JANE BRYANT, November 22, 1896, Pulaski Co., GA.
ii. FOREHAND H. BASS, b. August 04, 1891; d. February 12, 1957; m. HATTIE DYKES, January 14, 1909, Pulaski Co., GA.

More About FOREHAND H. BASS:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About HATTIE DYKES:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

7. ELIZA R.3 MULLIS (ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born March 14, 1866 in Pulaski Co., GA, and died August 18, 1938 in Bleckley Co., GA. She married (1) WILLIAM M. SMITH Bef. 1888, son of HUGH SMITH and MARY MULLIS. She married (2) JIM FRANK DYKES December 14, 1898 in Pulaski Co., GA, son of WILLIAM DYKES and ELIZA.

More About ELIZA R. MULLIS:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About WILLIAM M. SMITH:
Burial: Absolom Mullis Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Children of ELIZA MULLIS and WILLIAM SMITH are:
9. i. HUGHEY A.4 SMITH, b. January 09, 1888, Pulaski Co., GA; d. April 15, 1922, Bleckley Co., GA.
10. ii. RUBY LEE SMITH, b. December 28, 1890, Pulaski Co., GA; d. October 14, 1975, Bleckley Co., GA.

Children of ELIZA MULLIS and JIM DYKES are:
iii. OCILLA4 DYKES, b. August 18, 1904, Pulaski Co., GA; d. March 15, 1988, Bleckley Co., GA; m. JOSEPH R. MARTIN, December 18, 1932.
iv. INFANT DYKES, b. Unknown.


Generation No. 4

8. MARTHA4 MULLIS (HENRY3, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born January 20, 1900, and died July 17, 1943 in Pulaski Co., GA. She married CICERO (ROE) REYNOLDS.

More About MARTHA MULLIS:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About CICERO (ROE) REYNOLDS:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Children of MARTHA MULLIS and CICERO REYNOLDS are:
11. i. R. J.5 REYNOLDS, b. February 20, 1929; d. May 04, 1999.
12. ii. MARTHA CHRISTINE REYNOLDS, b. August 14, 1931.
iii. MARY REYNOLDS, m. WILBORN BRYANT, May 15, 1953, Bleckley Co., GA.
iv. CECIL REYNOLDS, m. LAVERNE GIDDENS, September 20, 1947, Dodge Co., GA.
v. TALMADGE REYNOLDS, d. September 13, 1987.
vi. LAVERNE REYNOLDS, m. NATHAN THOMPSON, March 16, 1943.
vii. ERMA REYNOLDS, m. HERMAN FLOYD, December 28, 1935.

9. HUGHEY A.4 SMITH (ELIZA R.3 MULLIS, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born January 09, 1888 in Pulaski Co., GA, and died April 15, 1922 in Bleckley Co., GA. He married BEDIA DYKES November 15, 1908 in Dodge Co., GA, daughter of DAVID DYKES and ELIZA GIDDENS.

More About HUGHEY A. SMITH:
Burial: Absolom Mullis Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About BEDIA DYKES:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Children of HUGHEY SMITH and BEDIA DYKES are:
13. i. WILBUR RAY5 SMITH, b. April 07, 1913; d. February 13, 1997, Bleckley Co., GA.
ii. HEWELL ALBERT SMITH, b. March 22, 1922; m. EDITH S. BELFLOWER, April 19, 1946.
iii. DORIS HORTENSE SMITH, b. April 12, 1916; m. JAMES OLLIE COOK, September 09, 1935.
iv. MAVIS LOUISE SMITH, b. June 27, 1919; m. HENRY DOYLE MANNING, September 09, 1939.

10. RUBY LEE4 SMITH (ELIZA R.3 MULLIS, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born December 28, 1890 in Pulaski Co., GA, and died October 14, 1975 in Bleckley Co., GA. He married MAUDIE LILLIAN DYKES September 08, 1912 in Pulaski Co., GA, daughter of JAMES DYKES and ELIZABETH MULLIS.

More About RUBY LEE SMITH:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About MAUDIE LILLIAN DYKES:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Children of RUBY SMITH and MAUDIE DYKES are:
14. i. JAMES ALVIN5 SMITH, b. July 17, 1913, Pulaski Co., GA; d. February 10, 1968, Bibb Co., GA.
15. ii. ALICE SMITH, b. April 02, 1915, Bleckley Co., GA; d. June 19, 1977, Bleckley Co., GA.
16. iii. GUYTON SMITH, b. July 22, 1917, Bleckley Co., GA.
iv. CHARLES FELTON SMITH, b. February 1921, Bleckley Co., GA; d. March 1988, Jones Co., Ga; m. MARY BARLOW, June 02, 1940, Bleckley Co., GA.


Generation No. 5

11. R. J.5 REYNOLDS (MARTHA4 MULLIS, HENRY3, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born February 20, 1929, and died May 04, 1999. He married GERLDINE MATHIS.

More About R. J. REYNOLDS:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Children of R. REYNOLDS and GERLDINE MATHIS are:
i. BOBBY6 REYNOLDS.
ii. JAMES REYNOLDS.

12. MARTHA CHRISTINE5 REYNOLDS (MARTHA4 MULLIS, HENRY3, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born August 14, 1931. She married BOB COOPER STROUP June 17, 1950 in Bleckley Co., GA.

Children of MARTHA REYNOLDS and BOB STROUP are:
i. DONALD COOPER6 STROUP, b. April 13, 1951; m. (1) DOROTHY ANN ALLEY, January 25, 1970; m. (2) JEAN DAVIS, November 13, 1981.
ii. BEVERLY CAROL STROUP, b. August 05, 1953; m. (1) ELDUE DWAYNE KING, May 19, 1973; m. (2) LARRY SULLIVAN, December 19, 1981.
iii. MARTHA KAY STROUP, b. December 09, 1955; m. DANIEL W. STEPHENSON.
iv. GARY LEN STROUP, b. February 25, 1961; m. KIM HOLLAND, August 20, 1983.

13. WILBUR RAY5 SMITH (HUGHEY A.4, ELIZA R.3 MULLIS, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born April 07, 1913, and died February 13, 1997 in Bleckley Co., GA. He married (1) QUEENIE ETHEL BRYANT December 26, 1933. He married (2) LUCILLE H. BARBEE Unknown.

More About WILBUR RAY SMITH:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About QUEENIE ETHEL BRYANT:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Children of WILBUR SMITH and QUEENIE BRYANT are:
i. WENDELL R.6 SMITH, b. September 27, 1936; d. November 12, 1962, Bleckley Co., GA.

More About WENDELL R. SMITH:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

ii. HARRY DOYLE SMITH, b. October 11, 1937; m. SANDY JONES, September 05, 1963.
iii. JACKIE RAY SMITH, b. October 28, 1940; d. March 29, 1958, Bleckley Co., GA.

More About JACKIE RAY SMITH:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

iv. PATRICIA ANN SMITH, b. April 30, 1943; m. WILLIAM D. ALLEN, April 24, 1964.
v. RACHEL SMITH, b. September 03, 1946; d. April 13, 1973; m. WILLIAM JOSEPH DIETRICH, JR., April 03, 1971.

More About RACHEL SMITH:
Burial: New York

vi. NANCY BLANCHE SMITH, b. June 30, 1951; m. JOE TURNER, November 02, 1975.
vii. BETTY CAROL SMITH, b. August 12, 1954; m. CHRISTOPHER ANDREW STUMPF, February 17, 1973.

Child of WILBUR SMITH and LUCILLE BARBEE is:
viii. DANNY RAY6 SMITH.

14. JAMES ALVIN5 SMITH (RUBY LEE4, ELIZA R.3 MULLIS, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born July 17, 1913 in Pulaski Co., GA, and died February 10, 1968 in Bibb Co., GA. He married MAVIS PURSER October 30, 1931 in Bleckley Co., GA.

More About JAMES ALVIN SMITH:
Burial: Union Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

More About MAVIS PURSER:
Burial: Union Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Children of JAMES SMITH and MAVIS PURSER are:
i. BOBBY ESCOLE6 SMITH, b. July 30, 1932; d. June 07, 1995; m. HILDA FAYE DYKES, August 02, 1953.

More About BOBBY ESCOLE SMITH:
Burial: Union Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

ii. THOMAS ALVIN SMITH, b. December 17, 1934; m. PATRICIA ANN WHEELER.
iii. ELSIE ANN SMITH, b. February 19, 1937; d. May 03, 1938.

More About ELSIE ANN SMITH:
Burial: Union Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

iv. LOSSIE FAYE SMITH, b. December 07, 1938.

15. ALICE5 SMITH (RUBY LEE4, ELIZA R.3 MULLIS, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born April 02, 1915 in Bleckley Co., GA, and died June 19, 1977 in Bleckley Co., GA. She married KERMIT T. PURSER October 30, 1931.

Children of ALICE SMITH and KERMIT PURSER are:
i. GLORIA JUNE6 PURSER, b. February 02, 1935; d. March 04, 1935.

More About GLORIA JUNE PURSER:
Burial: Union Hill Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

ii. JOY SUE PURSER, b. July 21, 1932; m. ALLEN HUGO BANKS, JR., August 08, 1953.

16. GUYTON5 SMITH (RUBY LEE4, ELIZA R.3 MULLIS, ABSOLOM2, CHARLES1) was born July 22, 1917 in Bleckley Co., GA. He married GLADYS SMITH December 18, 1937 in Bleckley Co., GA, daughter of ELIJAH SMITH and BERTHA MULLIS.

More About GLADYS SMITH:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

Children of GUYTON SMITH and GLADYS SMITH are:
i. JOE DYKES6 SMITH, b. October 31, 1938, Bleckley Co., GA; m. BETTY JO YAWN, September 09, 1960, Dodge Co., GA.
ii. SHIRLEY SMITH, b. March 28, 1941; m. WILLIE JEFFERSON HATFIELD, JR., June 05, 1960, Bleckley Co., GA.
iii. GERALD SMITH, b. February 03, 1945, Bleckley Co., GA; m. DIANNE ENGLISH HORNE, June 09, 1973.
iv. EARL SMITH, b. February 03, 1945, Bleckley Co., GA; d. February 13, 1945.

More About EARL SMITH:
Burial: Oak Grove Cemetery, Bleckley Co., GA

v. DEBROAH ANN SMITH, b. November 21, 1959; m. RANDY MICHAEL ROLAND, February 07, 1982.

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