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James Mulks the Second was born August 12, 1856. Wife's maiden name Nancy Evans daughter of Bailey Evans. Their children are Jeannie [Mulks] born September 14, 1856 married John Fonda Nellie [Mulks] born August 12, 1858 Bowne [Mulks] born May 17, 1864
James H. Watson Law Publisher and bookseller 55 State St, Albany, NY John D. Parsons, ditto, Albany
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Washington Mulks Eighty acres on this map is described according to the government survey as follows: "The west half (½) of the south east corner of Section eight (8) township two (2) north of Range fifteen (15) east, containing eighty acres of land according to the government survey." Brother Washington bought the farm August 31, 1868 of Harlow Richford + wife. The name of the town is Darien Woolworth County Wisconsin.
Washington Mulks (1827–1910) was C.F.M's brother. He died in Delavan, Wisconsin.
The survey description uses the Public Land Survey System, which uses units of Section, Township, and Range. See Wisconsin township and range reference map
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Map 1877—C.F. Mulks.
Plat map of properties described on III._9248.
The map shows the intersection near Delavan, Wisconsin of current Routes 89, 11, and 14. The reference towns are Whitewater to the north, Darien to the south, Janesville to the west, and Delavan to the east.
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Jacob Freer and family moved off Dryden Hill and emmigrated to Wisconsin the spring of 1847. He sold the old homestead, which had been owned by his father Cornelius Freer in his lifetime to Erastus Gosso by deed dated October 31, 1846. The farm sold to Gosso was 91 acres and the consideration $1,700. The Freer family had lived here from the spring of 1818 to the spring of 1847. The Gosso family lived on this farm from 1847 to 1859 when the last of them went to Wisconsin.
The 1850 Federal Census shows C.F.M. (aged 12) in living in Wales, Erie, New York, in the household of Richard Freer.
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George Mulks disappeared the evening of March 1 and was found dead March 23. This was the year 1871 and the place Mineral Point Wisconsin. He was in his 44th year.
Richard Freer, Buffalo New York. Residence in '71 No 521 Seneca St. Residence in '77 No 434 Seneca St. Charles Mulks Freer his son was born April 23, 1861.
