April 2, 1918 - New Castle Daily Courier, New Castle, IN
MRS. MULLEN DEAD
Pioneer Resident Of City Succumbs To Long Illness.
FUNERAL THURSDAY P.M.
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Mrs. Rebecca Mullen, age 89, died at 3 o'clock this morning at her home, 925 Broad street, after an illness of several months. The turn for the worse came last Saturday and she rapidly sank into the condition which led to death. She regained consciousness almost to the last and died as she lived, one of the noblest of women.
Rebecca Cummings was a product of that sturdy mountain race of Virginians, which furnished the pioneers of Indiana. She was born in a little mountain valley, near Pocahontas, Va. While yet a child she came, with her parents, to Ohio and settled near Cincinnati. She was united in marriage November 1, 1848, to John Mullen, who long since passed to the reward of a just and good man. They came to Newcastle in 1875 and lived in the east part of town for many years, then taking up their abode on Broad street where the deceased and her two devoted daughters have lived a happy home life. To Mr. and Mrs. Mullen were born five children. Two of these, Mark and Alice, died within the same week of scarlet fever and diphtheria, when six and eight years. The late Mrs. J. W. Foutz was another daughter and the two surviving members of the family, Misses Ida and Emma Mullen, who mourn the loss not only of mother, but of companion and most intimate friend.
The funeral will occur at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. This is in accordance with the wishes the deceased expressed months ago. Rev. W. W. Wiant, pastor of the church of which she has been a true member for three score years or more, will officiate at her funeral and she will be laid to rest beside her husband in Southmond cemetery.
*Published April 20, 1918 - New Castle Daily Courier, New Castle, IN
OBITUARY
Rebecca Cummings Mullen was born in Virginia in the year 1829, in a beautiful spot known as Abb's Valley, three miles from Pocahontas, whence the coal of that brand derives its name. She is the last representative of a family of eleven children and had she lived until the 15th of July next she would have rounded out her 89th year.
In 1844, the year Polk was nominated for the presidency, she came with her family to Ohio, at the age of fifteen, and settled near Cincinnati. It was here she meet John Mullen and between the two an attachment was formed which soon ripened into love, culminating in their marriage Nov. 1, 1848. In their early married life she and her husband joined the Methodist Episcopal church and were baptized by the Little Miami river. They were the parents of five children, the eldest of whom, Annie, became the wife of Wesley Foutz and passed to the beyond many years ago.
Two others died within one week, Mark, at the tender age of six and Alice, who was ten.
Mr. Mullen, who was a staunch man, loyal friend and devoted husband, entered upon his eternal reward at the early age of fifty-two years, leaving his grief-stricken widow to battle single-handed in life's great conflict for a period of thirty-eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Mullen, in due course of time, moved to the John R. Millikan neighborhood on Flat Rock, and formed new ties and associations, which are treasured unto this day.
Then, after a short residence at Ashland, they moved to Newcastle in 1875 and took up their residence in the east part of town, on what is now known as North Twenty-first street.
After living five years in the East-end, Mrs. Mullen and two daughters moved to West Broad street, where they established the present commodious and comfortable home. Grandma or "Aunt Becky" as she was lovingly called by old and young, was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. Endowed with a strong physique, she was a woman of tireless energy and marvelous vitality and was blessed with great courage and fortitude. No task was too arduous at her hands where she considered the comfort and welfare of her beloved daughters, Ida and Emma, and surely this loving devotion on her part was most notably rewarded by them. Since the beginning of her last illness on November 6, not a wish that lay within their power was ungratified, not one request that did not meet with ready and loving response. This last illness, extending over a period of five months, only served to accentuate the already strong bond between mother and daughters, affording them what they considered a rare privilege of ministering to her wants, which were even anticipated.
They were a great stay in her declining years and she, to them, was mother, companion, intimate friend. Her only regret in leaving this beautiful world was the thought of separation from these dear, faithful ones. As illustrative of her sublime faith, and of these daughters upon entering her room one morning heard her singing softly, "Safe in the arms of Jesus."
Throughout her sickness, she was surrounded by flowers, loving tributes from cherished friends, and today, these mute tokens speak louder than words. She was one of nature's noble women, gifted with her fine sense of humor and her good deeds done in the flesh do follow her. She loved to entertain her little granddaughter, Dorothy, with tales of absorbing interest of the olden time - one of which was how big pine knots were placed in receptacles from which a bright flame burst forth.
So, her life, covering a span of almost a century, has witnessed the various evolutions in the methods of producing light, until the present perfected system of electricity. She has lived to see the little town of Newcastle blossom into the beautiful City of Roses.
She was a great lover of children and those of her neighborhood often came trooping in, thereby giving her great pleasure. She loved to live and she lived to love.
Beside her immediate family, she leaves a beloved granddaughter, Grace, now Mrs. Harry McLaughlin, and daughter Dorothy, a son-in-law Mr. J. Wesley Foutz, and a nephew, Mr. W. V. Cadmus of Erie, Pa.
No more fitting tribute can be accorded this devote Christian woman than to say:
"Her children shall rise up and call her blessed.
She hath done what she could. It is enough, come up higher."
Find A Grave contributor Angels A-Far
MRS. MULLEN DEAD
Pioneer Resident Of City Succumbs To Long Illness.
FUNERAL THURSDAY P.M.
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Mrs. Rebecca Mullen, age 89, died at 3 o'clock this morning at her home, 925 Broad street, after an illness of several months. The turn for the worse came last Saturday and she rapidly sank into the condition which led to death. She regained consciousness almost to the last and died as she lived, one of the noblest of women.
Rebecca Cummings was a product of that sturdy mountain race of Virginians, which furnished the pioneers of Indiana. She was born in a little mountain valley, near Pocahontas, Va. While yet a child she came, with her parents, to Ohio and settled near Cincinnati. She was united in marriage November 1, 1848, to John Mullen, who long since passed to the reward of a just and good man. They came to Newcastle in 1875 and lived in the east part of town for many years, then taking up their abode on Broad street where the deceased and her two devoted daughters have lived a happy home life. To Mr. and Mrs. Mullen were born five children. Two of these, Mark and Alice, died within the same week of scarlet fever and diphtheria, when six and eight years. The late Mrs. J. W. Foutz was another daughter and the two surviving members of the family, Misses Ida and Emma Mullen, who mourn the loss not only of mother, but of companion and most intimate friend.
The funeral will occur at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. This is in accordance with the wishes the deceased expressed months ago. Rev. W. W. Wiant, pastor of the church of which she has been a true member for three score years or more, will officiate at her funeral and she will be laid to rest beside her husband in Southmond cemetery.
*Published April 20, 1918 - New Castle Daily Courier, New Castle, IN
OBITUARY
Rebecca Cummings Mullen was born in Virginia in the year 1829, in a beautiful spot known as Abb's Valley, three miles from Pocahontas, whence the coal of that brand derives its name. She is the last representative of a family of eleven children and had she lived until the 15th of July next she would have rounded out her 89th year.
In 1844, the year Polk was nominated for the presidency, she came with her family to Ohio, at the age of fifteen, and settled near Cincinnati. It was here she meet John Mullen and between the two an attachment was formed which soon ripened into love, culminating in their marriage Nov. 1, 1848. In their early married life she and her husband joined the Methodist Episcopal church and were baptized by the Little Miami river. They were the parents of five children, the eldest of whom, Annie, became the wife of Wesley Foutz and passed to the beyond many years ago.
Two others died within one week, Mark, at the tender age of six and Alice, who was ten.
Mr. Mullen, who was a staunch man, loyal friend and devoted husband, entered upon his eternal reward at the early age of fifty-two years, leaving his grief-stricken widow to battle single-handed in life's great conflict for a period of thirty-eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Mullen, in due course of time, moved to the John R. Millikan neighborhood on Flat Rock, and formed new ties and associations, which are treasured unto this day.
Then, after a short residence at Ashland, they moved to Newcastle in 1875 and took up their residence in the east part of town, on what is now known as North Twenty-first street.
After living five years in the East-end, Mrs. Mullen and two daughters moved to West Broad street, where they established the present commodious and comfortable home. Grandma or "Aunt Becky" as she was lovingly called by old and young, was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. Endowed with a strong physique, she was a woman of tireless energy and marvelous vitality and was blessed with great courage and fortitude. No task was too arduous at her hands where she considered the comfort and welfare of her beloved daughters, Ida and Emma, and surely this loving devotion on her part was most notably rewarded by them. Since the beginning of her last illness on November 6, not a wish that lay within their power was ungratified, not one request that did not meet with ready and loving response. This last illness, extending over a period of five months, only served to accentuate the already strong bond between mother and daughters, affording them what they considered a rare privilege of ministering to her wants, which were even anticipated.
They were a great stay in her declining years and she, to them, was mother, companion, intimate friend. Her only regret in leaving this beautiful world was the thought of separation from these dear, faithful ones. As illustrative of her sublime faith, and of these daughters upon entering her room one morning heard her singing softly, "Safe in the arms of Jesus."
Throughout her sickness, she was surrounded by flowers, loving tributes from cherished friends, and today, these mute tokens speak louder than words. She was one of nature's noble women, gifted with her fine sense of humor and her good deeds done in the flesh do follow her. She loved to entertain her little granddaughter, Dorothy, with tales of absorbing interest of the olden time - one of which was how big pine knots were placed in receptacles from which a bright flame burst forth.
So, her life, covering a span of almost a century, has witnessed the various evolutions in the methods of producing light, until the present perfected system of electricity. She has lived to see the little town of Newcastle blossom into the beautiful City of Roses.
She was a great lover of children and those of her neighborhood often came trooping in, thereby giving her great pleasure. She loved to live and she lived to love.
Beside her immediate family, she leaves a beloved granddaughter, Grace, now Mrs. Harry McLaughlin, and daughter Dorothy, a son-in-law Mr. J. Wesley Foutz, and a nephew, Mr. W. V. Cadmus of Erie, Pa.
No more fitting tribute can be accorded this devote Christian woman than to say:
"Her children shall rise up and call her blessed.
She hath done what she could. It is enough, come up higher."
Find A Grave contributor Angels A-Far
April 2, 1918 - New Castle Daily Courier, New Castle, IN
MRS. MULLEN DEAD
Pioneer Resident Of City Succumbs To Long Illness.
FUNERAL THURSDAY P.M.
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Mrs. Rebecca Mullen, age 89, died at 3 o'clock this morning at her home, 925 Broad street, after an illness of several months. The turn for the worse came last Saturday and she rapidly sank into the condition which led to death. She regained consciousness almost to the last and died as she lived, one of the noblest of women.
Rebecca Cummings was a product of that sturdy mountain race of Virginians, which furnished the pioneers of Indiana. She was born in a little mountain valley, near Pocahontas, Va. While yet a child she came, with her parents, to Ohio and settled near Cincinnati. She was united in marriage November 1, 1848, to John Mullen, who long since passed to the reward of a just and good man. They came to Newcastle in 1875 and lived in the east part of town for many years, then taking up their abode on Broad street where the deceased and her two devoted daughters have lived a happy home life. To Mr. and Mrs. Mullen were born five children. Two of these, Mark and Alice, died within the same week of scarlet fever and diphtheria, when six and eight years. The late Mrs. J. W. Foutz was another daughter and the two surviving members of the family, Misses Ida and Emma Mullen, who mourn the loss not only of mother, but of companion and most intimate friend.
The funeral will occur at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. This is in accordance with the wishes the deceased expressed months ago. Rev. W. W. Wiant, pastor of the church of which she has been a true member for three score years or more, will officiate at her funeral and she will be laid to rest beside her husband in Southmond cemetery.
*Published April 20, 1918 - New Castle Daily Courier, New Castle, IN
OBITUARY
Rebecca Cummings Mullen was born in Virginia in the year 1829, in a beautiful spot known as Abb's Valley, three miles from Pocahontas, whence the coal of that brand derives its name. She is the last representative of a family of eleven children and had she lived until the 15th of July next she would have rounded out her 89th year.
In 1844, the year Polk was nominated for the presidency, she came with her family to Ohio, at the age of fifteen, and settled near Cincinnati. It was here she meet John Mullen and between the two an attachment was formed which soon ripened into love, culminating in their marriage Nov. 1, 1848. In their early married life she and her husband joined the Methodist Episcopal church and were baptized by the Little Miami river. They were the parents of five children, the eldest of whom, Annie, became the wife of Wesley Foutz and passed to the beyond many years ago.
Two others died within one week, Mark, at the tender age of six and Alice, who was ten.
Mr. Mullen, who was a staunch man, loyal friend and devoted husband, entered upon his eternal reward at the early age of fifty-two years, leaving his grief-stricken widow to battle single-handed in life's great conflict for a period of thirty-eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Mullen, in due course of time, moved to the John R. Millikan neighborhood on Flat Rock, and formed new ties and associations, which are treasured unto this day.
Then, after a short residence at Ashland, they moved to Newcastle in 1875 and took up their residence in the east part of town, on what is now known as North Twenty-first street.
After living five years in the East-end, Mrs. Mullen and two daughters moved to West Broad street, where they established the present commodious and comfortable home. Grandma or "Aunt Becky" as she was lovingly called by old and young, was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. Endowed with a strong physique, she was a woman of tireless energy and marvelous vitality and was blessed with great courage and fortitude. No task was too arduous at her hands where she considered the comfort and welfare of her beloved daughters, Ida and Emma, and surely this loving devotion on her part was most notably rewarded by them. Since the beginning of her last illness on November 6, not a wish that lay within their power was ungratified, not one request that did not meet with ready and loving response. This last illness, extending over a period of five months, only served to accentuate the already strong bond between mother and daughters, affording them what they considered a rare privilege of ministering to her wants, which were even anticipated.
They were a great stay in her declining years and she, to them, was mother, companion, intimate friend. Her only regret in leaving this beautiful world was the thought of separation from these dear, faithful ones. As illustrative of her sublime faith, and of these daughters upon entering her room one morning heard her singing softly, "Safe in the arms of Jesus."
Throughout her sickness, she was surrounded by flowers, loving tributes from cherished friends, and today, these mute tokens speak louder than words. She was one of nature's noble women, gifted with her fine sense of humor and her good deeds done in the flesh do follow her. She loved to entertain her little granddaughter, Dorothy, with tales of absorbing interest of the olden time - one of which was how big pine knots were placed in receptacles from which a bright flame burst forth.
So, her life, covering a span of almost a century, has witnessed the various evolutions in the methods of producing light, until the present perfected system of electricity. She has lived to see the little town of Newcastle blossom into the beautiful City of Roses.
She was a great lover of children and those of her neighborhood often came trooping in, thereby giving her great pleasure. She loved to live and she lived to love.
Beside her immediate family, she leaves a beloved granddaughter, Grace, now Mrs. Harry McLaughlin, and daughter Dorothy, a son-in-law Mr. J. Wesley Foutz, and a nephew, Mr. W. V. Cadmus of Erie, Pa.
No more fitting tribute can be accorded this devote Christian woman than to say:
"Her children shall rise up and call her blessed.
She hath done what she could. It is enough, come up higher."
Find A Grave contributor Angels A-Far
MRS. MULLEN DEAD
Pioneer Resident Of City Succumbs To Long Illness.
FUNERAL THURSDAY P.M.
----------
Mrs. Rebecca Mullen, age 89, died at 3 o'clock this morning at her home, 925 Broad street, after an illness of several months. The turn for the worse came last Saturday and she rapidly sank into the condition which led to death. She regained consciousness almost to the last and died as she lived, one of the noblest of women.
Rebecca Cummings was a product of that sturdy mountain race of Virginians, which furnished the pioneers of Indiana. She was born in a little mountain valley, near Pocahontas, Va. While yet a child she came, with her parents, to Ohio and settled near Cincinnati. She was united in marriage November 1, 1848, to John Mullen, who long since passed to the reward of a just and good man. They came to Newcastle in 1875 and lived in the east part of town for many years, then taking up their abode on Broad street where the deceased and her two devoted daughters have lived a happy home life. To Mr. and Mrs. Mullen were born five children. Two of these, Mark and Alice, died within the same week of scarlet fever and diphtheria, when six and eight years. The late Mrs. J. W. Foutz was another daughter and the two surviving members of the family, Misses Ida and Emma Mullen, who mourn the loss not only of mother, but of companion and most intimate friend.
The funeral will occur at the Methodist church Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock. This is in accordance with the wishes the deceased expressed months ago. Rev. W. W. Wiant, pastor of the church of which she has been a true member for three score years or more, will officiate at her funeral and she will be laid to rest beside her husband in Southmond cemetery.
*Published April 20, 1918 - New Castle Daily Courier, New Castle, IN
OBITUARY
Rebecca Cummings Mullen was born in Virginia in the year 1829, in a beautiful spot known as Abb's Valley, three miles from Pocahontas, whence the coal of that brand derives its name. She is the last representative of a family of eleven children and had she lived until the 15th of July next she would have rounded out her 89th year.
In 1844, the year Polk was nominated for the presidency, she came with her family to Ohio, at the age of fifteen, and settled near Cincinnati. It was here she meet John Mullen and between the two an attachment was formed which soon ripened into love, culminating in their marriage Nov. 1, 1848. In their early married life she and her husband joined the Methodist Episcopal church and were baptized by the Little Miami river. They were the parents of five children, the eldest of whom, Annie, became the wife of Wesley Foutz and passed to the beyond many years ago.
Two others died within one week, Mark, at the tender age of six and Alice, who was ten.
Mr. Mullen, who was a staunch man, loyal friend and devoted husband, entered upon his eternal reward at the early age of fifty-two years, leaving his grief-stricken widow to battle single-handed in life's great conflict for a period of thirty-eight years.
Mr. and Mrs. Mullen, in due course of time, moved to the John R. Millikan neighborhood on Flat Rock, and formed new ties and associations, which are treasured unto this day.
Then, after a short residence at Ashland, they moved to Newcastle in 1875 and took up their residence in the east part of town, on what is now known as North Twenty-first street.
After living five years in the East-end, Mrs. Mullen and two daughters moved to West Broad street, where they established the present commodious and comfortable home. Grandma or "Aunt Becky" as she was lovingly called by old and young, was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. Endowed with a strong physique, she was a woman of tireless energy and marvelous vitality and was blessed with great courage and fortitude. No task was too arduous at her hands where she considered the comfort and welfare of her beloved daughters, Ida and Emma, and surely this loving devotion on her part was most notably rewarded by them. Since the beginning of her last illness on November 6, not a wish that lay within their power was ungratified, not one request that did not meet with ready and loving response. This last illness, extending over a period of five months, only served to accentuate the already strong bond between mother and daughters, affording them what they considered a rare privilege of ministering to her wants, which were even anticipated.
They were a great stay in her declining years and she, to them, was mother, companion, intimate friend. Her only regret in leaving this beautiful world was the thought of separation from these dear, faithful ones. As illustrative of her sublime faith, and of these daughters upon entering her room one morning heard her singing softly, "Safe in the arms of Jesus."
Throughout her sickness, she was surrounded by flowers, loving tributes from cherished friends, and today, these mute tokens speak louder than words. She was one of nature's noble women, gifted with her fine sense of humor and her good deeds done in the flesh do follow her. She loved to entertain her little granddaughter, Dorothy, with tales of absorbing interest of the olden time - one of which was how big pine knots were placed in receptacles from which a bright flame burst forth.
So, her life, covering a span of almost a century, has witnessed the various evolutions in the methods of producing light, until the present perfected system of electricity. She has lived to see the little town of Newcastle blossom into the beautiful City of Roses.
She was a great lover of children and those of her neighborhood often came trooping in, thereby giving her great pleasure. She loved to live and she lived to love.
Beside her immediate family, she leaves a beloved granddaughter, Grace, now Mrs. Harry McLaughlin, and daughter Dorothy, a son-in-law Mr. J. Wesley Foutz, and a nephew, Mr. W. V. Cadmus of Erie, Pa.
No more fitting tribute can be accorded this devote Christian woman than to say:
"Her children shall rise up and call her blessed.
She hath done what she could. It is enough, come up higher."
Find A Grave contributor Angels A-Far
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