DEMARIS MULLEN THIRD CHILD OF LARKIN AND MARTHA MULLEN
DEMARIS MULLEN WAS BORN ON 24 MAY, 1844 IN DELAWARE COUNTY, INDIANA. SHE MARRIED PETER JAMES ROBINSON ON 14 JUNE 1866 IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, INDIANA. HER HUSBAND, PETER JAMES ROBINSON, SERVED IN THE CIVIL WAR IN COMPANY B 124TH AND CO G 54TH INDIANA INFANTRY.
THEY HAD THE FOLLOWING CHILDREN:
1. ROSETTA ROBINSON BORN AUG 1, 1867
2. LARKIN ROBINSON BORN OCT 11, 1869
3. LILLEY ROBINSON BORN MAY 7, 1872
4. MATTIE ROBINSON BORN MARCH 25, 1875
5. PERLA ROBINSON BORN AUG 10, 1878
6. ROY ROBINSON BORN MAY 21, 1881
DEMARIS MULLIN ROBINSON DIED 7 SEPT, 1901 IN FARMLAND. ON HER DEATH CERTIFICATE HER PARENTS ARE GIVEN AS LARKIN MULLEN AND MARTHA BEARD. LARKIN MULLINS' BIRTHPLACE IS GIVEN AS KENTUCKY AND MARTHA BEARD'S IS GIVEN AS NORTH CAROLINA. DEMARIS' BIRTHPLACE IS GIVEN AS DELAWARE COUNTY, IND.
IN DEMARIS ROBINSON'S OBITUARY IN THE FARMLAND ENTERPRISE (VOLUME XIV NO. 22 P. 5 C. 4):
"OBITUARY
DIED AT HER HOME IN FARMLAND, IND AT 11 O'CLOCK, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1901, DEMARIS ROBINSON AGED 56 YEARS, 3 MONTHS, AND 7 DAYS. DECEASED WAS A DAUGHTER OF LARKIN AND MARTHA MULLIN WHO HAVE PRECEDED HER TO A BETTER LAND.
SHE WAS MARRIED TO P.J. ROBINSON JUNE 14, 1866. TO THIS HAPPY UNION WERE BORN SIX CHILDREN FOUR GIRLS AND TWO BOYS–ALL OF WHOM LIVE TO MOURN THE LOSS OF A LOVING AND FAITHFUL MOTHER. SHE JOINED THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN CHILDHOOD, AND REMAINED A FAITHFUL CHRISTIAN TO THE DAY OF HER DEATH.
IN HER WAS EMBODIED ALL THE PERFECTIONS THAT BELONG TO HUMANITY, A PERFECT TRUST IN GOD. ON MANY OCCASIONS SHE SAID TO HER FAMILY THAT SHE DESIRED TO GET WELL BUT IF SHE COULD NOT SHE WAS READY TO MEET DEATH IN PEACE. SHE LEAVES THREE SISTERS, THREE BROTHERS, A HUSBAND, AND SIX SORROWING CHILDREN, BESIDES GRANDCHILDREN. FUNERAL SERVICES AT HER REQUEST WAS HELD AT RESIDENCE, CONDUCTED BY REV. J.R. CORTNER." ...
-----
[Her husband remarried.]
