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."
PETER J. ROBINSON MARRIED MATTIE FOX (SECOND WIFE) ON 9 DECEMBER, 1901 IN FARMLAND, IND.
PETER J. ROBINSON FILED FOR AN INVALID PENSION FOR HIS CIVIL WAR SERVICE ON 9 FEB, 1883 (APPLICATION NO. 471892– CERT NO. 1004746). HIS WIDOW, MATTIE ROBINSON, FILED FOR A WIDOW'S PENSION NO. 849512.
IN HIS CLAIM FOR A PENSION, PETER J. ROBINSON SAYS: I LIVED ONE YEAR IN WELLS COUNTY IN 1874...THREE MONTHS IN CASS COUNTY IN 1870...I WORKED ON A FARM...THEN TOOK UP THE CARPENTERS TRADE....1868...I TURNED TO ENGINEER...WITH SOME PREACHING MIXED WITH IT...I CONTRACTED THE DISEASE OF THE LUNGS WHILE IN REBEL CUSTODY ON THE MARCH FROM THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI AND WHILE IN PRISON..."
WILLIAM F. MULLIN AND ANDREW W. CLEVENGER (BROTHERS–IN–LAW OF PETER ROBINSON) SUBMITTED AFFIDAVITS IN HIS BEHALF IN 1892. IN 1894 WILLIAM F. MULLIN SUBMITTED ANOTHER AFFIDAVIT STATING THATPETER ROBINSON COMPLAINED OF HIS LUNGS WHEN HE CAME HOME IN 1866...HE CUT HIS KNEECAP NEARBY AT MAXVILLE WITH AN ADZE IN FEB 1868 HE ALSO CUT TWO OF TOES OFF ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
AFTER WAITING A YEAR FOR RESPONSE TO HIS APPLICATION FOR A PENSION PETER ROBINSON WROTE TO THE COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS:
"TO THE HONORED COMMISSIONER OF PENSIONS
WASHINGTON D.C.
HONORED SIRS: I WAS EXAMINED AT MUNCIE FEB 17, 1897 FOR PENSION... IT HAS BEEN MOST A YEAR AND I HAVE NOT HEARD FROM MY CLAIM...AM I TO WAIT UNTIL DEAD, THEN AWAIT THE JUDGMENT? WHEN I WILL NOT NEED THE HELP OF MAN... AWAITING YOUR EARLY REPLY"
REV. PETER ROBINSON
P.S. I DID MY DUTY AS VOLUNTEER SOLDIER AND AM NOW UNABLE TO EARN A SUPPORT AND AM NEEDING HELP, WON'T YOU IN GOD'S NAME HELP ME.
PETER ROBINSON DIED ON 25 DEC 1905 ACCORDING TO A LETTER BY HIS SON LARKIN B. ROBINSON AND HIS DAUGHTER MAUD ROBINSON.
ON 3 APRIL 1906 MATTIE ROBINSON, PETER J. ROBINSON'S WIDOW, APPLIED FOR A PENSION AS HIS WIDOW.
DEMARIS ROBINSON WAS BURIED AT MAXVILLE CEMETERY IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, IND. "DEMARIS ROBINSON WIFE OF P J ROBISON DIED 1 SEPT 1901 AGE 56 YEARS 3 MONTHS, 7 DAYS
ON MAY 16, 1907 IN A RANDOLPH COUNTY NEWSPAPER:
SENSATIONAL CASE IS THE CASE OF MATTIE ROBINSON VS. HENRY F. WOOD. PARTIES LIVE IN FARMLAND
"THE SENSATIONAL CASE OF THE STATE RE MATTIE L. ROBINSON VS. HENRY F. WOOD, PROMINENT PEOPLE OF FARMLAND WAS BEGUN IN CIRCUIT COURT YESTERDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE TODAY.
THE CHARGE OF PATERNITY WAS MADE BY MRS. ROBINSON AGAINST MR. WOOD, SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, AND HER STORY CAUSED AN UNUSUAL STIR OVER THE COUNTY AT THE TIME, BECAUSE OF THE PROMINENCE OF THE DEFENDANT IN BUSINESS AND POLITICAL CIRCLES. HE HAS FOR YEARS BEEN ONE OF FARMLAND'S LEADING BUSINESSMEN, AN EX–TRUSTEE OF THE TOWNSHIP AND LAST YEAR AND FOUR YEARS AGO A VERY CLOSE SECOND IN THE RACE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY FOR COUNTY AUDITOR.
MRS. ROBINSON RELATES THAT WOOD WAS A REGULAR ATTENDANT AT HER DURING THE LAST SICKNESS OF HER HUSBAND IN DECEMBER 1905. AFTER HIS DEATH HE VISITED HER AGAIN AND ON THE 13TH OF APRIL 1906. MRS. ROBINSON TESTIFIED THAT HE PROMISED MAINTENANCE FOR HER IS SHE WOULD ACCEDE TO HIS DEMANDS. SHE NAMED TWO VISITS OF THIS CHARACTER.
IN DEFENSE MR. WOOD HAS SET AN ALIBI FOR HIS VISIT ON APRIL 13TH, PROVING BY SEVERAL WITNESSES THAT HE WAS AT HIS PLACE OF BUSINESS PUTTING AWAY BUGGIES AT THE HOURS NAMED BY THE RELATRIX IN THE CASE. HE IS FURTHER ATTEMPTING TO SHOW UNDUE INTIMACY BETWEEN THE RELATRIX AND HER STEPSON ROY ROBINSON.
THE CASE WILL BE CONCLUDED SOMETIME TODAY." ...
