SARAH M. MULLEN SECOND CHILD OF LARKIN AND MARTHA MULLEN
SARAH M. MULLEN WAS BORN OCTOBER 17, 1841 IN CUMBERLAND GRANT COUNTY, IND. SHE MARRIED ANDREW W. CLEVENGER ON 19 JUNE 1862 IN RANDOLPH COUNTY, IND. THEIR CHILDREN WERE:
1. SYLVESTER CLEVENGER BORN 1867
2. CHARLES CLEVENGER BORN 1871
3. MARTHA CLEVENGER BORN 1875 MARRIED ––––HUTCHINS
HER HUSBAND ANDREW W. CLEVENGER WAS A PRIVATE IN CO A 84TH INDIANA INFANTRY WITH HER BROTHER WILLIAM F. MULLEN. ANDREW W. CLEVENGER ENLISTED AUG 9, 1862 AND WAS DISCHARGED 14 JUNE 1865..HE HAD AN INJURY OCCURRING WHILE CHOPPING WOOD AT BUZZARD ROOST IN GEORGIA ON MAY 9, 1864. HE CHOPPED HIS FOOT WITH AN AXE SPLITTING HIS BIG TOE. IN HIS MILITARY SERVICE RECORDS HE WAS 5'11" WEIGHED 145 LBS. AND HAD A LIGHT COMPLEXION.
IN AN 1881 DECLARATION FOR A CIVIL WAR PENSION APPLICATION HE SAYS:
:THAT WHILE...UNDER SPECIAL DETAIL CHOPPING TIMBER AT...BUZZARD ROOST GAP IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA...ON 9 MAY 1864...WAS STANDING ON A LOG CHOPPING IT TO BUILD WORKS FOR ARTILLERY BY ACCIDENT STRUCK HIS FOOT WITH THE AXE SPLITTING THE LARGE TOE OF THE RIGHT FOOT AND PENETRATING THE BODY OF THE FOOT ALSO...HE WAS REMOVED TO TUNNELTOWN GA. OVERNIGHT TAKEN TO CHATTANOOGA TENN...TAKEN TO NASHVILLE TENN...SENT TO LOUISVILLE KTY...REMAINED THERE A FEW HOURS...TAKEN TO JEFFERSONVILLE IND...TRANSFERRED TO MADISON IND...
ANDREW W. CLEVENGER "DOCK" DIED ON 3 MARCH 1897 HIS WIDOW, SARAH M. CLEVENGER FILED FOR A WIDOW'S PENSION ON APRIL 5, 1897.
SOME OF THE AFFIDAVITS WHERE WERE FILED WERE:
1. BY ALCANAH MULLEN (AGE 30 SARAH CLEVENGER'S BROTHER) FOR HIS BROTHER–IN–LAW A.W. CLEVENGER STATING THAT "BY REASON TO THE CLAIMANT'S (A.W. CLEVENGER'S RIGHT FOOT HE HAS BEEN PREVENTED FROM PERFORMING MANUAL LABOR AT LEAST A THIRD OF THE TIME."
2. IN AUGUST 1897 SARAH M. CLEVENGER FILED THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT:
"I (SARAH CLEVENGER) MAKE THIS STATEMENT UNDER OATH...I HAVE GOT ONE HOUSE AND THE REAR END OF THREE LOTS MAKING A LOT ABOUT 62 BY 120 FEET
...MY HOUSE WAS BUILT 30 YEARS AGO AND NEEDS REPAIRING VERY BAD...I LIVE ON THIS PROPERTY AND I TAKE IN WASHING AND OTHER WORK...MY PROPERTY IS ASSESSED AT $325 WITH A MORTGAGE OF $100...
ALSO FILED WAS "I NATHAN R. CHENOWITH RECORDER OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, IND CERTIFY THAT THERE IS MORTGAGE LIEN ON REAL ESTATE OWNED BY SARAH M. CLEVENGER PARTS OF LOTS 13, 14, 15, 16 IN FARMLAND...MORTGAGE EXECUTED...
SHE DIED IN 1919 AND WAS BURIED AT MAXVILLE CEMETERY IN RANDOLPH COUNTY WITH HER HUSBAND ANDREW W. CLEVENGER;
ANDREW W. CLEVENGER 1842–1897
SARAH M. CLEVENGER HIS WIFE 1842–1919
MARTHA A. HUTCHENS 1876–1941
ESTA HUTCHENS 1877–1952
SARAH CLEVENGER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE GIVES HER DATE OF DEATH AS APR 4 1919 IN FARMLAND RANDOLPH COUNTY, IND. HER FATHER'S NAME WAS GIVEN AS LARKIN MULLEN AND MOTHERS MAIDEN NAME AS MARTHA BEARD. THE PERSON SUPPLYING THE INFORMATION WAS HER DAUGHTER MARTHA HUTCHINS OF FARMLAND.
