Dorcas (Mullens) Oxley (1865 - 1945)

Born 1 Apr 1865 in Martin, Kentucky, United States

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Died 11 Apr 1945 at age 80 in Upperglade, Webster, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Dorcas was born in 1865. She passed away in 1945.

Research Progress

Mother listed on FamilySearch as Chloe Celia LOCKHART who was born about 1835 and died about September 1869 in Rockcastle Precinct, Johnson County, Kentucky.^[1]

Mother listed in household of Bird LOCKHART in 1850^[2] and Ambus MULLINS in 1860.^[3]

1870 United States Federal Census Record of Rockcastle Precinct, Johnson County, Kentucky, household of Ambrose MULLINS^[4]

Individuals listed in the household include:

Ambrose MULLINS, Age: 37 Years, White Male, Occupation: Farmer, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Louisa MULLINS, Age: 30 Years, White Female, Occupation: Keeping House, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Jane MULLINS, Age: 17 Years, White Female, At Home, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Mary MULLINS, Age: 15 Years, White Female, At Home, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Spencer MULLINS, Age: 13 Years, White Male, Works on Farm, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Nancy J. MULLINS, Age: 2 Years, White Female, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Sarah MULLINS, Age: 9 Years, White Female, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Martha MULLINS, Age: 7 Years, White Female, Place of Birth: Kentucky

1880 United States Federal Census Record of Glade District, Webster County, West Virginia, Household of Ambrose MULLINS^[5]

Individuals listed in the household include:

Ambrose MULLINS, White Male, Age: 50 Years, Head of House, Occupation: Farm Laborer, Place of Birth: Virginia

Louisa MULLINS, White Female, Age: 30 Years, Wife of Head of House, Occupation: Keeping House, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Spencer MULLINS, White Male, Age: 22 Years, Son of Head of House, Occupation: Farm Laborer, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Dorcas MULLINS, White Female, Age: 17 Years, Daughter of Head of House, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Ambrose MULLINS, White Male, Age: 8 Years, Son of Head of House, Place of Birth: West Virginia

Joseph MULLINS, White Male, Age: 7 Years, Son of Head of House, Place of Birth: West Virginia

Alice MULLINS, White Female, Age: 5 Years, Daughter of Head of House, Place of Birth: West Virginia

Colbert MULLINS, White Male, Age: 3 Years, Son of Head of House, Place of Birth: West Virginia

John MULLINS, White Male, Age: 2 Months, Born in April, Son of Head of House, Place of Birth: West Virginia

According to the reported years married of 17 years in the 1900 census record, Dorcas MULLINS married John HAMMON about 1883.

1900 United States Federal Census Record of Glade District, Webster County, West Virginia, Household of John Hammon^[6]

Individuals listed in the household include:

John Hammon, Head of House, White Male, Born: November 1828, Age: 71 Years, Married 17 Years, Born in Kentucky, Occupation: Day Laborer

Darcas HAMMON, Wife of Head of the House, Born: April 1863, Age: 37 Years, Married 17 Years, 4 children born, but only 1 living in 1900, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Paris HAMMON, Son of Head of House, Born: October 1888, Age: 11 Years, Single, Place of Birth: West Virginia

1910 Marriage Record to Maston CHRISTIAN^[7] on 30 May 1910 in Webster County, West Virginia^[8]

1920 United States Federal Census Record of Glade District, Webster County, West Virginia, Household of Maston CHRISTON^[9]

Individuals listed in the household include:

Maston CHRISTON, Head of House, White Male, Age: 68 Years, Married, Place of Birth: Virginia

Darcus CHRISTON, Wife of Head of House, White Female, Age: 56 Years, Married, Place of Birth: Kentucky

Charley CHRISTON, Son of Head of House, White Male, Age: 17 Years, Single, Place of Birth: West Virginia

Lee CHRISTON, Son of Head of House, White Male, Age: 15 Years, Single, Place of Birth: West Virginia

Willis CHRISTON, Son of Head of House, White Male, Age: 13 Years, Single, Place of Birth: West Virginia

1930 United States Federal Census Record of Fork Lick, Webster County, West Virginia, household of Charley OXLEY^[10]

Individuals listed in the household include:

Charles OXLEY, Head of the House, White Male, Age: 55 Years, Married at age 49, Place of Birth: West Virginia

Dorcas OXLEY, Wife of Head of the House, White Female, Age: 66 Years, Married at age 60, Place of Birth: West Virginia

Tommy OXLEY, Son of the Head of the House, White Male, Age: 25 Years, Place of Birth: West Virginia

Death of Darcus Christian Oxley on 11 April 1945 in Webster County, West Virginia^[11] stated that her spouse at death was Charley OXLEY and her parents were Amberson MULLINS and Lockert

Sources

1. ↑ "Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H3FK-7JW2 : 19 February 2021), Celia Mullins, 1869. Mortality Census Image
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DB-D9K : 23 December 2020), Celee Lockhart in household of Bird Lockhart, Wyoming, Wyoming, Virginia, United States; citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHM7-TTS : 18 February 2021), Celia Mullins in entry for Ambus Mullins, 1860.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXWF-LZC : 29 May 2021), Ambrose Mullins, Rockcastle Precinct, Johnson, Kentucky, United States; citing, p. 188 A (stamped), p. 5 (penned), dwelling 33, family 33, NARA microfilm publication M593, roll ; FHL microfilm 545,976.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6TC-FLS : 15 January 2022), Ambrose Mullins, Glade District, Webster, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district 151, p. 411 D (stamped), sheet 16 D (penned), dwelling 120, family 120, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1415; FHL microfilm 1,255,415.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZK-QY3 : 14 January 2022), John Hammon, Glade District, Webster, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district 135, p. 59 A (stamped), sheet 40 (penned), dwelling 698, family 711, NARA microfilm publication T623, roll 1776; FHL microfilm 1,241,776.
7. ↑ "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FTKZ-FPY : 11 February 2018), Maston Christian and Dorcas Hammons, 1910; citing Webster, West Virginia, United States, , county clerks, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 590,743.
8. ↑ "West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2ZF-6Z6B : 29 September 2021), Maston Christian and Dorcas Hammons, 1910.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNKP-GZT : 4 February 2021), Maston Christon, Glade District, Webster, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district 148, p. 237 A (stamped), sheet 14 A (penned), dwelling 243, family 243, NARA microfilm publication T625, roll 1969; FHL microfilm 1,821,969.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMCZ-QN3 : accessed 4 November 2022), Charley Oxley, Fork Lick, Webster, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 3, sheet 2A, line 21, family 21, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2557; FHL microfilm 2,342,291.
11. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NMHK-RHK : 10 March 2018), Darcus Christian Oxley, 11 Apr 1945; citing Webster, West Virginia, County Records, 4821, county courthouses, West Virginia; FHL microfilm 1,983,802.