Livor Mortis is the final stage of death. When our spirit exits our earthly ewer, gravity takes over and our blood is free to go hang out with its friends in whatever part of our body it wishes to pool. It's 5 o'clock in John Doe land, and everyone, and everything, is off work. Depending on what angle or position the carcass is in when life leaves it, the difference in lividity patterns can vary.
I descend from the one known child of James O. Mauldin and wife Mary A. Smith Mauldin, to have a large and multitudinous family, Thomas Alexander Mauldin. With the fate of one daughter unknown, and the other passing away as a youthful wife with two small children, and the other sons dying fairly young of various diseases, accidents or war, their children left behind small families, or none at all, with, of course, the one exception.
Relying on the Mauldin family book, 'Ye Mauldins" by distant cousin, Ervin Mauldin, which I had gifted to my mother long ago, several of those descendants seem to have been like these last, gasping pools of blood, dispersing into opaqueness and sempiternal obscurity.
One sibling of my Thomas Alexander Mauldin, whose little clutch fell into the previous elucidation, was Archibald Claiborne Mauldin, the oldest of his younger siblings.
Like Tom, Archie was probably born in either Chatham or Montgomery County, North Carolina, on June 18, 1827, according to an old Family Bible.. James O. Mauldin had arrived in West Pee Dee, Montgomery County, NC by 1830, as he appears in the census then, his family growing like a crop of opportunistic weeds.
| Name | James Malden |
|---|---|
| Home in 1830 (City, County, State) | West Side Pee Dee River, Montgomery, North Carolina |
| Free White Persons - Males - Under 5 | 1 Archibald Claiborn Mauldin |
| Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9 | 1 Thomas Alexander Mauldin |
| Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14 | 1 John Wesley Mauldin |
| Free White Persons - Males - 30 thru 39 | 1 James O. Mauldin |
| Free White Persons - Females - Under 5 | 1 Mary Ellen Mauldin |
| Free White Persons - Females - 40 thru 49 | 1 Mrs. Mauldin (Mary?) |
| Free White Persons - Under 20 | 4 |
| Free White Persons - 20 thru 49 | 2 |
| Total Free White Persons | 6 |
| Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored) | 6 |
James received a grant on Jacobs Creek, a tributary to the Pee Dee River, in 1840. The Mauldin's were yeoman farmers, family and hired hands were their laborers. They did not and would not own slaves, or a great deal of land, either. They lived a godly life as humble subsistence farmers, as far as I can tell.
The Mauldin's were said to be members of Randles Church, and located south of Albemarle, the county seat of Stanly County.
In August of 1847, Archibald Mauldin received his own Grant. Found at the Stanly County Register of deeds in Book 2, Page 61 and also at NC Land Grants. For $5.00 for every 100 acres granted by the treasury, A. C. Mauldin was granted 45 acres on the Waters of Jacobs Creek adjoining James Mauldin, his father, and others. It was entered the 10th day of February 1846. Archibald would have been about 19. He may have gotten married about this time in his young life.
A second deed involving Archibald Mauldin is an Indenture dated July 17, 1849, and found in Book 4, page 104 in the Stanly County Register of Deeds. Thomas A. Mauldin sells to his brother, A. C. Mauldin, for $50.00 in hand, for a tract of land belonging to the estate of James Mauldin, their father, which was Thomas's ninth part share of the inheritance.
The next deed involving Archibald will be when his widow, Mary, sells the land she inherited from Archibald's decease to J. R. Ivey, found in Book 4 Page 433, of the Stanly County Register of Deeds.
Archibald had married Mary Allen, also seen as Polly, about 1846-1848. Polly was the daughter of Joseph Allen (1804-1877), son of George W. Allen and Jane Snuggs, and Oney Florence Shankle Allen, (1804-1840), daughter of the Rev. George Shankle, Sr. Polly Allen Mauldin was born on August 12, 1826.
| Name | Mary Mauldin |
|---|---|
| Gender | Female |
| Race | White |
| Residence Age | 23 |
| Birth Date | abt 1827 |
| Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Residence Date | 1850 |
| Home in 1850 | Freemans, Stanly, North Carolina, USA |
| Line Number | 5 |
| Dwelling Number | 124 |
| Family Number | 125 |
| Inferred Spouse | Archibald Mauldin |
| Inferred Child | Joseph Mauldin |
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| Archibald Mauldin | 24 |
| Mary Mauldin | 23 |
| Joseph Mauldin | 0 |
By 1850, we see the image of a young family, Archibald, age 24 and Mary, 23, having given birth to their first child, Joseph. The date was August 1, 1850, and Joseph was one month old. A. C. and Mary were living amongst family. They resided in Freeman's District, in household 125. In Household 126, following them, was his mother, Mary, and his younger, unmarried siblings; James Jr. 19, Mary 21, Benjamin 17, Eliza 15, Parham 12, and Franklin 8. James O. Mauldin had left a young family. Below his mother was neighbor, Henry Shankle. In the household prior to his own, Number 124, was his oldest brother, John Mauldin, with his wife, Sarah and children; Mary E. 9, Martha 7, James H., 5, William P. 1 and Lucy Carter, Sarah's sister, was living with them.
In the Stanly County Court Minute Document in the February 1857 Session, we discover that A C Mauldin has passed away. There must have been a lingering death, an illness or injury, that prompted the thirty year old man in the prime of his young life to write a Will.
"The last will + testament of A. C. Mauldin was proven in open court and offered for probate and the execution thereof was duly proved on the paths of John R Ivey + Henry Shankle the subscribing witnesses thereto.....will an codicil thereto was admitted to probate whereupon Parham Mauldin the Executor therein named was duly sworn. "
These names will be seen again.
"I bequeath into my wife Mary and children all of my land except 20 acres joining old tract, I give to brother Parham Maulden to attend unto my business. The tract of land what Thomas Maulden now lives on when he pays my wife for said tract of land then Mary Maulden my wife is to make said T Maulden a right to said land.
I bequeath unto Mary and children all of my stock hogs, cattle, horses, wagon, farming tools household kitchen furniture.
As long as my wife Mary Maulden holds my name she is to have control over all the said property, if she should marry the said property is to be equally divided between my three children. "
The Will was signed A.C. Maulden and witnessed by John R. Ivey and H. Shankle.
He then would add a codicil, a month later, dated February 3, 1857. He had included his youngest brother, Dowd Franklin Mauldin.
"I bequeath to Franklin Mauldin thirteen 3/4 acres of land joining the part of land that falls to his share."
Again, Henry Shankle stood witness and AC Mauldin signed. Mary Mauldin would keep his name until the end of her life. She was widowed at age 31. Their three children were Joseph I Mauldin, born in 1850, Lucy Ellen, born in 1852, and James Archibald, born in 1856. Mary had been left with a 7 year old, a 5 year old, and an infant.
| Name | Mary Maulden |
|---|---|
| Age | 34 |
| Birth Year | Abt 1826 |
| Gender | Female |
| Race | White |
| Home in 1860 | Stanly, North Carolina |
| Post Office | Albemarle |
| Dwelling Number | 228 |
| Family Number | 228 |
| Inferred Child | Joseph I Maulden; Ellen Maulden |
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| Mary Maulden | 34 |
| Joseph I Maulden | 10 |
| Ellen Maulden | 8 |
| Archy Maulden | 3 |
1860
In the 1860 census, taken June 13, by J. M. McCorkle, Mary is listed as a 34 year old widow, with no occupation and no value, in either real estate, or her personal estate. A.C.'s estate may still have been in limbo. Her most immediate neighbors were farmer John Carriker, a widower, with adult and teenaged children living with him, and a worker named Joseph Morton, and his wife. Below her was farmer and Methodist Minister, L. A. Whitlock. Also near was Baptist Minister, Rev. William Solomon, who had also lived near them in 1850, so they appear to have still been living upon the fields above Jacob's Creek.
On the 12th day of September, 1860, Mary sold to J. R. Ivey, for $1.00 in hand, all of her life estate, or interest in the estate of her deceased husband, A. C. Mauldin; 'lying on the waters of Jacobs Creek adjoining the lands of James Maulden deceased, F. A. Laton and others, containing 200 acres more or less." She also named off her livestock, crops and various implements, then named the debts she owed, that she wished J.R. Ivey to pay off for her, in exchange for all she owed, including notes to neighbor, Henry Shankle, and her brother, Asbury Allen.
In his will and in the census, the name Mauldin was spelled Maulden, with an 'e'. Today, our branch of the family spell it with an "i".
1870
| Name | Mary Maulden |
|---|---|
| Age in 1870 | 39 |
| Birth Date | abt 1831 |
| Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Dwelling Number | 201 |
| Home in 1870 | Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina |
| Race | White |
| Gender | Female |
| Post Office | Albemarle |
| Occupation | At Home |
| Inferred Children | Joseph Maulden; Ellen Maulden |
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| Henry Shankle | 59 |
| Lena Shankle | 56 |
| Calvin Shankle | 27 |
| Jane Shankle | 24 |
| Stanhope Shankle | |
| Joseph Shankle | 22 |
| Ettie Shankle | 12 |
| Mary Maulden | 39 |
| Joseph Maulden | 20 |
| Ellen Maulden | 17 |
In the 1870 census, the first after that ungodly war, and its aftermath of poverty, and devastation, to the much of the region, and, including Stanly County, Mary Mauldin is found living with her former, kindly neighbor, Henry Shankle. With her are her two oldest children, Joseph I. Maulden, 20, and Lucy Ellen, 17. They were all probably aiding in running the Shankle farm. Prior to this, another estate file for Archibald Mauldin exists, with his administrator, and brother, Parham Mauldin, suing the children, while still just children, for their share of their father's estate, together and individually. He requested the money to pay off the debts that a young man starting out, like Archibald, had accumulated. Living near Mary was Sarah Mauldin, her sister-in-law, also a widow. This was Sarah Ross Mauldin, widow of James O. Mauldin Jr., and her four children.
There was one child missing, the youngest, Archibald II.
| Name | Archd Maulden |
|---|---|
| Age in 1870 | 13 |
| Birth Date | abt 1857 |
| Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Dwelling Number | 129 |
| Home in 1870 | Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina |
| Race | White |
| Gender | Male |
| Post Office | Albemarle |
| Occupation | At Home |
| Cannot Read | Yes |
| Cannot Write | Yes |
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| E M Smith | 36 |
| Mary Smith | 32 |
| Julia Smith | 8 |
| Daniel Smith | 6 |
| Charles Smith | 4 |
| David Smith | 2 |
| Celina Smith | 8/12 |
| Archd Maulden | 13 |
Archie, as he was called as a boy, was found in the household of E M. Smith, working as a farm hand. The young, but populous, family had small children, so help in the fields was needed, I'm sure. Mary seems to have survived with her family, and from the labor of her children.
By 1880, Mary 'Polly' Ross Mauldin was within her middle years, which came considerably earlier in those days.
Mary and her two younger children were now boarding with the James C. Bunn family. Polly is 50, and her profession is keeping house. The age of her daughter, Ellen, is given as 25, though she was a few years older in truth. She was probably trying to appear younger. Girls did that in those days. Also boarding with them were two of Mary's unmarried sisters, Martha Allen, 45, and Nancy Allen , age 40. Following their names is that of "Archy" Mauldin, whose age is given as 30, although he was younger than Ellen, and his occupation as "works on farm".
The missing child, now a grown man, was Joseph I Mauldin. I've told a bit of his story before. On January 24, 2014, a decade ago, I penned this post, "The Irrepressible Nealie Shepherd", about the life of the wife of Joseph I Mauldin. The post can be accessed here.
On November 19, 1887, Marion Hudson, of all people, applied for the marriage license of "40-year-old" Joseph I. Mauldin, who was actually 37 son of Archie and Mary Mauldin, and Lundy C. Shepherd, daughter of Edward and Francis Shepherd, aged 18, but actually 15. OH MARION! The wedding took place at 5 pm, "in the road between M(arion) Hudson and John Mills". Witnesses were H. H. Russell, Joe Russell and Marion Hudson.
I have also posted, more than once, concerning my "Uncle Marion". Once, I had put him under the heading of "Bad guys of Stanly County", or "Sunday Black sheep". Nancy Caroline Hudson was my Grandmother's Grandmother. Not my grandmother who was born a Mauldin, but one of my other two Grandmothers. This was my non-biological Grandmother, and my Grandmother just as much. She told me the tales of her younger days. She had no other grandchild to tell them to. Marion Hudson was Caroline's only brother. The four children were orphaned young and bad things befell them. Marion actually fathered a child with his Aunt, named Polly. Given, Polly was his father's half-sister. They shared a father, but had different mothers, and Marion, her nephew, was older than she, but they still had a child together. Marion obviously had a close relationship with Joseph I Mauldin. He applied for the marriage license and was a witness to the nuptials.
On June 10, 1891, Nealie would give birth to her only child, son Patterson. By 1900, she was widowed and living in Richmond County, where Marion Hudson was living with his wife and children. Nealie and Patterson were living there when her grandfather, Marcus Princeton Carter's will was probated in 1895. The date of death for Joseph I. Mauldin is unknown. Before the 1900 census, or that's what we've been led to believe and what was reported by his wife, Nealie. He may have gotten wanderlust and moved westward.
| Name | Nealie Maulden | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 25 | ||||||
| Birth Date | Jun 1874 | ||||||
| Birthplace | North Carolina, USA | ||||||
| Home in 1900 | Rockingham, Richmond, North Carolina | ||||||
| Sheet Number | 7 | ||||||
| Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation | 102 | ||||||
| Family Number | 106 | ||||||
| Race | White | ||||||
| Gender | Female | ||||||
| Relation to Head of House | Head | ||||||
| Marital Status | Widowed | ||||||
| Father's Birthplace | North Carolina, USA | ||||||
| Mother's Birthplace | North Carolina, USA | ||||||
| Mother: number of living children | 1 | ||||||
| Mother: How many children | 1 | ||||||
| Can Read | Y | ||||||
| Can Write | N | ||||||
| Can Speak English | Y | ||||||
| House Owned or Rented | Rent | ||||||
| Farm or House | H | ||||||
| Neighbors | View others on page | ||||||
| Household Members |
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In the 1900 census, as well as the 1910, Lundy Cornelia Shepherd Mauldin and her son, Patterson, are living in the town of Rockingham, Richmond County. She becomes the housekeeper for a much older man named Lewis Dawkins and eventually married him. Nealie was a shrewd businessman and a survivor. With Dawkins money, she tapped into the 20th century trend of urbanization and citification, and broke her husband's farm, situated near town and an industrial area, and sold small housing lots to mill workers and other folks switching from farm work to city living. Lundy went from being an orphan at 11, surviving on the streets and off the charity of neighbors, with her older brother, to becoming a developer, and creating housing developments.
Patterson Mauldin would remain Patterson Mauldin until 1910.
When he married his first wife, Ally Floyd, on January 18, 1911, he gave his name as Patterson Shepherd, his mother's maiden name, and gave his parents as Henry and Nealie Shepherd, Henry being a nonexistent person.
Patterson would prove, in the beginning, to be as fickle as his biological father. Allie was a Stanly County girl, daughter of Daniel Floyd and Nancy Wallace, her father from Rocky River Springs and he mother from Anson County. That marriage lasted a little over a year. These were the years when divorces began becoming more popular, and some folks ignored the legal process altogether.
By the time Patterson married the second time, two years later on December 3, 1913, to Flossie Jane Richardson, he had proudly taken on the name of his biological father - Marion Morrison Hudson and became Marion Patterson Hudson.
Flossie was the daughter of Edward Franklin Richardson and wife, Louella Mauldin Richardson. Louella, daughter of my ancestor Thomas Alexander Mauldin, was the first cousin of Joseph I Mauldin, Patterson's non-biological father and Nealie's first husband.
This marriage was even shorter than the one to Allie Floyd.
Patterson and Flossie had married on December 3. That same month and same year, Flossie would marry Walter Stancil Cole on December 22, 1913. In a matter of weeks, Flossie had had married Patterson, had the marriage anulled, and married Walter. Maybe she was the fickle one. Maybe she discovered that Patterson was actually 'illegitimate', born out of an act of adultry, which was a shameful thing in those days, to the child of such an act. Flossie would tire of Walter, as well, but they would have five children. She would marry a third time to Millard Philmore Hathcock about 1923, just after her fifth child, Ruby was born and over 30 years before Walter passed away. She and Millard would have 7 children together, one the year after Ruby was born. It was a close race.
Patterson would also marry a third time, and this one would stick.
A year after Flossie had their marriage anulled, Patterson married Lou Ellen , or Louella Harrington, on January 11, 1914. Lou Ellen was the daughter of Tom and Minnie Harrington. She and Patterson would be married for life and he gave his parents names as Marion Hudson and Nealie Dawkins, his mothers married name. Patterson and Lou Ellen would have 6 children, all Hudsons, which was their proper biological bloodline:Lewis Thomas, Allen Patterson, John Calvin, Marion Morrison Hudson II, Mary Cornelia and William Augustus aka "Gus".
As for Marion Morrison Hudson the first, he had been married to his wife, Margaret Rummage, the entire time. They had seven children. Three were born before Marion had James Franklin Hudson by his Aunt Polly in 1881. Three more were born between the birth of James Franklin and when he had Patterson by Nealie Shepherd Mauldin. The last child by his legal wife, Alfred, came two years after Patterson.
Marion Patterson Mauldin Shepherd Hudson, the only son of Joseph I Mauldin, and listed as such in the Mauldin family book, was not a Mauldin at all. He passed away in 1966.
Mary Allen Mauldin died in 1898. The death date of her only daughter, Lucy Ellen is unknown, although some report it as 1909. I investigated that report, as she is also reported to have been buried at Randalls United Methodist Church, arguably one of the oldest congregations in the County, now known as Randalls By the River, after the recent UMC controversy and division. I believe they have mixed up Lucy Ellen Mauldin with Ellen Frances Mauldin who married William McKinley Honeycutt. She was born in 1856 and died in 1909. As neither Ellen nor Mary are to be found in the 1900 census, I believe they were both deceased by 1900. According to family members, Ellen, and possibly Mary, are both buried in Randalls ancient cemetery, but that the graves may have been unmarked. Mary's younger sisters, who were living with her in 1880, do have impressive surviving markers in the Randalls Cemetery, Martha having passed away on May 14, 1911, and Nancy on February 20, 1910.
But there is another possibility concerning Mary Allen Mauldin.
So, Joseph I Mauldin's one child was not his biological child and passed the name 'Hudson' down to his descendants, not Mauldin. Lucy Ellen never married. So that left one child to carry on the name and as far as the Mauldin book was concerned, he moved away and his fate lost to eternity, or at least to the Stanly County Mauldin hive. But that turns out to be not entirely true. Thanks to DNA, Archie Mauldin is no longer lost.
According to "Ye Mauldins", James Archibald Mauldin had married a woman named Catherine A. born in September of 1860, and had two children, William O. Mauldin born November 1881 and a daughter, Lilly, born in December of 1883. This information appears to have come from some census record, which I was unable to connect to him in anyway. The information may have came from the family of Ervin 'Sampy; Mauldin and Rose Ann Hill. They claimed he raised James Alexander Mauldin, who would move to Rowan County.
This was an entirely inaccurate observance. While he may have raised James Alexander, there was no Catherine and those were not his children. Perhaps the author had found an entirely different James A. Mauldin.
The last record of Archie Mauldin in Stanly County was in the 1880 census, where he was living with his mother, sister and matronly maiden aunts, and working on the Bunn family farm. Afterwards, in that great 20 year missing block of time, he disappears.
The key to unlocking the mystery of Archie Mauldin was a newspaper clipping. According to 'The Enterprise', a defunct Stanly County newspaper, in the July 1914, 1910 edition, Archie Maulden and daughter, "Miss Bessie", were in town visiting friends and family. Ostensibly, there would have only been cousins, yet possibly lots of old freinds and neighbors. Perhaps Archie had just wanted to show his daughter his old stomping grounds. Advantageously, the news blurb had left a solid clue to help uncover the path of Archie Mauldin. "Of Memphis, Tennessee", they had reported. Now we knew where Archie had relocated.
So with those two clues in hand, Memphis, Tennessee and a daughter named 'Bessie', I trudged on in search of Archie. For awhile, he remained elusive. There was not the perfect shoe that fit flawlessly.
Time after time, I kept running into this one guy. In nearly every way, he was a compeer to Archie. He was the exact same age, born in North Carolina in the census records, had the last name of Mauldin, lived in Memphis, Tennessee and had an age appropriate daughter named "Bessie". The one thing that did not fit was his first name. He went by the initials "A. C.", not "J. A." and when the "A" was written out, it became "Arthur", not "Archie". So, I disregarded him. Then I discovered that his camouflage was imperfect. There were instances of 'Arthur' being referred to as 'Archie'. I took a more meticulous look at Arthur C. Mauldin and the shoe fit. He has descendants, and those descendants share DNA with me and my mega-Mauldin genetics.
James Archibald Mauldin had reinvented himself as a furniture salesman named Arthur C. Mauldin. Having figured that out, I was able to track him, and his steps. Arthur C. Mauldin was from Stanly County, North Carolina, but who knows what stories he told and why he told them.
Shortly after that 1880 census, Archie had grown tired of farm work and made his way to Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi.
Marshall County had been a popular destination in prior decades for travelers and wanderers from the North Carolina piedmont, the biggerst surge being in the 1820's and 1830's. Perhaps he had made contact with relatives or friends from that place, who'd come home for a visit, and young Archie returned with them.
In Missississippi, he met the Bloodworths. Elisha William Bloodworth was born in Wilson, Tennessee. He was a Wheelwright, and as a young man, relocated to Marshall County, Mississippi. On January 4, 1843, in Shelby County, Tennessee, Elisha Bloodworth had married none other than his cousin, Elizabeth Horne Bloodworth.
Elisha was the son of William D. Bloodworth, Jr. and his wife, Francis Cole. Elizabeth was the daughter of Jesse Deloach Bloodworth and his wife, Narcissa Gibson. William D. Bloodworth, Jr. and Jesse Deloach Bloodworth were the sons of William D. Bloodworth, Sr. and wife, Millicient 'Millie' Deloach.
In 1850 Elisha Bloodworth was a Wheelwright.
In 1860 Elisha Bloodworth was a Mechanic.
In 1870 Elisha Bloodworth was a Undertaker, and was still an Undertaker in 1880.
About 1880-1881 Archibald Mauldin had changed his name to Arthur C. Mauldin, who had not existed before this year.
The Bloodworths had brought nine children into the world.
1843 Narcissa Mary Caroline
1845 Jesse Deloach II
1847 Frances Elizabeth
1848 William Wilson
1851 Johnny Bird
1853 Elisha Benjamin
1854 Thomas Walton
1857 Sarah Jane Josephine
1859 Martha Homazell
On February 10, 1881, A. C. Mauldin married the Bloodworths youngest daughter, Martha Homazell.
| Name | Mattie Bloodworth |
|---|---|
| Spouse | A. C. Moulden |
| Marriage Date | 10 Feb 1881 |
| County | Marshall |
With Martha Homazell, Archie aka Arthur, had 4, perhaps 5 children.
Earnestine Orleana Mauldin (1881 -1954) Married Marion Bemass Fonda.7 children.
Edgar Oliver Mauldin (1883-1953) Married Georgia Lee Biggert. No children
Mamie Olivette Etta Mauldin (1885-1974) Married Raleigh Thomas Moore, 2 daughters. Married John McCullough Hooks. 1 stepson.
There may have been an infant who passed named Maurice.
Arthur Fisher Mauldin was born on September 9, 1887.
Martha Homazell Bloodworth Mauldin died on September 27, 1887, just a few weeks after his birth.
The baby died on May 31, 1888. He was 8 months old.
| Name | A. C. Maulden |
|---|---|
| Spouse | Josie Bloodworth |
| Marriage Date | 13 Oct 1888 |
| County | Marshall |
On October 13, 1888, A. C. Mauldin married Sarah Josephine Bloodworth, known as 'Josie', the next to the youngest Bloodworth sister, and Martha'a older sister.
A. C. and Josie would have one child together;
Elizabeth Lois Mauldin (1889 -1956) Known as Bessie, who would arrive in Norwood with her father in 1914, where everyone called him "Archie". Bessie would marry A. Quitman Quinn and have three children; Elizabeth North, Sarah Jane, and one son, whom she named Archibald Mauldin Quinn.
A. C. Mauldin had moved from Mississippi to Memphis, in Shelby County, Tennessee, before the birth of Bessie.
| Name | Arthur Maulddin |
|---|---|
| Age | 44 |
| Birth Date | Oct 1856 |
| Birthplace | North Carolina, USA |
| Home in 1900 | Memphis Ward 15, Shelby, Tennessee |
| Ward of City | 15th |
| Street | Antie Avenue |
| House Number | 1 |
| Sheet Number | 6 |
| Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation | 110 |
| Family Number | 131 |
| Race | White |
| Gender | Male |
| Relation to Head of House | Head |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Spouse's Name | Sallie Maulddin |
| Marriage Year | 1888 |
| Years Married | 12 |
| Father's Birthplace | North Carolina, USA |
| Mother's Birthplace | North Carolina, USA |
| Occupation | Shipping Clerk |
| Months Not Employed | 0 |
| Can Read | Y |
| Can Write | Y |
| Can Speak English | N |
| House Owned or Rented | Own |
| Farm or House | H |
| Neighbors | View others on page |
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| Arthur Maulddin | 44 |
| Sallie Maulddin | 42 |
| Ernestine Maulddin | 17 |
| Edgar O Maulddin | 16 |
| Mamie O Maulddin | 15 |
| Elizabeth Maulddin | 9 |
In 1900, the family is livng in the town of Memphis, amongst a bourgeois group of attorneys, merchants, and other professionals. Forty-four year old Arthur is a Shipping Clerk and all of the living children are still at home. They've been married 12 years and Sarah Josephine, seen as "Sallie" here, was the mother of 1 child with 1 living. All of the children were in school except 17 year old Earnestine.
| Name | Arthur C Mauldon |
|---|---|
| Age in 1910 | 53 |
| Birth Date | 1857 |
| Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Home in 1910 | Memphis Ward 15, Shelby, Tennessee, USA |
| Sheet Number | 2b |
| Street | Ryle |
| House Number | 1261 |
| Race | White |
| Gender | Male |
| Relation to Head of House | Head |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Father's Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Mother's Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Native Tongue | English |
| Occupation | Salesman |
| Industry | Retail Furniture |
| Employer, Employee or Other | Wage Earner |
| Home Owned or Rented | Own |
| Home Free or Mortgaged | Free |
| Farm or House | House |
| Able to read | Y |
| Able to Write | Y |
| Enumeration District Number | 0210 |
| Years Married | 21 |
| Out of Work | N |
| Number of Weeks Out of Work | 0 |
| Enumerated Year | 1910 |
| Neighbors | View others on page |
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| Arthur C Mauldon | 53 |
| Sarah J Mauldon | 52 |
| Elizabeth L Mauldon | 20 |
1910 finds Bessie as the only child still at home. A. C. is a Salesman for a Furniture Company, and they seem to have moved to a much more modest area of town. Their neighborhood is more blue-collar and craftsman oriented and a more diverse mix, with some from other states and others, immigrants, from other countries.
| Name | A C Mauldin |
|---|---|
| Age | 63 |
| Birth Year | abt 1857 |
| Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Home in 1920 | Memphis Ward 31, Shelby, Tennessee |
| Street | Nelson Ave |
| House Number | 1413 |
| Residence Date | 1920 |
| Race | White |
| Gender | Male |
| Relation to Head of House | Head |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Spouse's Name | Josephine Mauldin |
| Father's Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Mother's Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Able to Speak English | Yes |
| Occupation | Salesman |
| Industry | Furniture Retail |
| Employment Field | Wage or Salary |
| Home Owned or Rented | Owned |
| Home Free or Mortgaged | Free |
| Able to read | Yes |
| Able to Write | Yes |
| Neighbors | View others on page |
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| A C Mauldin | 63 |
| Josephine Mauldin | 62 |
1920 finds the couple in their 60's and no other changes.
| Name | Arthur C Maulden |
|---|---|
| Birth Year | abt 1857 |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | White |
| Age in 1930 | 73 |
| Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Marital Status | Married |
| Relation to Head of House | Head |
| Home in 1930 | Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, USA |
| Map of Home | Memphis,Shelby,Tennessee |
| Street Address | Nelson a, |
| Ward of City | 31 |
| Block | 1575 |
| House Number | 1613 |
| Dwelling Number | 227 |
| Family Number | 280 |
| Home Owned or Rented | Owned |
| Home Value | 7000 |
| Radio Set | No |
| Lives on Farm | No |
| Age at First Marriage | 23 |
| Attended School | No |
| Able to Read and Write | Yes |
| Father's Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Mother's Birthplace | North Carolina |
| Occupation | Salesman |
| Industry | Retail Furniture |
| Class of Worker | Wage or salary worker |
| Employment | Yes |
| Neighbors | View others on page |
| Name | Age |
|---|---|
| Arthur C Maulden | 73 |
| Sarah J Maulden | 72 |
The same with 1930. The septuagenarian couple are still living in the same place and at 73, the hardy Arthur is still selling furniture.
James Archibald/ Arthur C. Mauldin, the only child of Archibald Clabourne Mauldin and Mary Allen Mauldin to leave descendants, passed away at age 76, still devotedly employed as a Furniture Salesman. The newspaper report had several things as incorrect, he was not born in Charleston, every census stated North Carolina,and Josephine was never a Nash.
He was buried in the Forest Hill Cemetery in Memphis. His death certificate gave cause of death as heart failure. The informant on his death certificate was his wife, Josephine. His parents names were listeted as Arthur C Mauldin and Mary Allen, both of North Carolina. His physician had attened him for 30 years and he had been a Furniture salesman for the Armstornong Furniture Company for longer than that. A. C. was the last pooling collection of blood in Achibald Clabornes bloodline.
Josie would join him at Forest Hills in 1942. She spent her last years with their daughter, Bessie.
He must have really disliked the name Archibald.
