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Johnson Cybert Mullings^{[1, 2, 3]}

1880 - 1954 (73 years)

First & lastname	Johnson Cybert Mullings
Birth	19 Apr 1880	Mazarn, Montgomery County, Arkansas [3, 4, 5]
Death	16 Apr 1954	Salinas, Monterey County, California [6]
Age	73 years
Burial	Aft 16 Apr 1954	Salinas, Monterey County, California [6]
Origins
Patriarch & Matriarch	Stephen D. Mullings, b. 31 Oct 1760, King William, Charlotte County, Virginia d. 17 May 1833, Remlap, Blount County, Alabama (Age 72 years) (Great Grandfather) Margaret J. Byars, b. 26 Mar 1838, Alabama d. 24 Feb 1903, Mazarn, Montgomery County, Arkansas (Age 64 years) (Mother)
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Notes	Johnson's educational training never went beyond grade five. Beingthe youngest he stayed at home and worked the crops as his father hadbecome too old to do much of the farm labor. Farm machinery for the Mullings and others in the Mazarn Creek areahad progressed no more than the common mouldboard breaking plow, thebull tongue and Georgia stock, and for more prosperous ones, thedouble shovel. The Mullings had always done the cultivating with thebull tongue and the Georgia stock which was a very slow way to plow acrop. Corn and cotton were both planted by a system which was called"checking." Furrows for planting were plowed at a distance of aboutthirty-two inches apart. Furrows were then plowed at right angleswith the first ones and the same distance apart. The seed were handplanted where the furrows intersected, just like setting trees for anorchard. In that manner, the crops could be plowed from bothdirections. With only a bull tongue and Georgia stock, each row ofcorn required four furrows which was a very slow way of cultivation.Whereas, the double shovel was nothing more than two Georgia stockscombined into one plow. Some ambitious farmer had developed it inorder that one man could do the work of two men. Johnson had seen one in operation and became sold upon the idea. Sincehe knew he was responsible for the entire crop, he began trying tosell the idea to his father to let him get a double shovel. Johnsonhad located one a man would sell for a couple of dollars because ithad a broken part. Ples vetoed the plan from the beginning. Plesbelieved that one furrow at a time was all one man could manage withsatisfaction. Since Ples rarely ventured into the field any more,Johnson traded for the plow and had the broken part repaired by ablacksmith. When it was tried in the field, it worked like a charm.Johnson was plowing the field in half the time it had been previouslyplowed. Finally, Ples walked out into the field and saw what wasgoing on. After looking at the double shovel a moment and examiningthe work it had been doing, he said, "Well I'll declare. I believe thenew way of farming is just as good as the old way." He walked slowlyback to the house. Johnson said that was the last time Ples was everin the field. Shortly after marriage Johnson bought 40 undeveloped acres from TexasCentral Railroad Company. Home site was 3 miles northwest of Gorman.Gorman had a population of approximately 400 residents. There werethree large mercantile business which dealt in everything from horses,mules, farm tools, dry goods and groceries to a good supply of patentmedicines. There were 2 banks and 3 blacksmith shops. One blacksmithshop belong to Josephine's father, Napoleon Riffe. There were 3cotton gins, a couple of saloons and an opera house. Johnson built a 2 room single wall house. There were no closets orwardrobes, the clothes hung from pegs or nails in the wall. About 1908 Johnson moved his family to an 80 acre farm a mile east ofGorman. Johnson started a dairy business. He delivered milk andbutter by wagon to all the regular customers he could handle. Therewas some cotton planted but most land was planted in feed crops forthe dairy cows and horses. Lean years came to Johnson's family around 1913 or 1914. The Mexicanboll weevil invaded the area. There was about a half crop the firstyear they came and a complete failure the second. Johnson changed tofarming peanuts. In 1917 Johnson acquired a 1915 Model-T ford. The first trip was avisit with Milton's family who had starved out at peanut farming acouple of years before and gone west and rented a farm near Lueders. In the early 1920's Johnson moved his family to the Aiken Communityeast of Plainview, Texas. He farmed both cotton and wheat.
Person ID	I186	Mullings
Last Modified	7 Apr 2023

Father	Pleasant Marcus "Ples" Mullings, b. 14 Jul 1828, Blount Springs, Blount County, Alabama d. 3 Aug 1898, Mazarn, Montgomery County, Arkansas (Age 70 years) Other Spouses: Susan Parsons m. 25 Oct 1853
Mother	Margaret J. Byars, b. 26 Mar 1838, Alabama d. 24 Feb 1903, Mazarn, Montgomery County, Arkansas (Age 64 years)
Family ID	F75	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Wife Josephine P. Riffe, b. 13 Jul 1879, Mt. Ida, Montgomery County, Arkansas d. 20 Jun 1960, Big Spring, Howard County, Texas (Age 80 years)

Marriage 22 Jun 1902 Gorman, Eastland County, Texas [3, 7]

Age at Marriage He : 22 years and 2 months - She : 22 years and 11 months.

Children

+	1. Donna Mae Mullings, b. 19 Apr 1903, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas d. 1977, Lamesa, Dawson County, Texas (Age 73 years) ▻ Otho Watson Neill m. 1920
+	2. Fred Riffe Mullings, b. 3 Nov 1904, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas d. 17 Dec 1994, Westfork, Washington County, Arkansas (Age 90 years) ▻ Vivian Nadine Keaster m. 25 Jul 1934
+	3. Jessie Harold Mullings, b. 25 Jul 1906, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas d. Oct 1968, Salinas, Monterey County, California (Age 62 years) ▻ Ethel Irene Tilley m. 11 Sep 1926
+	4. William Ralph Mullings, b. 11 Mar 1907, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas d. 25 Oct 1930, Floydada, Floyd County, Texas (Age 23 years) ▻ Leon Jones m. 1927
+	5. Ben Bryant Mullings, b. 28 Aug 1909, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas d. 8 Jul 1992 (Age 82 years)
+	6. Clyde Mullings, b. 6 May 1911, Eastland County, Texas d. 29 Sep 1978 (Age 67 years) ▻ Gay Roach m. 8 Mar 1936

Family ID F69 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 7 Apr 2023

Sources

[S19] Social Security Records.
[S20] Fred Riffle Mullings, Tales from Gooberland, Christopher Publ. House 53 Billings Rd., N. Quincy, Mass. 02171, page 128 (Reliability: 3).
[S4] Neina Mullings Baker.
[S65] 1880 Federal Census, Arkansas, Montgomery County, Marzarn Township, Arkansas.
[S152] Pleasant Marcus Mullings Bible, Copy of page received from Velma Mullings-Matthews.
[S35] Billy Earl Mullings.
[S20] Fred Riffle Mullings, Tales from Gooberland, Christopher Publ. House 53 Billings Rd., N. Quincy, Mass. 02171.

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Died	Aiken, Hale County, Texas
Buried	Floydada, Floyd County, Texas

Family	William Ralph Mullings, b. 11 Mar 1907, Gorman, Eastland County, Texas
Married	1927	Plainview, Hale County, Texas

Johnson Cybert Mullings^{[1, 2, 3]}

Stephen D. Mullings

Margaret J. Byars

Pleasant Marcus "Ples" Mullings

Susan Parsons

Margaret J. Byars

Josephine P. Riffe

Donna Mae Mullings

Otho Watson Neill

Fred Riffe Mullings

Vivian Nadine Keaster

Jessie Harold Mullings

Ethel Irene Tilley

William Ralph Mullings

Leon Jones

Ben Bryant Mullings

Alma Ruth Agnew

Clyde Mullings

Gay Roach

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Johnson Cybert Mullings[1, 2, 3]

Stephen D. Mullings

Margaret J. Byars

Pleasant Marcus "Ples" Mullings

Susan Parsons

Margaret J. Byars

Josephine P. Riffe

Donna Mae Mullings

Otho Watson Neill

Fred Riffe Mullings

Vivian Nadine Keaster

Jessie Harold Mullings

Ethel Irene Tilley

William Ralph Mullings

Leon Jones

Ben Bryant Mullings

Alma Ruth Agnew

Clyde Mullings

Gay Roach

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Johnson Cybert Mullings^{[1, 2, 3]}