Eva Ellen McMullen (1886-1935)
Daughter of John Liner McMullen
Eva Ellen McMullen (1886-1935) was the youngest child of
John Liner McMullen and his wife Susan (Gooch) McMullen. According to her
brother Ezra S. McMullen, Eva was the picture of domestication and actually won
the attention of her future husband Joseph Wiley Mathis (1872-1936) by
appearing in a feature newspaper article focused on her canning abilities.
Her son Lloyd V. Mathis remembered that there was always a quilt hanging in the
living room of their house, around which there was a frequent gathering of
neighborhood ladies who pitched in on a quilting bee.
One such quilt is shown below, along with a fine example of
Eva's taste in millinery:
(Click on the thumbnail sketch below to see enlarged
view.)
For additional photos on Eva Ellen (McMullen) Mathis and her
family, go to the Joseph W. Mathis
page.
Click
here to go to the Childress/Mathis Family Tree data on Roots Web for notes
on the above individuals.
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