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  • Name Harry Hayes Mulford 
    Born 15 May 1880  Decateur County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Jan 1932  Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1706  Jerry Milo Johnson
    Last Modified 29 Mar 2015 

    Father Jonathan Burnett Mulford,   b. 05 Aug 1835, New Providence, Hardin County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Nov 1912, Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Relationship Natural 
    Mother M.C. Watt 
    Relationship Natural 
    Family ID F703  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Florence Rose Towner,   b. 28 Jan 1888, Wessington Springs, South Dakota Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Feb 1974, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 18 Sep 1909  Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. M.E. Mulford
     2. Clyde Winfield Mulford,   b. 10 Aug 1910, Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1986, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years)  [Natural]
     3. Basil Elsworth Mulford,   b. 27 Mar 1912, Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 1993, Port Angeles, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years)  [Natural]
     4. Roy Eugene Mulford,   b. 31 Dec 1913, Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  [Natural]
     5. L. Mulford
     6. Donald Robert Mulford,   b. 06 Jan 1919, Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1991, Vancouver, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)  [Natural]
     7. M.S. Mulford
     8. K.W. Mulford
     9. Ervin Hayes Mulford,   b. 21 Mar 1915, Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1986, Centralia, Lewis County, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [Natural]
    Family ID F770  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 15 May 1880 - Decateur County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 18 Sep 1909 - Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 25 Jan 1932 - Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Harry Mulford And 1st 6 (back)
    Harry Mulford And 1st 6 (back)
    Harry and Florence Mulford and baby
    Harry and Florence Mulford and baby
    Writing:
    Harry and Florence Mulford

  • Notes 
    • While Jonathan Burnett and wife, Myra Catherine Watt were moving
      from New Providence, Iowa, to Harrison, Arkansas, Harry Mulford was born
      in the back of the covered wagon crossing Decateur County, Kansas.
      The Mulford homestead is still there, where Edgar
      Mulford resides presently. Also a cementary where many Mulfords are
      found, exists there.

      The following was submitted as
      the first entry for inclusion in a family history book of Lewis County,
      Washington, by Clyde Mulford.

      By Clyde Mulford

      Winlock
      My father, Harry Mulford, came to Chehalis from Harrison,
      Ark., in 1908. He met Florence Towner while working at the Carnation
      [milk] plant in Chehalis, and they were married in September, 1909.
      Harry had four brothers who came to Chehalis about the
      same time. He and his brother Arthur went together in what they called
      "Mulford Bros. 2nd Hand Store" at 960 Chehalis Ave. in 1909. After a year
      or two, Art got a job carrying mail, so Harry bought out his brother's
      interest and continued to run the store until 1927. He bought used
      furniture and household goods and reconditioned them to sell, and filed
      saws and re-covered umbrellas.
      In those days the milkman delivered milk in glass bottles
      using a horse and wagon. The water wagon and the fire wagon were both
      pulled by horses.

      One day there was a fire in the rooming house above the
      store, but most of the damage to the store was from the water coming
      through the ceiling. What I remember most about the fire was that the
      people who came to watch the fire brought the kids along in baby buggies
      and little wagons. In those days you could tell where the fire was by the
      number of chimes of the fire bell, as the different parts of town were
      numbered for that purpose.
      I [Clyde] am the oldest of our family of eight boys and
      one girl. Four of us were born in Chehalis. In 1908, the folks bought an
      80-acre farm four miles up Coal Creek, where we raised our meat, milk
      and eggs and always had a large garden.
      My dad, who used crutches all his life because of
      childhood T.B. of the bone, continued to run the store until 1927. He
      drove back and forth to work with a horse and buggy, taking a sack of
      hay which he fed to the horses in Hayseed Park, which was between the
      streetcar tracks and Market Street.
      Streetcars ran between Chehalis and Centralia for many
      years, but later buses were used. There were two cars, one going each
      way, passing at the fairgrounds using what is now North National and
      South Gold. The electricity for the streetcars came from a coal-fired
      plant on Coal Creek.
      H.H. Scribner's Harness Shop was next door to the second
      hand store, and along the curb, there were several rings where you could
      tie your horse.
      I finished grade school in the one-room Lower Coal Creek
      School. To get to high school the first three years, I had to walk or bum
      a ride, but the fourth year I had a bicycle. I graduated from Chehalis
      High School in 1929. That fall, they put on a school bus, which my
      brother Basil got a job driving for $20 a month.
      I worked 10 years for the Department of Natural Resources
      on state lookouts. Then I moved to Longview, where I spent 11 years on
      the planer gate selling Presto Logs for Weyerhauser Co. I am now retired
      and live in Winlock.
      Two brothers, Roy and Ervin, are living just north of
      Centalia. Basil is up near Olympia, and Don is just east of Vancover. The
      rest of the family is out of state.

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      1910 Washington Census, Chehalis City , Lewis County on April 2 1900
      Ward of City - South
      Supervisor District #2, ED# 136, Sheet 12 B
      Mulford, Harry H. 29, married for 6 months Born in Kansas, Father in New
      York, Mother in Iowa, Occupation Merchant, Second Hand Store.
      Florence, 22 born in South Dakota

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      1920 Washington Soundex

      Vol.27, E.D. 133, sheet 14, Line 81
      Lewis County
      age
      born

      Mulford, Harry H. 39
      Kansas
      race - White
      Mulford, Florence Wife 32
      South Dakota
      Clyde Son 9
      Washington
      Basil E. Son 7
      Washington
      Roy E. Son 6
      Washington
      Ervin H. Son 4 and 4/12
      Washington
      Mildred E. Daughter 2 and 8/12
      Washington
      Donald Son 1 and 1/12
      Washington


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