~ George Washington "Wash" Mullis, III ~
Age 87y 3m 21d
my 2nd great grandfather

Military: Veteran: Civil War, CSA 58th NC Infantry, POW

Education: Elementary
Vocation: Farmer, Distller & Stone Mason

Father: George Washington Mullis, Jr, II (Birth: 1802, Surry or Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA - Death: 1862, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA
s/o George Mullis & Polly Owens

Mother: Mary "Polly" Green (Birth: 1793, Surry County, North Carolina, USA - Death: Jul 1860, North Carolina, USA)

First Marriage (16 Dec 1854, Wilkes Co., NC): Sarah R Cass (Born: 13 March 1834, Iredell, MA - 18 May 1860, Union Grove, Iredell, NC; Burial: Union Grove United Methodist Church, Union Grove, Iredell, NC)

Children:
1. Mary Ann Mullis (Johnson) (Birth: 8 Jun 1856, District South of Hunting Creck, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death: 24 Jan 1934, age 87, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) married: Benjamin Franklin "BF" Johnson (Birth: 12 May 1840, Eagle Mills Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death: 31 Mar 1911, Union Grove Township, Harmony, Iredell, North Carolina, US; Burial: 1911 Apr, Union Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, 1339 Sloans Mill Road, Union Grove, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);
2. Leander Columbus "Lee" "Leandy" Mullis (Birth: 5 Jun 1858, South of Hunting Creck, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death: 24 Apr 1934, Turnersburg, Iredell, North Carolina, USA) married Mary Adeline Hartman (Birth: 22 Feb 1861, North Carolina, USA - Death: 13 Jun 1949, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA) d/o Henry H Hartman (Birth: 1826, Iredell County, North Carolina, USA) & Elizabeth E "Bettie" Helmes (Birth: May 1829, North Carolina, USA), brother/o Robert H Hartman (Birth: Mar 1859, North Carolina, USA);

Second Marriage: Rachel Caroline "Carry" Hemrick (Born: 25 Feb 1842, Union Grove, Iredell, NC - 03 Feb 1898, Harmony,
Iredell, NC) D/o Daniel Hambrick & Polly Hambrick

Children:
1. Daniel Asbury "Did" Mullis (B: 24 May 1867, Union Grove, Iredell, NC - 22 Jan 1932, Harmony, Iredell, NC),
. Daniel Asbury "Did" Mullis;
2. Sarah Elizabeth "Sally" Mullis Brown (Birth JAN 1869 • District South of Hunting Creek, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 15 FEB 1955 • Trivette Road, Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);
3. Evelyn Octavia "Arkie" Mullis Campbell, my great-grandmother, (Birth 15 JAN 1872 • District South of Hunting Creek, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 07 OCT 1956 • Hamptonville, Eagle Mills Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);
4. William Alexander "Bill" Mullis (Birth 21 NOV 1876 • District South of Hunting Creek, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 12 JAN 1945 • Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);
5. Mary Bernice "Polly" Mullis Brown (Birth 14 MAY 1880 • District South of Hunting Creek, Iredell, North Carolina, USA - Death 27 JUN 1954 • Harmony, Union Grove Township, Iredell, North Carolina, USA);

POW Civil War CSA: GW Mullis was captured and first held in prison, at Louisville, Jefferson Co., KY. Louisville Civil War Prisons: Military Prison located North of Broadway, between 10th and 11th, Union Army Prison First Location was at Liberty Street and 5th Street.
After escaping, he was caught and sent to Camp Douglas, a Confederate POW camp, located on the south-side of Chicago, IL, described as a place of brutal misery that was dubed "80 Acres of Hell." During imprisonment, his skill as a distiller was used to make medicine for the wounded soldiers. He escaped under horrid frozen conditions and made it home well after the war ended in April.

Cause of Death: Aortic Insufficiency; Informant: D. A. (Daniel Asbury) "Did" Mullis, Harmony, NC; Physician: Dr. (M)? A Trivette, June 27 1919, Houstonville, NC; Clerk Registrar: _?_ P Sharpe, Jr., 5 Jul 1919.

Buried: 26 Jun 1919, Union Grove Methodist Church Cemetery, Union Grove, North Carolina, USA, with his first wife, Sarah Cass