Mullins and Hackney families of WV, VA , KY and WA

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FAMILY HISTORY OF OPAL MULLINS

(Mullins & Hackney Families of WV, VA & KY)

Opal Mullins

Opal (Mullins)(Graff) Lintott, September 1990 taken during a cruise to Alaska. Born a Mullins in 1919, she was raised by her mother Florence (Mullins) Hackney and her step-father Manual Graff mostly in Vancouver, BC.

Opal's ancestors comprise a rich assortment of colorful individuals including lumberjacks, farmers, Indian fighters, moonshiners, brawlers and counterfeiters. Some served in the first and second World Wars, War of 1812 and both sides of the Revolutionary War and the American Civil War. Some were heroes; and some deserted from the Union army in response to killings caused by a racial conflict between soldiers of the same army. Others were massacred after a dispute with a revenuer over a moonshine operation. Some ancestors are probably of Cherokee descent who may have traveled the "Trail of Tears". Another was responsible for the discovery and commercialization of the Yellow Delicious apple. These personalities and others will be more fully documented in this narrative.

The Mullins and Hackney families are descendants of early frontiersmen who migrated into the Appalachian mountains of western Virginia and eastern Kentucky before and after the American Revolution. They were mountain men, hunters and farmers who lived in remote areas where they inter-married among their kin and neighbors. Transportation was mainly by horseback and later by horse drawn wagons once cart paths were established.

Florence Hackney and Eddie Mullins

Florence Hackney married
James Edward "Eddie" Mullins
in Lewis Co., WA about1913.

The Mullins and Hackney families mainly came together after separate migrations from Virginia/West Virginia to the Big Bottom area of Lewis County in Washington. It was there that the families met and several marriages took place.

The following children of Opal's maternal grandparents (Hackney) married children and grandchildren of Opal's paternal grandparents (Mullins):

Opal's mother Florence Hackney married William and Mahala's youngest son - Eddie Mullins
Opal's uncle McKinley Hackney married William and Mahala's granddaughter - Myrtle Mae Mullins
Opal's aunt Tennessee Hackney married William and Mahala's grandson - Mart Mullins
Opal's uncle Oliver Hackney married William and Mahala's granddaughter - Lillian Hackney

Eddie Mullins and Florence Hackney with George, Opal and Burlie

Eddie Mullins and Florence Hackney family 1919, Lewis Co., WA. Children, left to right are George, Opal and Burlie.

Opal Mullins was born on February 6, 1919 in Randle, Washington, daughter of Edward James "Eddie" Mullins and Florence (Hackney) Mullins. Florence and Eddie separated within a year of Opal's birth. They had two other children; George A. "Georgie" Mullins, born September 27, 1914 in Randle, WA and Burlie Mullins, born July 10, 1917, presumably in Randle, WA. After their divorce, with the help of relations, Eddie took care of Georgie and Burlie while Florence took care of Opal. Opal lived a happy childhood, with the help of her stepfather, Manuel Graff, whom Florence married in Southbend, WA on January 3, 1925.

Opal Mullins in ca 1925 1927

Opal Mullins at around seven or eight. Location could be either Washington state or Vancouver.

Sometime prior to Jan 19, 1928 (probably in 1925) the Graff family moved from Washington to 401 Davie Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada where Opal lived until her marriage to Robert Lintott. It is believed that she attended Central School in Vancouver for her first year and then attended Dawson School. She was dating Robert by the time she was sixteen and except for a few other infatuations, did so until their marriage two weeks shy of her twenty-first birthday.

Opal (Mullins) Lintott's Maternal Ancestors - Hackney

Opal (Mullins) Lintott's Paternal Ancestors - Mullins

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