Tuesday, December 28, 1999 -- Updated 7/3/2000

Outline for chapter(s) in History of Cowley County, Kansas, Book III

By Kathleen M. Janisse

**=lived in Cowley Co., KS

I. The McMullen Family of Cowley County, Kansas 1870?-1890s

A. **Patrick McMullen, patriarch

1. Wife, **Ellen McGirl McMullen

a. Children:

Matilda McMullen Kirley (of Iowa)

**Joseph Franklin

Mary McMullen Wood (of Colorado and ?)

**John Cornelius

Alexander (of Wisconsin)

**Helen McMullen Loomis Kinne

**Jane McMullen Harkins

B. **Joseph Franklin McMullen, Attorney-at-law

1. Wife, Mary Emery

a. Children:

Anna Maria (Minnie)

1). Husband, **W.H. Colgate

Joseph Francis (Frank)

Edward John (John Edward)

1) Wife, _______Gay, of St. Louis

Gertrude

1) Husband, **B.W. Matlack, of Cowley County

(lived in Vancouver, WA /Portland/OR area)

(brother to **Stacy Matlack, general store merchandise/owner)

Augustus Montague

Robert G.

Samuel J. (Rough Rider with Teddy Roosevelt)

C. **Colonel John Cornelius McMullen, Banker and Attorney-at-law

1. Wife, Mary Elizabeth Loomis

a. Children:

Nellie

1) Husband, Charley Jones (?of Cowley Co.?)

Charles Robert

Hubert

Robert James

Mary Belle (Mamie)

Willie

Paul

2. Parents-in-law, **I.C. and Harriet Loomis

D. Helen McMullen Loomis Kinne

1. Alonzo Loomis, first husband

a. Children: Howard Loomis

b. Step children:

2. E.P. (Ezra Prentis) Kinne, second husband

a. Children: Arthur and Edward P.

E. Jane McMullen Harkins

1. Dennis Harkins, husband

a. Children: **John Cornelius Harkins

1) wife, **Emma Quier (of Burden, Cowley County,KS)

George Patrick Harkins

Harriet (Hattie) H. Harkins