William Charles Mulford

  General Notes:

William Charles Mulford, justice of the peace, Sparta township, was born on November 11, 1842, in the same township In which he now resides. His parents were Benjamin and Mary (Legg) Mulford. He received his education at the district schools at Cold Springs, and when through school followed farming under the instruction of his father, and has been in that business all his life. Mr. Mulford has always been prominent in the affairs of his township, and has not escaped some of the public offices, among them being justice of the peace, which he held for twenty- four years in Sparta township, and was also road supervisor. Politically, he has always given his support to the Democratic party, and his religious membership is with the Presbyterian church. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of Pythias.
William C. Mulford was married, August 17, 1862, to Rebecca Caldwell, daughter of Barkley and Alice (Stage) Caldwell. She was born on March 9, 1845, in Sparta township, and died on October 25, 1895. To this union have been born three children, James F. (deceased), Benjamin B. and Fleetwood S., who died aged five years.
Benjamin B. Mulford was married to Anna Fuller and lives in Sparta township. They have two children, Idel and Clarence. Mr. Mulford also adopted a boy, Philip, who married Sophia Honegar and is engaged in automobile work at Cincinnati . He has two children, Howard and one who died in infancy. After the death of his first wife, William C. Mulford, was married, secondly, to Amelia Wilkennig, daughter of Henry and Wilhelmlna (Wellholf) Wilkennig.
Barkley and Alice (Stage) Caldwell, parents of Mrs. Mulford, are natives of Sparta township.
Mr. Mulford has been a life-long farmer, and is well and favorably known throughout his township, where he possesses the respect and friendship of all who know him and his family.
History of Dearborn County, Indiana, 1915, B. F. Bowen & Co., Inc. Indianapolis, Ind. pp 953-956 and pp 1033-1036 ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census, 1850, Sparta, Dearborn, Indiana. ²
Benjamin Mulford, 48, farmer, real estate $2500, born in Ohio. Mary Mulford, 40, born in Ohio. John Mulford, 19, farmer, born in Ohio. Clarissa A. Mulford, 17, born in in Ohio. William C. Mulford, 9, born in Ohio. Benjamin F. Mulford, 6, born in Ohio. James F. Vandolah, 1, born in Ohio.

William married Rebecca Caldwell on 17 Aug 1862 in Sparta, Dearborn, Indiana.¹ (Rebecca Caldwell was born on 9 Mar 1845 in Sparta, Dearborn, Indiana ¹ and died on 25 Oct 1895 ¹.)

William next married Amelia Wilkennig on 25 Oct 1895. (Amelia Wilkennig was born in 1848.)

William next married Mary Alice Walton on 2 Jun 1864 in , Clermont, Ohio. (Mary Alice Walton was born on 17 Nov 1843 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, died on 5 Sep 1868 in Madisonville, Hamilton, Ohio and was buried in Sep 1868 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio.)