Jonathan Burnett Mulford
- Born: 5 Aug 1835, New Providence, Hardin, Iowa
- Marriage: Myra Catherine Watt on 22 Nov 1864 in New Providence, Hardin, Iowa
- Died: Nov 1912, Chehalis, Lewis, Washington at age 77
General Notes:
Jonathan Burnett Mulford was born August 5, 1835 at East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York and died November 1912 at Chehalis, Washington. He drove a government freight wagon from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas to Salt Lake, hauling supplies to soldiers. Jonathan Burnett and 3 others bought a span of mules and a spring wagon and drove to Marysville, California in 1850, where he worked in the mines and hauling logs for several years. While there he injured one hand and later he became a tinner. He later returned to Iowa and had a tin shop at New Providence. He married Myra Catherine Watt November 22, 1864. He had 7 boys and one girl.
Compiled February 27, 1959 by Basil Mulford
Noted events in his life were:
• Census, 1880, Jennings, Decatur, Kansas. 1 J. B. Mulford, 44, farmer, born in New York. M. C. Mulford, 33, keeping house, born in Indiana. George B. Mulford, 14, born in Iowa. Luther C. Mulford, 11, born in Iowa. Albert H. Mulford, 8, born in Iowa. Arthur F. Mulford, 3, born in Kansas. John H. Mulford, 1 month, born in Kansas.
Jonathan married Myra Catherine Watt on 22 Nov 1864 in New Providence, Hardin, Iowa. (Myra Catherine Watt was born in 1847 in , , Indiana.)
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