Israel Mullin was born between 1814-1820 in Pennsylvania. He married Jane’s daughter Mary Fisher Welcome, owned his own property and land, and built a family with Mary before he joined in the Civil War.

He enlisted in Co A of the 43rd USCT on the 9th of March 1864 in Philadelphia. At the time of his enlistment, Israel Mullen was 5 feet 10 inches tall. Described as having a yellow complexion with blue eyes and brown hair. He died on September 16, 1864 at Touisant L’Overture Hospital in Alexandria Virginia, from Consumption, leaving his wife a widow with seven children.

Military Enlistment: 9 Mar 1864 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA He lived in Alexandria, Alexandria, Virginia, USA on 9 Aug 1864 (Admitted to L’Ouverture Hospital.). He served in the military (Private Co. A. 43rd USCT.). His estate was probated in Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA.

Israel Mullin and Mary Fisher Welcome had the following children:

1. Nancy J Mullen was born in 1844 in Pennsylvania, USA. She died in 1910.
2. Sarah Ellen Mullen was born on 28 Sep 1847 in Spring Mills, Centre, Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 26 Jul 1931 in Plainfield, Union, New Jersey, USA.
3. Andrew Mullen was born in 1849 in Pennsylvania, USA. He died in 1910.
4. Joseph Mullen was born on 6 Mar 1855 in Centre, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 12 Feb 1944 in Swatara, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
5. Christian Mullen was born in 1858 in Lewistown, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA. He died on 10 Jan 1919 in Susquehanna, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA.
6. Susan Emma Mullin was born on 11 Apr 1859 in Pennsylvania, USA. She died on 27 Dec 1910 in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, USA (51 Age: 51).
7. Ida Catherine Mullen was born in Oct 1859 in Granville, Mifflin, Pennsylvania, USA.

Rachael Keri Williams

I began trying to restore Lincoln Cemetery July 2021, when I traveled to PA to find the graves of my formerly-enslaved ancestors who fled from Fauquier County, Virginia to Harrisburg during the Civil War and after. When we arrived it was only a few weeks after memorial day, but Lincoln Cemetery most closely resembled an overgrown pile of felled trees and discarded brush. The only grave markers we could see were sinking and broken. We could not locate our formerly enslaved ancestors, but we found many mounds of fresh dirt and human remains throughout the cemetery. We left Lincoln Cemetery that day with an overwhelming sense of defeat and despair. When I arrived home, in Buffalo, NY, I tried to make a police report about the remains that we found. Unfortunately, there are no Pennsylvania Laws that effectively protect cemeteries. I could not turn my back on the ancestors who live there.

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