Mesa County CO Archives Biographies.....McMullin, Samuel G. July 2, 1866 - ?
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Progressive Men of Western Colorado



     The capable and industrious district attorney of the seventh judicial

district of this state, who is the subject of these paragraphs, is a man of

force and influence in and out of his profession and his office.  He was born in

the good old city of Philadelphia on  July 2, 1866, and is the son of Samuel H.

and Isabelle (Matthews) McMullin, the former a native of  Philadelphia also, the

home of his family since 1729, the latter born and reared in Cincinnati, Ohio. 

The father was during his manhood a Presbyterian minister and college professor,

occupying chairs in Center College at Danville, Kentucky, and Miami University

at Oxford, Ohio.  He died in 1891 near Cincinnati, and his widow is now living

in that city.  The paternal line was of Scotch-Irish descent and the maternal of

English Quaker origin.  Both families have from their arrival in the United

States been intensely patriotic.  Robert McMullin, the district attorney’s

great-grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolution and fought valiantly for the

cause of American freedom, holding the rank of colonel.  In Mr. McMullin’s

immediate family there were six children, of whom he was the fifth.  Four are

now living.  He was an infant when the family moved to Cincinnati, and passed

his childhood and youth in that city, attending the public schools there and

finishing his scholastic course at the Circleville high school.  He then began

the study of law in the office of Matthews & Shoemaker in Cincinnati, and for

some time attended the law school there.  His health failed temporarily,

however, and he was obliged to leave the school without his degree.  In

November, 1889, he came to Colorado and located at Grand Junction, and in June,

1891, was admitted to the bar in that city, where he has ever since been in

active practice.  He is a Democrat in politics and always active in the service

of his party.  In the fall of 1897 he was elected district attorney for the

seventh judicial district, comprising the counties of Mesa, Delta, Montrose,

Gunnison, Hinsdale, Ouray and San Miguel, an enormous territory and comprising

many conflicting elements.  At the end of his term of three years he was

re-elected, and by reason of an amendment to the state constitution he will

serve four years this time.  It will be easy to infer that his duties are

arduous and exacting; yet they do not occupy all of his time or energy.  He is

president of the Home Loan and Investment Company, and for the last thirteen

years was a director in the Mesa County Building and Loan Association.  He is

also secretary and attorney of the Grand Junction Electric and Gas Company.  On

December 30, 1890, he was married to Miss Rella Hall, a native of Shelbyville,

Illinois, and daughter of Cyrus and Sarah (Lowe) Hall.  Two sons have blessed

the union, Bentley and Howard.  Mr. McMullin belongs to the Masonic order

through lodge chapter and commandery, and also to the order of Elks.  He is

highly esteemed throughout his district and is worthy of the distinction.  

Additional Comments:
From Progressive Men of Western Colorado.  Chicago:  A.W. Bowen & Co., 1905

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