Escambia County FlArchives Biographies.....Muldon, James Michael 1867 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/flfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com February 3, 2008, 6:15 pm Author: B. F. Johnson James Michael Muldon For six hundred years Ireland, which we familiarly speak of as "The Emerald Isle," because of its ever green beauty, has suffered from the domination of an alien race. Notwithstanding its woes during these long and troublous centuries, it has sent forth an array of soldiers, statesmen and business men of a quality unexcelled by any other people, and in our own country no other equal number of settlers have contributed more to the building up of the republic than our Irish fellow-citizens. Of this notable stock comes James Michael Muldon, one of the prominent business men of Pensacola. He was born at Mobile, Ala., on September 2, 1867, and is still a young man as years count. His father, James Michael Muldon, a native of Mobile, married Nancy Burwell Ruse, daughter of Jno. Claudius Ruse and Adela Musidora (Porter) Ruse, of Columbus, Ga. When Mr. Muldon was an infant two years old, his mother moved to Pensacola, and in 1873 returned to Mobile. His education was obtained in private schools of Mobile, followed by a course at Spring Hill College near that city, from which he was graduated in the year 1883. In 1889 he entered business life as a clerk for the lumber and timber exporting firm of W. S. Keyser and Company. Hard, steady, capable work brought him, in 1899, to the position of member of the firm, and in 1904 the business was reorganized as the Keyser-Muldon Company, of which he has been Secretary and Treasurer since its organization and which is now one of the strongest concerns in the lumber industry in the South. In 1895 he married Miss Ellie Eva Gonzalez, a daughter of Jasper Strong and Viola Eva (Jones) Gonzalez. They have two children, James Michael, Jr., aged eleven, and Margaret Ellie Muldon, aged seven. As illustrating the composite man that is called American, it will be seen that in the veins of Mr. Muldon's children will run Irish, English and Spanish blood, and possibly it is this mingling of the races that has made the American the most enterprising and most adaptable man in all the world. Mr. Muldon is a Catholic and a Democrat. In a social way he is a member of the Osceola Club and the Country Club. These are the select clubs of Pensacola and for two years, 1905-1906, he served as President of the Osceola Club, which is evidence of his high social position in the city. Mr. Muldon has not been too busy to give time to the public service when he was needed, and from June, 1901, to June, 1903, he served as Chairman of the Board of Safety, and from June, 1903, to June, 1907, he served as Alderman of precinct number fifteen, making six years of continuous public service for the benefit of his city. He is not only a strong and capable business man of high character and a good citizen in the discharge of public duties which may devolve upon him, but he is one of those wise Americans who believes in recreation, and he is fond of shooting, fishing and golf, and finds time to indulge himself in these recreations to such an extent as to keep himself in good shape for work when work is needed. By steady industry, good judgment and clean living he has achieved not only business success, but has won the confidence and esteem of the people of Pensacola. Additional Comments: Extracted from: FLORIDA EDITION MAKERS OF AMERICA AN HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL WORK BY AN ABLE CORPS OF WRITERS VOL. III. Published under the patronage of The Florida Historical Society, Jacksonville, Florida ADVISORY BOARD: HON. W. D. BLOXHAM COL. FRANK HARRIS HON. R. W. DAVIS SEN. H. H. McCREARY HON. F. P. FLEMING W. F. STOVALL C. A. CHOATE, SECRETARY 1909 A. B. CALDWELL ATLANTA, GA. COPYRIGHT 1909 B. F. JOHNSON Photo: http://www.usgwarchives.net/fl/escambia/photos/bios/muldon35gbs.jpg File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/fl/escambia/bios/muldon35gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/flfiles/ File size: 4.4 Kb