BIO: John Mulkey, Wyoming Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, PA & NY

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Chaffee, Amasa Franklin. History of the Wyoming 
Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 
New York: Eaton & Mains, 1904, page 212.
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  MULKEY, JOHN, was born at Stonington, Conn., in 1804, and died near 
Montrose, Pa., April 22, 1877.
  He was converted on the Pike Circuit in 1833.  After having been a 
local preacher several years he united with the Oneida Conference on 
trial in 1841, and became a member of this Conference at its 
organization.  He was orphaned by his father's death in the War of 
1812, and consequently had but a limited chance for schooling.  Six 
months only was he permitted the privilege of a common school.  
However, by studious habits he mastered the Greek and Hebrew languages.
  On September 4, 1844, he married Miss Hannah Jones, of Kingston, Pa., 
who died on March 15, 1886, at the residence of her son, William, in 
Fairdale, Pa.  Three children were born to them - William A., James A., 
and John H.  Husband and wife lie side by side in the Fairdale 
cemetery.
  In 1853 he suffered a stroke of paralysis, from which he so far 
recovered as to be able to do considerable labor until 1875, when a 
second stroke impaired all his faculties.
  His fields of labor were the following:  1841, Barton; 1842, 
Abington; 1843, Canaan; 1844-45, Northmoreland; 1846-47, Lackawanna; 
1848, Springville and Tunkhannock; 1849, Springville; 1850-51, 
Montrose; 1852, Le Raysville; 1853, Flemingville; 1854-58, located; 
1859, readmitted and made sy.; 1860-77, sd.