Early Years
Lillian Glyn Cowan was born on February 17, 1884 in Winona, Montgomery, Mississippi to John Henry and Mary Elizabeth Cowan. 1
1900s
In 1900, at the age of 16, Lillian was attending school in Montgomery.2
On May 23, 1905, Lillian married Nicholas Walsey Mullen. The marriage was celebrated at Lillian's home near Duck Hill. 3
On April 6, 1906, their first child was born - Albert Maxwell Mullen.4
On November 2, 1907, their second child was born; another son - David Cowan Mullen.5
On August 19, 1909, their third child and first daughter was born - Mary Virginia Mullen.6
1910s
1. 1900 US Census, Montgomery, Mississippi, population schedule, Beat 2, Duck Hill, enumeration district (ED) 78, sheet 1B, household 17, John H. Cowin household; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : downloaded 1 August 2021); citing NARA, 1900. T623, FHL microfilm 1240820; Dorothy Mullen Lankford, Walsey & Lillian Mullen Family History (typed), Dorothy Lankford Family Records; supplied by John C. Lankford, [address for private use], Columbia, MO, about 1990; author unknown, some information known to be inaccurate. Dorothy Lankford to John Lankford Jr. 2. 1900 US Census, Montgomery, Mississippi, population schedule, Beat 2, Duck Hill, ED 78, sheet 1B, household 17, John H. Cowin household. 3. 1910 US Census, Grenada, Mississippi, population schedule, Beat 1, enumeration district (ED) 75, sheet 3A, family no. 7, Nicholas W. Mullen household; digital images, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com : downloaded 1 August 2021); citing NARA microfilm publication T624, roll 740; "Mullen-Cowan," announcement, The Winona Times (Winona, Mississippi), 26 May 1905, pg 1; Newspapers.com (www.newspapers.com : downloaded 30 December 2020); https://www.newspapers.com/image/317476783/?article=769bd84e-e176-4b32-aa1b-093a12f38c56&focus=0.03138952,0.79931635,0.19932951,0.8895461&xid=3398&_ga=2.18025529.1281125167.16090897; Dorothy Mullen Lankford, Mullen Family List 4. Dorothy Mullen Lankford, Walsey & Lillian Mullen Family History (typed), author unknown, some information known to be inaccurate.; 1910 US Census, Grenada, Mississippi, population schedule, Beat 1, ED 75, sheet 3A, family no. 7, Nicholas W. Mullen household. 5. Dorothy Mullen Lankford, Walsey & Lillian Mullen Family History (typed), author unknown, some information known to be inaccurate.; 1910 US Census, Grenada, Mississippi, population schedule, Beat 1, ED 75, sheet 3A, family no. 7, Nicholas W. Mullen household. 6. Dorothy Mullen Lankford, Walsey & Lillian Mullen Family History (typed), author unknown, some information known to be inaccurate.; 1910 US Census, Grenada, Mississippi, population schedule, Beat 1, ED 75, sheet 3A, family no. 7, Nicholas W. Mullen household.