Bedford County PA Archives Biographies.....Mullin, W. Scott
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W. SCOTT MULLIN, a leading citizen of Hyndman, Pa., and a 
prominent factor of the political circles of Bedford County, 
was born on the old Mullin homestead, near Mann's Choice, 
this county, October 27, 1851.  He comes of patriotic 
Revolutionary stock, his great-grandfather, James Mullin, 
having aided his country as a soldier in the struggle for 
independence.
  The Hon. George Mullin, the paternal grandfather of W. 
Scott Mullin, settled in Harrison township, Pa., in 1818.  
Taking up a tract of wild land, he reclaimed a homestead, 
reared a family of sons and daughters, and ably performed 
his share in the pioneer labor of building up the town and 
county.  He had three sons that served in the Civil War, 
namely: John, the father of W. Scott; Captain G. Shannon, 
who commanded a company, and subsequently served as 
Associate Judge of Bedford County; and David W., who served 
with the rank of Major.  George Mullin was one of the 
foremost men of his time.  He was Sheriff of Bedford County 
two terms, and he represented his district in the State 
Senate one term.
  John Mullin spent almost his entire life in Harrison 
township, near Mann's Choice, where he was profitably 
engaged in agricultural pursuits.  He married Elizabeth 
Toms, who was born and brought up in Ohio.
  W. Scott Mullin, son of John and Elizabeth T. Mullin, grew 
to manhood on the old Mullin homestead, near Mann's Choice, 
and in the common schools of Harrison township obtained his 
early education.  At sixteen years of age, not content with 
the pastoral life led by his immediate ancestors, all of 
whom had been farmers, he began working on the Huntingdon & 
Broad Top Railway.  Proving himself capable and trustworthy, 
he was promoted from the inferior position which he first 
held until he became a locomotive engineer on the Pittsburg 
division of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, and drove the 
engine that hauled the mail and express between Pittsburg 
and Cumberland for a number of years.  In 1876 he located in 
Hyndman, but continued with the Baltimore & Ohio Railway 
Company until 1883, when he resigned, after a continuous 
service of fourteen years.  The following seven years Mr. 
Mullin here carried on a successful mercantile business; 
but, losing his building and the entire stock by fire in 
1888, he rebuilt, but rented his rooms.  
  In the fall of 1888 he was elected as a Representative to 
the State legislature for Bedford County, and in 1890 was 
re-elected to the same office, serving in all two terms.  
While in the House he was a member of several important 
committees and chairman of the Committee on Foreign 
Relations.  He has been very active and influential in local 
matters, having been one of the prime movers in securing the 
incorporation of the borough of Hyndman.  He was elected 
member of the first Council of this borough, and 
subsequently served one term as Burgess.  He was also 
president of the first School Board of the borough of 
Hyndman, an office which he filled three years.  In 1895 he 
was appointed Deputy Factory Inspector for a district 
comprising nine counties of Southern Pennsylvania.  In 
politics he is a stanch Republican, heartily in favor of all 
projects calculated to advance the welfare of the town, 
county, State, or nation.  He is prominent in fraternal 
organizations, belonging to the Hyndman Lodge, No. 983, 
I.O.O.F., in which he has passed all the chairs; and to the 
Hyndman Lodge, F. & A.M., of which he is a charter member.  
He is an active member of the Methodist Episcopal church, of 
which he has been a trustee many years.
  On March 17, 1874, Mr. Mullin married Buena Gaster, of 
Mount Pleasant, Pa.  They have four children, namely: Ada 
E., wife of George S. Filler, of Davis, W. Va., a bookkeeper 
for the United States Leather Company; Bessie C.; Corinne 
A.; and Dovington S.  All of these children have been given 
excellent educational opportunities, and all are excellent 
musicians.


Source: Bedford Biographical Review, 1899, Bedford Co., Pa