Solomon McMullen, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising in Hazel Dell Township, is one of the worthy citizens that Ohio has furnished to Western Iowa. He was born in Fayette County in the former state, June 6, 1832, his parents being William and Catherine (Myers) McMullen. The father, who was born in Virginia, March 15, 1783, died on the 8th of October, 1878, when he had reached the very venerable age of ninety-five years. His wife, whose birth occurred in Ohio, February 10, 1776, passed away near Springfield, Missouri, November 10, 1848. Their children were eleven in number but only two are now living, the elder being Mrs. Martha Dutrow of Crescent Township.

Solomon McMullen, when a lad of nine years, accompanied his parents as they left Fayette County, Ohio, and made their way to Lawrence County, Missouri, driving across the country. For eleven years they lived in that state and the mother died during that period. In 1852 the father and his children came to Pottawattamie County and here established their home. He owned land in Missouri, which he sold on coming to Iowa, and here he invested in property which he retained in his possession up to the time of his death.

Solomon McMullen was married on the 2nd of December, 1852, in Iowa, to Miss Ellen Dunkle, who was born in Ohio, March 10, 1835, and died in Crescent, Iowa, in 1901, being then about sixty-six years of ages. She was a daughter of William and Mary (McMillen) Dunkle. The father's birth occurred in Virginia, January 10, 1781, and he reached the advanced age of ninety-two years, passing away December 30, 1873. His wife, who was born in Ohio, January 20, 1777, died September 20, 1831.

Mr. and Mrs. McMullen have become the parents of six children: Mrs. Catherine Butler, living in Hazel Dell Township; Manda, John W. and Daniel, all deceased; Lee, who married Maude Camp and lives on the farm with his father; and Annie, who has departed this life.

The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McMullen was celebrated the year in which they came to Pottawattamie County. At that time he started out upon an independent business career and for two years cultivated a rented farm, in the meantime carefully saving his earnings until he was enabled to buy fifty-five acres of land. This he improved to some extent and then sold. After a residence of six years in the county he bought his present home farm of one hundred and ninety acres in Hazel Dell Township. This does not embrace his total landed interests, however, for he owns altogether three hundred and eighty acres in the county. His home place is nicely improved with modern equipments and accessories. The buildings are substantial, the fences kept in a state of good repair and the fields under a high state of cultivation. He uses the latest improved machinery to facilitate the work of plowing, planting and harvesting and the results attained thereby are of a most desirable character. The home is now surrounded by a beautiful grove of trees, which have grown from mere saplings to their present proportions since Mr. McMullen came to the farm. They constitute an attractive feature of the landscape and add not a little to the value of the place.

Mr. McMullen belongs to the Church of Latter Day Saints and gives his political allegiance to the Democratic Party.