He eventually became a State Supreme Court justice. He grew up on a farm in Vermont, the oldest of 13 children, and made his way to Fredonia, where he became a self-taught lawyer (such a thing was possible in those days). The bride’s father, James, epitomized upward mobility. So why were John and Sarah the chosen ones?īased on old newspaper clippings and census reports, it appears that the Mulletts were a prominent family in Fredonia.
