Mitchell Stockton Mulford was born in June 21, 1886 in Sharon Hill, Pennsylvania. His mother was Susan Van Almach and his father was Roger Mulford, a Life Insurance salesman.

Stockton created freelance pulp covers for Munsey's Magazine, Argosy, Over The Top, Excitement, Five Novels Monthly, Fantastic Adventures, Amazing Stories, South Sea Stories, Adventure, Western Aces, and Western Trails.

As his career progressed he began to receive regular assignments from slick magazines, such as Liberty, McCall's, The American Magazine, and The Saturday Evening Post.

He also illustrated First edition Zane Gray novels, Pollyanna and Edgar Rice Burroughs stories.  FULL BIO