Person:William Mitchell (100)

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William Mitchell
d.3 Sep 1844 Warren Co, IL
m. 29 Oct 1765
  1. John MitchellAbt 1767 - 1842
  2. Janet "Jane" MitchellAbt 1768 - 1843
  3. Agnes Mitchell1770 - 1850
  4. Matthew Mitchell1773 - 1835
  5. William Mitchell1779 - 1844
m. 13 Feb 1804
  1. Nancy Mitchell1804 - 1875
  2. Matthew Mitchell1806 - 1893
  3. Robert Kirkpatrick Mitchell1808 - 1865
  4. Mary Mitchell1810 - 1815
  5. William Mitchell, Jr.1812 - 1894
  6. David Findley Mitchell1814 - Aft 1864
  7. Mary Anne Mitchell1817 - 1871
  8. John Robert Mitchell1819 - 1851
  9. Jane Mitchell1821 - 1836
  10. James Wilson Mitchell1823 - 1847
Facts and Events
Name[1] William Mitchell
Gender Male
Birth? 29 Mar 1779 Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
Christening? 6 Oct 1779 Elizabeth Twp, Allegheny Co, PA
Marriage 13 Feb 1804 Redstone, Fayette Co, PAto Jane Kirkpatrick
Death? 3 Sep 1844 Warren Co, IL
Burial? 1844 Martinsburg, Knox Co, OH

Most of the information on William Mitchell came from DAR application of Louise Foster Thompson. Also, Martinsburg Presbyterian Church records now in the Presbyterian Archives, Philadelphia which include cemetery records. DAR - Constitution Library - Washington D.C.

1982 Licking County Bios, Vol 1; page 132. Memorial Record of Licking County, Ohio 1894, pg. 462-463. 1875 History of Licking County Ohio, adapted from the 1875 Atlas of Licking County, pg. 32. James Cunningham Diary 1818 - 1830 (found at the Presbyterian Archives)

I have a photo of Martinsburg Cemetery of a headstone that states:

In Memory of ______ (can't read it anymore)

daughter of William and Jane Mitchel. Who died

May 24, 1835

Age: 15 years, 3 months and 25 days

William and his family lived a considerable time in Eden twp, five miles East of North Fork in Licking Co, Oh. Then he travelled West and bought some land in Jo Daviess Co, IL.

References
  1. S. Helen Fields. Register of Marriages and Baptisms Performed by Rev. John Cuthbertson.

    p. 84 of complete Cuthbertson Diary-- original, pp. 198-9
    reprinted, pp 359-60