Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Judge James Mitchell and Jane S. Hunt




Husband Judge James Mitchell 1 2

           Born: 16 Aug 1812 - Summit Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 26 Oct 1891 2
         Buried:  - North Cemetery, Butler, Butler Co, PA 3


         Father: James Mitchell, Sr. (Abt 1769-1844) 1 4
         Mother: Nancy McGahey (Abt 1779-Abt 1854) 1


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Sarah Marks (      -1850/1851) 2



Wife Jane S. Hunt 2

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Children

General Notes: Husband - Judge James Mitchell


He was born on the family homestead in Butler County, Pennsylvania, and spent his younger days in teaching school. In 1851 he was elected county commissioner, and subsequently associate judge of Butler County. He took a deep interest in educational matters and filled the office of school director nearly all his life. Politically, he was a stanch Whig, and on the formation of the Republican party he joined that organization and for many years was one of its leading members. In religious faith, he was a Presbyterian, and filled the office of elder for many years beginning in 1849.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 301.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 481.

3 —, Butler County Cemetery Inventory, Vol. 3 - North Cemetery (Butler, PA: Butler County Historical Society, 1984?), Pg 21.

4 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 766.


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