Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Mitchell and Martha Louisa Thompson




Husband James Mitchell 1 2

           Born: Feb 1836 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 2
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1913
         Buried: 


         Father: Dr. Robert Mitchell (1787-1862) 3 4
         Mother: Jane Clark (1805-1889/1890) 3 5


       Marriage: 5 Sep 1859 6



Wife Martha Louisa Thompson 1 6 7

           Born: 19 Nov 1836 - near Lewisville, Indiana Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 23 Jun 1884 - White Twp, Indiana Co, PA 6
         Buried: 


         Father: John G. Thompson (1798-1883) 7 8 9
         Mother: Jane E. Jamieson (Abt 1811-1881) 9




Children
1 F Jennie Mitchell 6

           Born: Jul 1861 6
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1862 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


2 M Robert Thompson Mitchell 6

           Born: 18 Jan 1863 - near Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah J. Freeze (      -      ) 6
           Marr: 31 Dec 1896 6


3 F Mary Mitchell 6

           Born: Mar 1865 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 29 Jun 1865 6
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 F Ella Mitchell 6

           Born: 15 Jun 1866 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: William J. Houston (      -      ) 6


5 M Jesse J. Mitchell 6

           Born: 1 May 1869 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Eliza Patrick (      -      ) 6


6 M William Clark Mitchell 6

           Born: 10 Jan 1872 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Catherine Jordan (      -      ) 6


7 F Emma May Mitchell 6

           Born: 15 May 1874 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rev. L. B. Fasick (      -      ) 6


8 M Clyde Lorne Mitchell 6

           Born: 18 Dec 1877 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Mar 1899 - Allegheny, Allegheny Co, PA 6
         Buried: 



9 M John Bruce Mitchell 6

           Born: 12 Oct 1880 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Maud Widdowson (      -      ) 6


10 F Martha Louise Mitchell 6

           Born: 19 Jul 1883 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - James Mitchell


He passed his boyhood and early manhood in Indiana, Pennsylvania, obtaining his education in the public schools and at the academy taught by Cyrus M. Clarke. When seventeen years old he taught school in Indiana County. After commencing business he was employed in the lumber business by his brother Robert, who had a sawmill at the site of Mitchell's Mills, Indiana County, working both in the woods and at the mill, which he ran for about fifteen years, being thus engaged until his retirement. He owned his home on Philadelphia street, Indiana, for over thirty years. He lived at Mitchell's Mills while engaged in the lumber business. He was a prominent member of the Christian Church, in which he served as deacon. In politics he was always a Republican.

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Sources


1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 338, 539.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 653.

3 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 539.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 653, 785.

5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 654, 787.

6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 654.

7 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 945.

8 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 337.

9 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 7.


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