Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James Mitchell and Agnes Nancy Sharp




Husband James Mitchell 1 2 3

           Born: 1777 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1845 or 1847 - Armstrong Co, PA 2 3
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 1810

• Note: This may be the same person as : [Father] Mitchell.




Wife Agnes Nancy Sharp 3 4 5

           Born: 21 Feb 1785 - Indiana Co, PA 2 3 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Aug 1862 - Indiana Co, PA 2 3 5
         Buried:  - Crooked Creek Cemetery


         Father: Capt. Andrew Sharp (1750/1752-1794) 2 6 7 8
         Mother: Ann Woods (1757-1809) 2



   Other Spouse: David Ralston (      -1809) 4 9 - 1803


Children
1 M James Mitchell 1 10 11

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Sarah Johnston (      -Bef 1880) 11 12


2 M Thomas Sharp Mitchell 1 2 13 14

           Born:  - Elderton, Plum Creek Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 27 Aug 1883 - Hamilton, Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA 15
         Buried:  - Perry Church, Perry Twp, Jefferson Co, PA
         Spouse: Sarah Blose (      -Bef 1880) 2 13 16


3 M Robert Mitchell 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 



4 F Sally Mitchell 1

            AKA: Ann Mitchell 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Samuel Moorhead (Abt 1815-1853) 1 2


5 F Hannah Eliza Mitchell 1 2 17

           Born:  - Plum Creek Twp, Armstrong Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Absalom W. Montgomery (1816-1904) 1 2 17
           Marr: 1843 2


6 M Alexander Mitchell 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880
         Buried: 



7 F Agnes Mitchell 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert Gilson (      -      ) 2


8 F Rebecca Mitchell 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Robert Lytle (      -      ) 1 2


9 M William Mitchell 1 2

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1880 - California
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - James Mitchell


He came from the Cumberland valley and Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, among the pioneer settlers into western Pennsylvania. He selected, purchased, cleared and improved a tract of land in Armstrong County, on which he resided until his death.


General Notes: Wife - Agnes Nancy Sharp


She was said to have been the first white child born in the section of Pennsyl­vania on the west side of Crooked Creek.

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Sources


1 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 203.

2 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 428.

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

4 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 428, 516.

5 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 29.

6 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 28.

7 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 17.

8 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 64.

9 Robert Walter Smith, Esq., History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins, & Co., 1883), Pg 203, 591.

10 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 450.

11 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 810.

12 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 428, 450.

13 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 1122.

14 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 30, 178, 290.

15 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 290.

16 —, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 178, 290.

17 —, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914), Pg 508.


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