Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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William Mitchell and Rosanna Wherry




Husband William Mitchell 1 2

           Born:  - ? Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
       Marriage: 



Wife Rosanna Wherry 1 2

           Born:  - Ireland
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


Children
1 F Jane Mitchell 1 3 4 5

           Born: Abt 1777
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Jan 1864 4
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Col. John McDowell (1767-1849) 1 5 6


2 M Samuel Mitchell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Jan 1853 1
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Margaret Carnahan (      -1854) 1


3 M Robert Mitchell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when forty years old
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


4 M John Mitchell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: when thirty-five years old
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


5 M David Mitchell 1 7 8

           Born: 22 Aug 1795 7 8
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Mar 1871 7 8
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Jane McClenahen (1806-1888) 7 8
           Marr: 2 Jun 1826 8


6 F Mary Mitchell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 



7 F Nancy Mitchell 1

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: John Cunningham (      -      ) 1


8 F Rosanna Mitchell 2 9

            AKA: Anna Mitchell 1
           Born: 1796 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George Bell (1794-1867) 1 2 9



General Notes: Husband - William Mitchell


He emigrated from Ireland to the United States during the latter part of the eighteenth century. Coming with the early settlers to the Kishacoquillas valley, Pennsylvania, he bought a tract of 400 acres which he at once began to clear and cultivate.
He and his wife both lived to an advanced age.

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Sources


1 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 735.

2 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 10.

3 —, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 575.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 781.

5 —, Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 66.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 780.

7 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 13.

8 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 55.

9 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 54.


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