Dr. Robert Mitchell and Jane Clark
Husband Dr. Robert Mitchell 1 2
Born: 1787 - near Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 14 Apr 1862 4 Buried:
Father: [Father] Mitchell ( - ) Mother:
Marriage: 6 Apr 1823 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 5
• Biographical Sketch: from J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.
Wife Jane Clark 1 6
Born: 1805 - Coleraine, County Londonderry, Ireland 7 Christened: Died: 7 Sep 1889 or 1890 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 4 Buried:
Father: Matthew Clark (1762- ) 8 Mother: Mary Moore (Abt 1768-1817) 6
Children
1 F Mary Ann Mitchell 1 6
Born: Christened: Died: while young Buried:
2 M Robert Mitchell 1 4
Born: 10 Nov 1826 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 9 Christened: Died: Aft 1913 Buried: Status: TwinSpouse: Margaret Burnham ( - ) 1 9 Marr: 11 Feb 1862 - near Corsica, Jefferson Co, PA 9
3 M Matthew Mitchell 1 5
AKA: Martha Mitchell 8 Born: Christened: Died: when twenty-three years old Buried: Status: Twin
4 F Isabelle Mitchell 8
AKA: Isabella Mitchell 1 Born: Christened: Died: - Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Co, WI Buried:Spouse: Simeon Mitchell ( - ) 1 8
5 F Anna Mary Mitchell 1 6
Born: Christened: Died: 7 Nov 1912 5 Buried:
6 F Jane "Jennie" Mitchell 1 6
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1913 Buried:
7 M James Mitchell 10 11
Born: Feb 1836 - Indiana, Indiana Co, PA 11 Christened: Died: Aft 1913 Buried:Spouse: Martha Louisa Thompson (1836-1884) 8 10 12 Marr: 5 Sep 1859 8
8 M John Mitchell 1 8
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1880 - Kansas Buried: - Walthena Cemetery, Doniphan Co, KS
9 M Benjamin Mitchell 8
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1913 Buried:
10 F Caroline Mitchell 8
Born: Christened: Died: Bef 1913 Buried:
11 M William Mitchell 1 8
Born: Christened: Died: Aft 1913 Buried:
General Notes: Husband - Dr. Robert Mitchell
He was the second physician to settle in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. He was born near Carlisle, Cumberland County, and was ten years old when his parents brought him and his two brothers to what is now Ohio County, West Virginia, the family settling on Short creek. He read medicine with Dr. McGhegan, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, under Dr. Benjamin Rush, being exceptionally well prepared for practice for his day. In 1810 he settled in Indiana, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his long and useful life. Dr. Mitchell was not only a successful physician, but he took an active part in the advanced movements of his time, was a Whig in politics, and was elected for five successive years to represent his district in the State Legislature. From early manhood he was an ardent Abolitionist and well known as a defender of his principles, and he was the only man ever prosecuted in Pennsylvania, under the Fugitive Slave Act passed by Congress in 1793. The Doctor fought the case in Pittsburgh, before a packed Democratic jury, and was convicted, the affair costing him $10,000. But he continued to support the cause, and he always stood high in the estimation of his fellow citizens, not only in his own county but throughout the state, and he lived to see his views triumph, dying just a few months before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued. Originally a Presbyterian in religious connection, he united later with the United Presbyterian Church. [HIC 1913, 653]
He was born in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, near Chambersburg. The next we know of his early history is that when Robert was ten years old the family moved to Alexandra, Ohio County, Virginia (now West Virginia), settling on Short creek, and he made his home with a relative, Dr. Magehan, with whom he studied medicine. [HIC 1913, 785]
General Notes: Wife - Jane Clark
She was born in a story and a half stone house on Meetinghouse street, Coleraine, Ireland. The home had two front windows set lengthways and a door. The back lot slanted gradually to the foot, where flowed the beautiful river Bann, which just three miles below empties into the sea. The town is entered by means of a substantial stone bridge built in 1743, which crosses the Bann. Above the bridge one and a half miles are the beautiful Salmon Falls.
Notes: Marriage
In Rayne township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, there resided on a fine farm Mr. James Getty. Having relatives by the same name living in Pittsburgh, near neighbors of Matthew Clark, he made them a visit. He soon became enamored of Margaret Clark, and in April, 1819, they were married, and he brought her to his country home. Towards autumn Margaret, becoming very homesick and lonely, succeeded in persuading her youngest sister, Jane, to make her a visit. Accompanied by Mr. Getty they set out in the late fall, on horseback. Being handsome and affable, she no doubt attracted some attention in the country.
On alternate Sabbaths it was customary for the Presbyterians and Associate Presbyterians to worship in the courthouse. One Sabbath morning, it being fine sleighing, James Getty brought his wife and Jane Clark to town to church in the courthouse. The services having begun when they entered, Dr. Mitchell was standing in front of the judge's bench, leading the congregational singing. As they entered the door, his eyes met Jane Clark's for the first time. It was love at first sight. It did not take the Doctor long to find an occasion to glide over the snow to call on the city girl. He rather informally invited her to take a long sleighride, which she immediately declined to do on such short acquaintance. When this became known among the country girls it caused considerable amusement. But the Doctor was not discouraged, believing that faint heart ne'er won fair lady, continued his suit, and told her afterward that he respected her more than ever after the setback.
1 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 539.
2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 653, 785.
3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 785.
4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 654, 789.
5 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 787.
6 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 654, 787.
7 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 788.
8 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 654.
9 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 789.
10 —, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 338, 539.
11 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 653.
12
—, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 945.
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