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James Mitchell[1]

Male 1765 - 1848  (83 years)


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  • Name James Mitchell 
    Birth 1765  Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 28 Nov 1848  Green, Adams, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I28118  Master
    Last Modified 11 Oct 2017 

    Father David Mitchell,   b. 5 Oct 1737, Armagh, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jun 1817, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Mother Margaret Mitchell, (distant cousins),   b. 5 Jun 1741, Armagh, Ulster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1825, Xenia, Greene, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1763  , , , Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F7075  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1765 - Carlisle, Cumberland, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 28 Nov 1848 - Green, Adams, Ohio, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • James Mitchell, Birth: 1765 Carlisle Cumberland County Pennsylvania, USA
      Death: Nov. 23, 1848 Xenia Greene County Ohio, USA
      James Mitchell, second child and only known son of David and Margaret Mitchell was born not far from Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1765;
      was baptized by Rev. John Cutbertston, April 3, 1766, and was fourteen years of age when taken to Kentucky, in 1779.

      Here, in the fort and in the field, he shared with his parents the hardships of pioneering. In 1783, though but eighteen years old, he was donated a lot in Lexington by the trustees.

      He was married, October 9, 1794 to Martha Epsy by Rev. Adam Rankin, pastor of the Associate Reformed Church. They became Associate Prysbyterians (Seceders) when Rev Robert Armstrong became pastor.
      Rev Armstrong was much beloved by them and for him they named their first-born son. James served in the War of 1812, was elected a member of the Pennsylvania legislature, and was a merchant, and cashier of Franklin Bank, Columbus, Ohio. He believed in exercising the voting power which is placed in the hands of the citizens of this country and makes each one a sharer in the responsibility for the character of the government. James was a bitter opposer to slavery. James contracted sciatic rheumatism and became unable to bend his legs. His chairs at home, his seat in church and his carriage were for that reason made doubly high; for he was also a large man over six feet in height. His complexion was reddish with sandy hair. James lived on his Clark's Run farm until his death. The final illness was "gravel".

  • Sources 
    1. [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=115220499&pid=306