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Biography of John Mitchell

From HISTORY OF MADISON COUNTY
W. H. Beers [Chicago, 1883]


Page 747

Joseph Mitchell, a native of Vermont, emigrated with his family to Ohio, and settled in the southwest part of Pike Township, on land now known as the Farrington farm, about 1812-13; he purchased 900 acres of land, became an extensive farmer and stock-raiser; he resided here till quite advanced in years, when he removed West, where he died. He was a leading, active man in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and a minister in the same during a greater part of his life, and devoted much of his time to itinerant work, traveling over many different States, and was a companion of Lorenzo Dow for several years. He was the father of the following children: Joseph, Newman, Wililam and Abner; the first two are deceased, and William and Abner are located in the West; the latter served in the late war of the rebellion.



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