A Jackson County, Ohio biography taken from website :
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" John D. Mitchell, commercial traveler, was born in Jackson County 23 December 1841, and enlisted in the late war July 1861 in Company D, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, as a private for three years, and was appointed First Sergeant, and the following winter was promoted to Company A. He remained with the same regiment during the war. The next summer he was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company H, and in 1863 became Captain of Company C, which he commanded during the war. He participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, MD, Antietam, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg raid, Lexington and many others. He participated in all the engagements in the Shenandoah Valley. He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, 01 August 1865.
After the war he engaged in his present business and has traveled for the firm of Minor and Dixon, wholesale grocers of Cincinnati, for sixteen years.
He was married 01 April 1868 to Isabelle, daughter of Ralph and Sabra Loft, of Steubenville, Ohio. They have a family of four children: George C., Ada T., Charles R. and John D.,Jr. His wife is a member of the Methodist church. He is a member of Trowel Lodge, No. 132, A.F.&A.M., of Jackson, Ohio.
His grandfather, David Mitchell, was a native of Kentucky, and settled in Jackson County prior to 1812. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was at one time Probate Judge of Jackson County, and represented the county two terms in the State Legislature. He was a Whig in politics and died in Jackson County.
David H. Mitchell, father of our subject, was born in Jackson County 16 January 1816, and for thirty years was a prominent physician of Jackson, where he died in November 1868. He was married in 1838 to Typhenia Hewitt, who was born in Athens County, and was one of the Trustees of the Ohio University for a number of years. Joseph Hewitt, the father of Mrs. Mitchell and son of Moses Hewitt, was born and reared in Athens County and at one time was Sheriff of the county. He died in the State of Iowa."
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" John D. Mitchell, commercial traveler, was born in Jackson County 23 December 1841, and enlisted in the late war July 1861 in Company D, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, as a private for three years, and was appointed First Sergeant, and the following winter was promoted to Company A. He remained with the same regiment during the war. The next summer he was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company H, and in 1863 became Captain of Company C, which he commanded during the war. He participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, MD, Antietam, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg raid, Lexington and many others. He participated in all the engagements in the Shenandoah Valley. He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, 01 August 1865.
After the war he engaged in his present business and has traveled for the firm of Minor and Dixon, wholesale grocers of Cincinnati, for sixteen years.
He was married 01 April 1868 to Isabelle, daughter of Ralph and Sabra Loft, of Steubenville, Ohio. They have a family of four children: George C., Ada T., Charles R. and John D.,Jr. His wife is a member of the Methodist church. He is a member of Trowel Lodge, No. 132, A.F.&A.M., of Jackson, Ohio.
His grandfather, David Mitchell, was a native of Kentucky, and settled in Jackson County prior to 1812. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was at one time Probate Judge of Jackson County, and represented the county two terms in the State Legislature. He was a Whig in politics and died in Jackson County.
David H. Mitchell, father of our subject, was born in Jackson County 16 January 1816, and for thirty years was a prominent physician of Jackson, where he died in November 1868. He was married in 1838 to Typhenia Hewitt, who was born in Athens County, and was one of the Trustees of the Ohio University for a number of years. Joseph Hewitt, the father of Mrs. Mitchell and son of Moses Hewitt, was born and reared in Athens County and at one time was Sheriff of the county. He died in the State of Iowa."
A Jackson County, Ohio biography taken from website :
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/u/c/Kevin-Nelson-Tucker/GENE7-0007.html
" John D. Mitchell, commercial traveler, was born in Jackson County 23 December 1841, and enlisted in the late war July 1861 in Company D, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, as a private for three years, and was appointed First Sergeant, and the following winter was promoted to Company A. He remained with the same regiment during the war. The next summer he was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company H, and in 1863 became Captain of Company C, which he commanded during the war. He participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, MD, Antietam, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg raid, Lexington and many others. He participated in all the engagements in the Shenandoah Valley. He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, 01 August 1865.
After the war he engaged in his present business and has traveled for the firm of Minor and Dixon, wholesale grocers of Cincinnati, for sixteen years.
He was married 01 April 1868 to Isabelle, daughter of Ralph and Sabra Loft, of Steubenville, Ohio. They have a family of four children: George C., Ada T., Charles R. and John D.,Jr. His wife is a member of the Methodist church. He is a member of Trowel Lodge, No. 132, A.F.&A.M., of Jackson, Ohio.
His grandfather, David Mitchell, was a native of Kentucky, and settled in Jackson County prior to 1812. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was at one time Probate Judge of Jackson County, and represented the county two terms in the State Legislature. He was a Whig in politics and died in Jackson County.
David H. Mitchell, father of our subject, was born in Jackson County 16 January 1816, and for thirty years was a prominent physician of Jackson, where he died in November 1868. He was married in 1838 to Typhenia Hewitt, who was born in Athens County, and was one of the Trustees of the Ohio University for a number of years. Joseph Hewitt, the father of Mrs. Mitchell and son of Moses Hewitt, was born and reared in Athens County and at one time was Sheriff of the county. He died in the State of Iowa."
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/t/u/c/Kevin-Nelson-Tucker/GENE7-0007.html
" John D. Mitchell, commercial traveler, was born in Jackson County 23 December 1841, and enlisted in the late war July 1861 in Company D, Thirty-sixth Ohio Infantry, as a private for three years, and was appointed First Sergeant, and the following winter was promoted to Company A. He remained with the same regiment during the war. The next summer he was promoted to First Lieutenant of Company H, and in 1863 became Captain of Company C, which he commanded during the war. He participated in the battles of Second Bull Run, South Mountain, MD, Antietam, Tullahoma, Chickamauga, Mission Ridge, Cloyd Mountain, Lynchburg raid, Lexington and many others. He participated in all the engagements in the Shenandoah Valley. He was discharged at Columbus, Ohio, 01 August 1865.
After the war he engaged in his present business and has traveled for the firm of Minor and Dixon, wholesale grocers of Cincinnati, for sixteen years.
He was married 01 April 1868 to Isabelle, daughter of Ralph and Sabra Loft, of Steubenville, Ohio. They have a family of four children: George C., Ada T., Charles R. and John D.,Jr. His wife is a member of the Methodist church. He is a member of Trowel Lodge, No. 132, A.F.&A.M., of Jackson, Ohio.
His grandfather, David Mitchell, was a native of Kentucky, and settled in Jackson County prior to 1812. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and was at one time Probate Judge of Jackson County, and represented the county two terms in the State Legislature. He was a Whig in politics and died in Jackson County.
David H. Mitchell, father of our subject, was born in Jackson County 16 January 1816, and for thirty years was a prominent physician of Jackson, where he died in November 1868. He was married in 1838 to Typhenia Hewitt, who was born in Athens County, and was one of the Trustees of the Ohio University for a number of years. Joseph Hewitt, the father of Mrs. Mitchell and son of Moses Hewitt, was born and reared in Athens County and at one time was Sheriff of the county. He died in the State of Iowa."
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