From the bio of his son Arthur who is linked to your memorial for James.
[James H. Mitchell]was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and at the age of four years, his parents removed to Decatur County, Indiana. He and his father edited the first paper published at Greensburg, Indiana. He was a personal friend of ex-Governor Cumback and intimately acquainted with Mills & Co., ex-State printers of Des Moines, Iowa. He afterward commenced the study of medicine, and when he was 27 years of age, practiced in Decatur County In the spring of 1853, he journeyed west with his family to Iowa, where he settled at Twin Groves, Keokuk County, Iowa, where he remained 13 years. He then removed to Washington County, Iowa, and three years after, moved from there to Seward County, Nebraska, where he remained three years; then came to Pottawattamie County, settling at old Macedonia, and when the new town of Macedonia was built he moved there, in 1880. He resided there until 1885 - ‘86. When visiting his son, Brutus Mitchell, at Axtell, Kearney County, Nebraska, he died at about sixty-six years of age. His widow still resides at Macedonia. They had six children, four sons and two daughters: A.I., our subject; Mary, wife of Henry Davison of Axtell, Nebraska, who is in the livery and harness business; Brutus I., also in the livery business at Wilcox, Kearney County; Lewis E. Stryker, in company with Brutus I., at Wilcox; E. Summer, who died at age 19 years at old Macedonia; and Delia, wife of Henry Kennedy of Macedonia.
Obituary courtesy of Linda Linn.
[James H. Mitchell]was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and at the age of four years, his parents removed to Decatur County, Indiana. He and his father edited the first paper published at Greensburg, Indiana. He was a personal friend of ex-Governor Cumback and intimately acquainted with Mills & Co., ex-State printers of Des Moines, Iowa. He afterward commenced the study of medicine, and when he was 27 years of age, practiced in Decatur County In the spring of 1853, he journeyed west with his family to Iowa, where he settled at Twin Groves, Keokuk County, Iowa, where he remained 13 years. He then removed to Washington County, Iowa, and three years after, moved from there to Seward County, Nebraska, where he remained three years; then came to Pottawattamie County, settling at old Macedonia, and when the new town of Macedonia was built he moved there, in 1880. He resided there until 1885 - ‘86. When visiting his son, Brutus Mitchell, at Axtell, Kearney County, Nebraska, he died at about sixty-six years of age. His widow still resides at Macedonia. They had six children, four sons and two daughters: A.I., our subject; Mary, wife of Henry Davison of Axtell, Nebraska, who is in the livery and harness business; Brutus I., also in the livery business at Wilcox, Kearney County; Lewis E. Stryker, in company with Brutus I., at Wilcox; E. Summer, who died at age 19 years at old Macedonia; and Delia, wife of Henry Kennedy of Macedonia.
Obituary courtesy of Linda Linn.
From the bio of his son Arthur who is linked to your memorial for James.
[James H. Mitchell]was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and at the age of four years, his parents removed to Decatur County, Indiana. He and his father edited the first paper published at Greensburg, Indiana. He was a personal friend of ex-Governor Cumback and intimately acquainted with Mills & Co., ex-State printers of Des Moines, Iowa. He afterward commenced the study of medicine, and when he was 27 years of age, practiced in Decatur County In the spring of 1853, he journeyed west with his family to Iowa, where he settled at Twin Groves, Keokuk County, Iowa, where he remained 13 years. He then removed to Washington County, Iowa, and three years after, moved from there to Seward County, Nebraska, where he remained three years; then came to Pottawattamie County, settling at old Macedonia, and when the new town of Macedonia was built he moved there, in 1880. He resided there until 1885 - ‘86. When visiting his son, Brutus Mitchell, at Axtell, Kearney County, Nebraska, he died at about sixty-six years of age. His widow still resides at Macedonia. They had six children, four sons and two daughters: A.I., our subject; Mary, wife of Henry Davison of Axtell, Nebraska, who is in the livery and harness business; Brutus I., also in the livery business at Wilcox, Kearney County; Lewis E. Stryker, in company with Brutus I., at Wilcox; E. Summer, who died at age 19 years at old Macedonia; and Delia, wife of Henry Kennedy of Macedonia.
Obituary courtesy of Linda Linn.
[James H. Mitchell]was born in Bourbon County, Kentucky, and at the age of four years, his parents removed to Decatur County, Indiana. He and his father edited the first paper published at Greensburg, Indiana. He was a personal friend of ex-Governor Cumback and intimately acquainted with Mills & Co., ex-State printers of Des Moines, Iowa. He afterward commenced the study of medicine, and when he was 27 years of age, practiced in Decatur County In the spring of 1853, he journeyed west with his family to Iowa, where he settled at Twin Groves, Keokuk County, Iowa, where he remained 13 years. He then removed to Washington County, Iowa, and three years after, moved from there to Seward County, Nebraska, where he remained three years; then came to Pottawattamie County, settling at old Macedonia, and when the new town of Macedonia was built he moved there, in 1880. He resided there until 1885 - ‘86. When visiting his son, Brutus Mitchell, at Axtell, Kearney County, Nebraska, he died at about sixty-six years of age. His widow still resides at Macedonia. They had six children, four sons and two daughters: A.I., our subject; Mary, wife of Henry Davison of Axtell, Nebraska, who is in the livery and harness business; Brutus I., also in the livery business at Wilcox, Kearney County; Lewis E. Stryker, in company with Brutus I., at Wilcox; E. Summer, who died at age 19 years at old Macedonia; and Delia, wife of Henry Kennedy of Macedonia.
Obituary courtesy of Linda Linn.
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