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Rev Abraham H Mitchell

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Rev Abraham H Mitchell

Birth
Tennessee, USA
Death
10 Sep 1895 (aged 64)
California, USA
Burial
Meridian, Sutter County, California, USA Add to Map
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MITCHELL, A. H., Rev., P.O. Meridian; owns 110 acres; was born in Tennessee 1831; his father was also a native of Tennessee; moved with his parents to Polk county, Missouri, in 1838, living there until 1857; while living there he was married November 27, 1851, to Emily Jane Rountree, who was born in Tennessee, 1833. In the spring of 1857 he crossed the plains with his wife and three children, driving an ox team and 120 head of cattle; he settled in September of same year near South Buttes, this county. He has been engaged principally in farming and stock raising since moving to this State; he settled in Meridian in 1861, where he has since resided, with the exception of three years in Colusa, when he was engaged in the mercantile business. His wife died in Meridian October 1, 1875; he was married again November 23, 1876, to Mrs. Mary S. Clark, a native of Adams county, Illinois; has 5 children living - 3 sons, one daughter, and a step-daughter; has lost 4 children. Mr. M. has preached 15 years for the M. E. church South; he is now engaged in farming and butchering."

History of Sutter County, California, Thompson & West, 1879​.
MITCHELL, A. H., Rev., P.O. Meridian; owns 110 acres; was born in Tennessee 1831; his father was also a native of Tennessee; moved with his parents to Polk county, Missouri, in 1838, living there until 1857; while living there he was married November 27, 1851, to Emily Jane Rountree, who was born in Tennessee, 1833. In the spring of 1857 he crossed the plains with his wife and three children, driving an ox team and 120 head of cattle; he settled in September of same year near South Buttes, this county. He has been engaged principally in farming and stock raising since moving to this State; he settled in Meridian in 1861, where he has since resided, with the exception of three years in Colusa, when he was engaged in the mercantile business. His wife died in Meridian October 1, 1875; he was married again November 23, 1876, to Mrs. Mary S. Clark, a native of Adams county, Illinois; has 5 children living - 3 sons, one daughter, and a step-daughter; has lost 4 children. Mr. M. has preached 15 years for the M. E. church South; he is now engaged in farming and butchering."

History of Sutter County, California, Thompson & West, 1879​.


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