Re: Mitchells of Indiana
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Mitchells of Indiana
Roger Braddy 5/14/08
I have Mitchells on my mother`s side of the fam.thru her mother. Mine came from Athens co Ohio in Rome twp( had a lumber/sawmill business) then in late 1862 they moved to Va(WVa ) I dont know if they actually lived there or just stayed untill Mazill (Russell) and Geo were able to travel,from Wood co Parkersburg where my ggrt granpa Geo Washington was b jan.22,1863 then they moved down to Jackson co.WVa.and lived there untill late 1869 then they moved to Crawford co.IL in Oblong twp. Where My Gggrt uncle John Washington Mitchell(b in Athens co Ohio) had bought quite a bit of land and the Mitchell families moved onto .The land is in his name only not my Gggrt granpa Cyrus`s name .They died there and are buried there in the Oblong cemt. But between 1885 when Oblong had done thier head count and 1900 My Gggrt Granma Mazilla had died and SUPPOSe to be buried in that cemt but she isn`t on the list or the death book or the 1900 census.In 1900 Cyrus is living in Richland co.in Olney twp with his youngest son my ggrt Geo. and wife Mary Frances(Fanny Russell a niece of Mazilla)and then in 1903 Geo and Fanny and fam and Cyrus moved to Coles coIL in Mattoon twp,(he was a trolley car conductor and circuit judge and insurance sales man and ran the " My Little Grocery Store " also ,Near where they lived.) then in aug 1906 Cyrus died and buried in the Dodge Grove cemt in Mattoon. After Fanny dies in 1931 Geo moved back to his property where he died of lock jaw due to a broken wrist.and is also buried in same cemt as his wife and dau (my grt grandmother Josephine Mildred Mitchell,Stump,Strippinger 1941 and her dau my granmother Cleopatra(Cleo)Loretta Stump,Arthur dec 1953in same plot but not Cyrus he is on the next row east at the end.
I do have this fam info.