When James A Mitchell was born in December 1854, in Bossier, Louisiana, United States, his father, John Wesley Mitchell, was 38 and his mother, Mary Wentzell, was 31. He married Sarah Louisa Keeth on 16 April 1874, in Bossier, Louisiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Caldwell, Louisiana, United States in 1860 and Lafayette, Arkansas, United States in 1870. He died on 10 December 1941, in Bossier, Louisiana, United States, at the age of 87, and was buried in Plain Dealing, Bossier, Louisiana, United States.
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Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Historical Boundaries - 1873: Lafayette, Arkansas, United States; 1874: Miller, Arkansas, United States
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
English and Scottish: from the vernacular pronunciation in Middle English and Older Scots of the personal name Michael . See Michelson .
English and Scottish: nickname for a big man, from Middle English michel, mechel, muchel ‘big’.
Irish (County Connacht): surname adopted as equivalent of Mulvihill .
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