Marion Monroe Mitchell

Brief Life History of Marion Monroe

When Marion Monroe Mitchell was born on 11 June 1869, in Missouri, United States, his father, Samuel Joseph Mitchell, was 23 and his mother, Malissa E. Nelson, was 20. He married Orissa Belle Bentley on 10 November 1893, in Cooke, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Cooke, Texas, United States in 1900 and Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 February 1937, in Woodbine, Cooke, Texas, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Gainesville, Cooke, Texas, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marion Monroe Mitchell
1869–1937
Orissa Belle Bentley
1868–1904
Marriage: 10 November 1893
Emory Arthur Mitchell Sr
1895–1954
Ethel Zada Mitchell
1896–1987
Ira Cecil Mitchell
1899–1901

Sources (18)

  • M Marion Mitchel, "United States, Census, 1870"
  • M M Mitchell, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
  • Marion M. Mitchell, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1870 · Texas Is Restored to the Union

Congress restored Texas to the Union on March 30, 1870, despite not yet meeting all of the requirements established for re-admittance.

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

Name Meaning

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 .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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