George Mulligan Mitchell

Brief Life History of George Mulligan

When George Mulligan Mitchell was born on 16 May 1876, in Allen, Kentucky, United States, his father, Fountain Gillespie Mitchell, was 47 and his mother, Sarah Paradine Holder, was 33. He married Margaret Bell Ferguson on 13 August 1904, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Magisterial District 1 Scottsville, Allen, Kentucky, United States in 1880 and Pinchem, Clark, Kentucky, United States in 1910. He died on 19 January 1945, in Hazard, Perry, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Winchester Cemetery, Winchester, Clark, Kentucky, United States.

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George Mulligan Mitchell
1876–1945
Margaret Bell Ferguson
1888–1967
Marriage: 13 August 1904
Harold Clay Mitchell
1908–1964
Eugene Ferguson Mitchell
1910–1999
Abrielia M Mitchell
1912–2000

Sources (12)

  • G M Mitchel, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Geo. M. Mitchell, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
  • George M. Mitchell, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965"

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1888

Historical Boundaries - 1888: Clark, Kentucky, United States

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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