Brief Life History of John Francis
When John Francis Mitchell was born on 6 August 1891, in Farmer, Douglas, Washington, United States, his father, Charles Edgar Mitchell, was 33 and his mother, Emma Jane Peacock, was 32. He died on 21 January 1906, in Farmer, Douglas, Washington, United States, at the age of 14, and was buried in Happy Home Cemetery, Farmer, Douglas, Washington, United States.
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- John Mitchell, "United States Census, 1900"
- John Francis Mitchell, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1895
Historical Period 1895: Douglas, Washington, 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.
1897 · Seattle Grows Quickly
The Klondike gold rush started in 1896 in Canada, but by 1897 as miners started moving and following the gold it caused for Seattle to rapidly grow as more miners joined the search for gold.
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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