Edgar Bentley Mitchell

Brief Life History of Edgar Bentley

When Edgar Bentley Mitchell was born on 13 September 1885, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Frederick Augustus Herman Frank Mitchell, was 50 and his mother, Margaret Thompson, was 45. He married Laprile Barber on 4 November 1908, in Salt Lake Temple, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to World in 1941 and lived in Howell Election Precinct, Box Elder, Utah, United States in 1940 and United States in 1949. He died on 21 October 1971, in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Logan, Cache, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edgar Bentley Mitchell
1885–1971
Laprile Barber
1887–1973
Marriage: 4 November 1908
Kathryn Mitchell
1909–2004
Edgar Bentley Mitchell Jr.
1911–1959

Sources (41)

  • Edgar B Mitchell, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Edgar B Mitchell, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • Edgar Bentley Mitchell, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1888

Historical Boundaries: 1888: Box Elder, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Box Elder, Utah, United States

1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed

Known as the National Bureau of Criminal Identification, The Bureau of Investigation helped agencies across the country identify different criminals. President Roosevelt instructed that there be an autonomous investigative service that would report only to the Attorney General.

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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