Brief Life History of John W.
When John W. Mitchell was born on 4 February 1857, in Virginia, United States, his father, Charles Henderson Mitchell, was 32 and his mother, Mariah Howell, was 27. He lived in Elk Garden, Russell, Virginia, United States in 1880 and Elk Garden District, Russell, Virginia, United States in 1900. He died on 6 February 1915, in Belfast Mills, Russell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Belfast, Russell, Virginia, United States.
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- John W Mitchell, "United States Census, 1900"
- John W Mitchell, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
- John W Mitchell in household of Charles H Mitchell, "United States Census, 1860"
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1861 · The Battle of Manassas
The Battle of Manassas is also referred to as the First Battle of Bull Run. 35,000 Union troops were headed towards Washington D.C. after 20,000 Confederate forces. The McDowell's Union troops fought with General Beauregard's Confederate troops along a little river called Bull Run.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
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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