John James Mitchell

Brief Life History of John James

When John James Mitchell was born on 28 January 1891, in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States, his father, Vance Reed Mitchell, was 39 and his mother, Sarah Frances Botts, was 40. He lived in Jackson, Missouri, United States in 1910 and St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States in 1910. He died in 1976, at the age of 85, and was buried in Independence, Jackson, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Vance Reed Mitchell
1851–1928
Sarah Frances Botts
1851–1932
Thomas William Mitchell
1876–1976
William Thomas Mitchell
1876–1968
Alfred Joseph Mitchell
1878–
Thomas William Mitchell
1878–1976
Caroline Marana Mitchell
1880–1954
Emily Ann Mitchell
1882–1928
Joseph Alfred Mitchell
1884–1938
Mary Jane Mitchell
1887–1981
George Alouis Mitchell
1889–1973
John James Mitchell
1891–1976

Sources (4)

  • James Mitchell in household of Sarah Mitchell, "United States Census, 1910"
  • John J Mitchell, "United States Census, 1920"
  • John J Mitches in household of Samuel E Fortin, "United States Census, 1910"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress

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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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