The best known thing about J. B. Mitchell is the name of the man who killed him, though the basis for the attribution is slight. The LINCOLN COUNTY OKLAHOMA HISTORY states that on July 30th, 1894, the Cook gang, headed by Crawford Goldsby (better known as Cherokee Bill) came into Chandler. “About 11 o'clock the gang robbed the Lincoln County Bank of a small amount of money....One of the men that stayed in front of the bank shot and killed J. B. Mitchell, a barber across the street. Mitchell was trying to alert the town to the robbery and was yelling "the Daltons are in town" (p. 70). In 1958, however, Mitchell's daughter Mary published a very different account of this event with a different name for the gang and for the slayer of her father.
J. B. Mitchell was born in London, England, in 1840, and immigrated to Canada as a boy. Later his parents moved to Kankakee, Illinois, where he must have met his wife Louise Marie Brosseau, born in Illinois ten years later. They were married in Illinois about 1865. Given his birth year, J. B. was prime material for the Civil War, but there is no record of his involvement. Nor is it clear when he came to Oklahoma, but his daughter Mary’s memoire states that it was soon after the 1891 opening. Mitchell did not homestead: he was a barber, not a farmer.
The couple had only two children that are known, one born 1872 and the other 1888, both girls. At the time of J.B.’s death, only the younger was still at home. It is not clear where his wife was in the next two decades, but in 1930 the census shows her living in Chandler with her younger daughter, the above mentioned Mary. Mrs. Mitchell died in 1938 and is buried in Oak Park.
Research by Wayne Pounds and Ruth Coker
According to F-A-G contributor P Fazzini #46565936 John was killed by Oklahoma Outlaw Cherokee Bill Goldsby (submitted 12/24/13)
Following suggested edits by Wayne F-A-G contributor # 46954396 1/17/19: Name, Birth date and place, and stone inscription.
J. B. Mitchell was born in London, England, in 1840, and immigrated to Canada as a boy. Later his parents moved to Kankakee, Illinois, where he must have met his wife Louise Marie Brosseau, born in Illinois ten years later. They were married in Illinois about 1865. Given his birth year, J. B. was prime material for the Civil War, but there is no record of his involvement. Nor is it clear when he came to Oklahoma, but his daughter Mary’s memoire states that it was soon after the 1891 opening. Mitchell did not homestead: he was a barber, not a farmer.
The couple had only two children that are known, one born 1872 and the other 1888, both girls. At the time of J.B.’s death, only the younger was still at home. It is not clear where his wife was in the next two decades, but in 1930 the census shows her living in Chandler with her younger daughter, the above mentioned Mary. Mrs. Mitchell died in 1938 and is buried in Oak Park.
Research by Wayne Pounds and Ruth Coker
According to F-A-G contributor P Fazzini #46565936 John was killed by Oklahoma Outlaw Cherokee Bill Goldsby (submitted 12/24/13)
Following suggested edits by Wayne F-A-G contributor # 46954396 1/17/19: Name, Birth date and place, and stone inscription.
The best known thing about J. B. Mitchell is the name of the man who killed him, though the basis for the attribution is slight. The LINCOLN COUNTY OKLAHOMA HISTORY states that on July 30th, 1894, the Cook gang, headed by Crawford Goldsby (better known as Cherokee Bill) came into Chandler. “About 11 o'clock the gang robbed the Lincoln County Bank of a small amount of money....One of the men that stayed in front of the bank shot and killed J. B. Mitchell, a barber across the street. Mitchell was trying to alert the town to the robbery and was yelling "the Daltons are in town" (p. 70). In 1958, however, Mitchell's daughter Mary published a very different account of this event with a different name for the gang and for the slayer of her father.
J. B. Mitchell was born in London, England, in 1840, and immigrated to Canada as a boy. Later his parents moved to Kankakee, Illinois, where he must have met his wife Louise Marie Brosseau, born in Illinois ten years later. They were married in Illinois about 1865. Given his birth year, J. B. was prime material for the Civil War, but there is no record of his involvement. Nor is it clear when he came to Oklahoma, but his daughter Mary’s memoire states that it was soon after the 1891 opening. Mitchell did not homestead: he was a barber, not a farmer.
The couple had only two children that are known, one born 1872 and the other 1888, both girls. At the time of J.B.’s death, only the younger was still at home. It is not clear where his wife was in the next two decades, but in 1930 the census shows her living in Chandler with her younger daughter, the above mentioned Mary. Mrs. Mitchell died in 1938 and is buried in Oak Park.
Research by Wayne Pounds and Ruth Coker
According to F-A-G contributor P Fazzini #46565936 John was killed by Oklahoma Outlaw Cherokee Bill Goldsby (submitted 12/24/13)
Following suggested edits by Wayne F-A-G contributor # 46954396 1/17/19: Name, Birth date and place, and stone inscription.
J. B. Mitchell was born in London, England, in 1840, and immigrated to Canada as a boy. Later his parents moved to Kankakee, Illinois, where he must have met his wife Louise Marie Brosseau, born in Illinois ten years later. They were married in Illinois about 1865. Given his birth year, J. B. was prime material for the Civil War, but there is no record of his involvement. Nor is it clear when he came to Oklahoma, but his daughter Mary’s memoire states that it was soon after the 1891 opening. Mitchell did not homestead: he was a barber, not a farmer.
The couple had only two children that are known, one born 1872 and the other 1888, both girls. At the time of J.B.’s death, only the younger was still at home. It is not clear where his wife was in the next two decades, but in 1930 the census shows her living in Chandler with her younger daughter, the above mentioned Mary. Mrs. Mitchell died in 1938 and is buried in Oak Park.
Research by Wayne Pounds and Ruth Coker
According to F-A-G contributor P Fazzini #46565936 John was killed by Oklahoma Outlaw Cherokee Bill Goldsby (submitted 12/24/13)
Following suggested edits by Wayne F-A-G contributor # 46954396 1/17/19: Name, Birth date and place, and stone inscription.
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