James Mitchell, 78, died on June 9, 1846 in Monroe City, Adams County, Indiana. He was born October 14, 1767 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to Abraham Thomas Mitchell, Sr. (1736-1806) and Mary Piffits (Mitchell) (1736-1787). He had 12 siblings: Levi (1759-1848), Rebecca (1760-?), Abraham (1761-1856), Samuel (1770-1809), Robert (1775-1845), Thomas (1776-1825), Theopilus (1777-1782), Isaac (1783-1858), Levi II (1784-1852), Robert (1786-1856), and Alexander Wright Mitchell (1787-1853).
He married Nancy Jane Campbelll in 1791 in Virginia, when she was 20 years old. They moved to Harrison County, Kentucky where their first child, a son (James Mitchell) was born. To this union, they had 11 children: James Mitchell (1793-1860), Joseph Mitchell (1794-1861), Elizabeth Mitchell (Bails) 1796-1833), Jane Mitchell (1799-1833), Margaret "Peggy" Mitchell (1799-1879), David Mitchell (1804-1876), William C. Mitchell (1807-1885), John Mitchell (1809-1896), George Mitchell (1813-1884), Thomas J. Mitchell (1813-1887) and Nancy Mitchell (Finley) 1816-1900.
The happy family moved to Indiana about 1831 after Nancy's mother's death at the age of 85.
Mr. Mitchell died about 2 years after his wife and is buried next to his beloved Nancy.
James Mitchell, 78, died on June 9, 1846 in Monroe City, Adams County, Indiana. He was born October 14, 1767 in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania to Abraham Thomas Mitchell, Sr. (1736-1806) and Mary Piffits (Mitchell) (1736-1787). He had 12 siblings: Levi (1759-1848), Rebecca (1760-?), Abraham (1761-1856), Samuel (1770-1809), Robert (1775-1845), Thomas (1776-1825), Theopilus (1777-1782), Isaac (1783-1858), Levi II (1784-1852), Robert (1786-1856), and Alexander Wright Mitchell (1787-1853).
He married Nancy Jane Campbelll in 1791 in Virginia, when she was 20 years old. They moved to Harrison County, Kentucky where their first child, a son (James Mitchell) was born. To this union, they had 11 children: James Mitchell (1793-1860), Joseph Mitchell (1794-1861), Elizabeth Mitchell (Bails) 1796-1833), Jane Mitchell (1799-1833), Margaret "Peggy" Mitchell (1799-1879), David Mitchell (1804-1876), William C. Mitchell (1807-1885), John Mitchell (1809-1896), George Mitchell (1813-1884), Thomas J. Mitchell (1813-1887) and Nancy Mitchell (Finley) 1816-1900.
The happy family moved to Indiana about 1831 after Nancy's mother's death at the age of 85.
Mr. Mitchell died about 2 years after his wife and is buried next to his beloved Nancy.
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