Cenotaph. He is buried in East Side Burying Ground, Memorial 16765336.
DONALD G. MITCHELL PASSES AWAY
Famous Author, Known as "Ik Marvel," Dies of Old Age
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 16.—Donald Grant Mitchell, eighty-four years old, the well known author, who wrote under the nom de plume "Ik Marvel," died at his home, "Marylebone," in Edgewood, a suburb of this city. His death was due to the gradual breaking down incident to old age. At the bedside at the time of Mr. Mitchell's death were his sons, Harold and Walter, and his daughters, Mrs. Walter Hart, Mrs. Mason Hoppin and the Misses Elizabeth, Bessie and Harriet Mitchell.
Donald G. Mitchell, known to a large portion of the reading public as Ik Marvel, was born in Norwich, Conn., April 12, 1822. He was fitted for college at a private academy and graduated from Yale in 1841. Mr. Mitchell was appointed United States consul to Venice in May, 1853, and on the last day of the same month was married to Mary E. Pringle, of Charleston, and they sailed at once for Europe. His first book was "Fresh Gleanings; or, a New Sheaf From the Old Field of Continental Europe." Others were "The Reveries of a Bachelor" and "Dream Life." Aside from his best known books, he wrote one novel, "Dr. Johns," and a juvenile book entitled "About Old Story Tellers."
—Bridgeton Pioneer (Bridgeton, New Jersey), Thursday, December 17, 1908, p. 8
Cenotaph. He is buried in East Side Burying Ground, Memorial 16765336.
DONALD G. MITCHELL PASSES AWAY
Famous Author, Known as "Ik Marvel," Dies of Old Age
New Haven, Conn., Dec. 16.—Donald Grant Mitchell, eighty-four years old, the well known author, who wrote under the nom de plume "Ik Marvel," died at his home, "Marylebone," in Edgewood, a suburb of this city. His death was due to the gradual breaking down incident to old age. At the bedside at the time of Mr. Mitchell's death were his sons, Harold and Walter, and his daughters, Mrs. Walter Hart, Mrs. Mason Hoppin and the Misses Elizabeth, Bessie and Harriet Mitchell.
Donald G. Mitchell, known to a large portion of the reading public as Ik Marvel, was born in Norwich, Conn., April 12, 1822. He was fitted for college at a private academy and graduated from Yale in 1841. Mr. Mitchell was appointed United States consul to Venice in May, 1853, and on the last day of the same month was married to Mary E. Pringle, of Charleston, and they sailed at once for Europe. His first book was "Fresh Gleanings; or, a New Sheaf From the Old Field of Continental Europe." Others were "The Reveries of a Bachelor" and "Dream Life." Aside from his best known books, he wrote one novel, "Dr. Johns," and a juvenile book entitled "About Old Story Tellers."
—Bridgeton Pioneer (Bridgeton, New Jersey), Thursday, December 17, 1908, p. 8
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