Born in Defiance, Ohio, eldest of 5 children, (brother Lt. Robert Freeman Mitchell [1896-1918] died at Battle of Argonne Forest in WWI), of Reuben Wallace Mitchell and Lura Freeman Mitchell. "Spent 2 years at Defiance (O) College...2 years reporter on Ashville (NC) Citizen; graduated from U.S.Naval Academy in 1911 (in absentia, contracted TB 3rd year). Served in WWI aboard the USS Gresham. Patrol and convoy duty, on retired list for medical disability as Lt. in 1921. In and out of sanitarium treatment in Europe. Home in Monoco. Popular bachelor, excellent bridge player. Returned permananently to USA in 1930's, eventually settling in Santa Barbara. Married Florence McFatrick Culbertson Kirk, 20 Jun 1942 (d.2 Dec 1942) and Alice Flannery Corbett 20 Apr 1945, (d. c 1951) Generous and influential with his sister Helen Mitchell Sherwin's four children, Helen, Sidney Allyn, Robert Mitchell, Mary.
Born in Defiance, Ohio, eldest of 5 children, (brother Lt. Robert Freeman Mitchell [1896-1918] died at Battle of Argonne Forest in WWI), of Reuben Wallace Mitchell and Lura Freeman Mitchell. "Spent 2 years at Defiance (O) College...2 years reporter on Ashville (NC) Citizen; graduated from U.S.Naval Academy in 1911 (in absentia, contracted TB 3rd year). Served in WWI aboard the USS Gresham. Patrol and convoy duty, on retired list for medical disability as Lt. in 1921. In and out of sanitarium treatment in Europe. Home in Monoco. Popular bachelor, excellent bridge player. Returned permananently to USA in 1930's, eventually settling in Santa Barbara. Married Florence McFatrick Culbertson Kirk, 20 Jun 1942 (d.2 Dec 1942) and Alice Flannery Corbett 20 Apr 1945, (d. c 1951) Generous and influential with his sister Helen Mitchell Sherwin's four children, Helen, Sidney Allyn, Robert Mitchell, Mary.
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