James K. Mitchell and Frances J. Osborne

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Husband James K. Mitchell ¹

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           Born: 15 Aug 1853 - Pike Co, MO 1
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         Father: Zachariah Mitchell (1816-1882) 1
         Mother: Ann Baird (      -1853) 1

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       Marriage: 14 Jul 1885 2

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Wife Frances J. Osborne

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         Father: Joseph F. Osborne (      -      ) 2
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Children

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1 M Osborne Mitchell ²

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2 M Baird Mitchell ²

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3 F Susan Baird Mitchell ²

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General Notes: Husband - James K. Mitchell

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His mother died when he was two weeks old and until the age of five years he was reared at the home of his uncle, Isaac Mitchell, in St. Louis, MO. He was then brought by the family to Washington, Washington County, PA. There he at­tended the public schools, and at the age of four­teen commenced to work in the Baird grocery as clerk, remaining there till 1882, a period of fifteen years. In that year he bought an interest in the Budke Manufacturing Company, manufacturers of powder cans, at Canonsburg, where the sheet-iron mills, in which his brother George B. Mitchell had an interest, were located. In 1884 he sold out his interest in the powder can industry to the Canonsburg Iron Company, and on January 1, 1885, embarked in the grain and agri­cultural implement business in Washington borough, in partnership with J. A. Howden, their place of business being situated where the B. & O. R. R. station would later stand. In this they continued till the following January, when Mr. Mitchell bought out his partner's interest, and his uncle, A. T. Baird, became associated with him, which arrangement remained in force until the death of Mr. Baird. In January, 1888, Mr. John W. Seaman became partner with Mr. Mitchell in the general hardware and house fur­nishing business, under the firm name of Mitchell & Seaman. This partnership continued until May, 1892, when Mr. Mitchell sold his interest to Mr. J. W. Seaman and rented the room on the corner of Main and Wheeling streets, from W. G. Bryson, and organized “The Dime Savings Institution of Washington,” which was opened for business Jan­uary 1, 1893, with Dr. Thomas McKennan as pres­ident and Mr. Mitchell as cashier. Politically Mr. Mitchell was a Repub­lican, and served his borough as treasurer. For some years he was treasurer of the Western Pennsylvania Agricultural Association, and was also treasurer of the Mutual Building and Loan Association. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Washington beginning in 1876, and in 1884 was elected an elder in same. [CBRWC, 111]

1 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 111.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 112.