John Mitchell

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Husband John Mitchell ^{1 2}

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           Died: Bef 1880 - Kansas
         Buried:  - Walthena Cemetery, Doniphan Co, KS

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         Father: Dr. Robert Mitchell (1787-1862) 1 3
         Mother: Jane Clark (1805-1889/1890) 1 4

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General Notes: Husband - John Mitchell

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He was with John Brown.

He was a graduate of Oberlin College, Ohio, and was principal of the Indiana, Pennsylvania, Academy, for several sessions. He went to Kansas, and participated in all the early troubles of that state. He was one of the party of seventeen, captured by the notorious Fred. Emery, and taken to Lecompton, where they were rescued by Gen. James Lane. He was one of the party of four who recaptured Dr. Dory, confined in the St. Joseph, Missouri, jail, for aiding in the escape of slaves.

1 Editor, History of Indiana County, Pennsylvania (Newark, OH: J. A. Caldwell, 1880), Pg 539.

2 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 654.

3 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 653, 785.

4 J. T. Stewart, Indiana County, Pennsylvania - Her People Past and Present (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1913), Pg 654, 787.