Early Chillicothe, Ohio and Ross County Mitchells - 1790 +

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Early Hampshire County, WV, SW PA counties, Ross County, OH, Franklin County, OH, Pickaway County, OH, and early Chillicothe, OH.
Mitchell Family information is desired, especially possible ancestors of John Mitchell, a tailor of early Chillicothe.

John Mitchell, b: 1760-1790 in "Virginia", d: October 10, 1843 in Chillicothe, OH , age unknown He was in Henry Brush’s company in war of 1812. He was a tailor in Chillicothe. He married 1816 in Chillicothe, OH , Rosanna Beard, b: 1792 in Pittsburgh, PA , d: 1883.

They had several children. Three of these are known to have descendants mentioned below.

I would appreciate any information which might be of benefit, and would be willing to share.

GEDCOM Trees (viewing trees requires 4.0 or later)

• John Mitchell's Alexander Beard Mitchell Line (83 KB)
  Descendants of Alexander Beard Mitchell. ~~~ This tree contains his line of descendants from his father, John Mitchell ([Bet. 1760 - 1790] -1843) who was from Virginia, was a tailor in early Chillicothe, Ohio and served in the War of 1812 in Henry Brush's company.
• John Mitchell's Susan Dorothy Mitchell Line (33 KB)
  Descendants of Susan Dorothy Mitchell. ~~~ This tree contains her line of descendants from her father, John Mitchell ([Bet. 1760 - 1790] -1843) who was from Virginia, was a tailor in early Chillicothe, Ohio and served in the War of 1812 in Henry Brush's company.
• John Mitchell's John Beard Mitchell Line (103 KB)
  Descendants of John Beard Mitchell. ~~~ This tree contains his line of descendants from his father, John Mitchell ([Bet. 1760 - 1790] -1843) who was from Virginia, was a tailor in early Chillicothe, Ohio and served in the War of 1812 in Henry Brush's company.

Family Photos

• 1. Map - Chillicothe Home of John Mitchell (59 KB)
  1818 --Location of 107 Fourth Street, Chillicothe, the former property of John Mitchell, the tailor, who purchased the property in 1818. The property was sold by his son, John Beard Mitchell, of New Albany, Indiana in 1888 and 1892 to Henry McIntire, the husband of Rosa Ridgeway. Rosa was the daughter of Susan Dorothy Mitchell, John Beard Mitchell's sister.
• 2. 107 Fourth Street, Chillicothe, Ohio (52 KB)
  The actual home at 107 Fourth Street, Chillicothe, Ohio is still standing. (Photo is about 1990 - 1995)
• 3. Susan Mitchell (Ridgeway) and daughter, Rosa (17 KB)
  1868 --Susan Dorothy Mitchell married Robert Ridgeway. They had Rosanna Ridgeway. This is Susan and her daughter Rosa. (Photo probably in the late 1860's)
• 4. John Beard Mitchell, son of John Mitchell (29 KB)
  1850 --John Beard Mitchell left Chillicothe and went to Covington, then Louisville, Kentucky in his 20's, about 1855. He was first with the Louisville and Portland Railroad which ran between the two cities. (Now Louisville, Kentucky.)
• 5. Rosanna Ridgeway, in her early 20's (25 KB)
  1880? -- Rosanna Ridgeway married Henry McIntire. They lived for a time in Chillicothe, having purchased the old home at 107 Fourth Street. They later lived in California.
• 6. Captain John Beard Mitchell (14 KB)
  1864 --John Beard Mitchell was later captain of a ferryboat running from Louisville, Kentucky to New Albany, Indiana. (Photo is from locket of Sarah Helen Locke, computer enhanced)
• 7. Sarah Helen Locke (1838-1922) (11 KB)
  1870 --Sarah Helen Locke was from Louisville. She had married John Beard Mitchell. (Photo is from her locket.)
• 8. John Beard Mitchell (1832 - 1915), Postmaster (22 KB)
  1885 -- John Beard Mitchell was postmaster in New Albany, Indiana, in 1885. His son John Edwin Porter Mitchell was a postman and is on the right.
• 9. Martha Eleanor Shaw (1857 - 1945) (20 KB)
  1888 --Martha Eleanor Shaw was the daughter of William Shaw and Martha Reisenger of New Albany, Indiana. She married John Edwin Porter Mitchell.(1860 - 1945). John Edwin Porter Mitchell (1860 - 1945) was the son of John Beard Mitchell
• 10. John Beard Mitchell and Sarah Helen Locke (24 KB)
  1895 --John Beard Mitchell was later the owner of the newspaper in New Albany, Indiana. He retired, sold his interests, and later died in 1915.
• 11. John E. P. Mitchell, Mattie Shaw, & Huston (21 KB)
  1900 --John Edwin Porter Mitchell with his wife, Mattie, and only living son, Julian "Huston" Mitchell
• 12 John E P Mitchell & grandson George E. Mitchell (14 KB)
  1932 --John Edwin Porter Mitchell .(1860 - 1945)from New Albany, Indiana and his first grandson, George Edwin Mitchell

Family Tree Maker Reports and Trees

• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Mitchell of Chillicothe, Ohio 1790+


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of David Mitchell, Sr. - Early Scioto County, Ohio


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Jacob (or Charles) Mitchell - Early Pickaway County, Ohio


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Phillip Mitchell - Early Clermont County, Ohio


• User Home Page Genealogy Report: Descendants of Charles Mitchell -Early Franklin County, Ohio

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