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JAMES O. MITCHELL, of Lynnville, Tenn., is a native of Giles County, born December 19, 1833, son of Andrew and Eliza (Alexander) Mitchell, and is of Scotch-Irish descent. His parents were both born in North Carolina, the father in 1807, and the mother in 1809. His paternal grandfather was John Mitchell, also a North Carolinian. The Mitchell family came to Tennessee about 1809, and settled in East Tennessee. The father of our subject came to what is now Marshall County when a young man. He died in 1864, and the mother in 1865. James O, is the third of nine children, and grew to manhood on a farm, and was educated in the neighboring schools. In 1861 he enlisted in Company B, Third Tennessee Infantry, and participated in the battles of Raymond, Miss., Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge and the Georgia Campaign. Since the war he has been in business in this county. He was married, in 1856, to Frances Angus, who died in 1861. Mr. Mitchell's second wife was Sarah Kellam, whom he married in 1871, and who died four years later, leaving two children: Andrew and Nancy. Mr. Mitchell is a Democrat, and one of the substantial men of the county. (Goodspeed's History of Giles County, 1886)
MARCUS M. MITCHELL is a native of Giles County, Tenn., born January 26, 1838, the second of three children and the son of Robert C. and Jane (Beasley) Mitchell, born in Virginia and Tennessee, respectively. The former came to Tennessee with his parents when a boy and there spent the rest of his life with the, exception of a short period. He died in 1870, and the mother in 1863. Our subject resided with his Grandmother Beasley and obtained a practical business education in the common schools. By perseverance, honest dealing with his fellow man, and economy, he is ranked among the wealthy farmers of the county, owning 322 acres of land. In the late war he served in the First Tennessee Cavalry, under Col. Wheeler, and participated in many hotly contested battles. He was finally released from service by his father taking his place, as the latter had no one depending on him, and our subject had a wife, and one child. He was married, May 26, 1861, to Margaret H. Kimbrough, who bore him one child, a daughter- Almeda G. born April 7, 1862 (wife of W. D. Abernathy). Mr. Mitchell is a Democrat, a man of generous and liberal disposition, and highly respected in the county where he resides. (Goodspeed's History of Giles County, 1886)
(Goodspeed's History of Giles County, 1886)
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