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This Page I Dedicate To My GGgreat Grandfather And Grandmother. I Will Always Marvel At Their Foresight And Pioneering Spirit.
 
   
1. Robert Mitchell  b 1670 Londonderry, Ireland  d Virginia
    married Mary Innis  b 1680 Edinburgh, Scotland
 
    Children
    1 Robert Mitchell  b 1715 Ireland  d abt. 1799 Virginia
            married Mary Enos
     2 Daniel Mitchell  b 1718 Ireland  d 1775
    3 James Mitchell  b abt. 1720 Ireland  d 1776 Virginia
        Note: Their were 13 children only have these three
 
2 James Mitchell
        married Margaret Caldwell  in1752 (this was Margaret 2nd marriage)
 
    Child
    1 James Mitchell Jr.  b 1754 Virginia  d 1835 Tennessee
 
3. James Mitchell Jr. 
     Note: James Mitchell Jr. fought in the Revolutionary War. I have been able to enter the
                    Daughters Of The American Revolution though his military records. In his Claim for
                    pension he states: "The first winter we lay at Valley Forge in the state of Penn.
                    I was at the Battle of Monmouth under General Lee on 28th June 1778. We
                    marched to Guilford Court House.  I was in the heat of that battle.
                    My Captain was killed and Benj. Rice succeeded his. I was promoted to ensign"
 
        James Mitchell Jr
        married Elizabeth Brumfield
 
    Children
    1 Mary Ellen Mitchell  b 1789 Kentucky  d 1834 Tennessee
        married Thomas Williamson in 1817 in Tennessee
            after Mary Ellen's death Thomas married Tabitha Mitchell
    2 Elizabeth Mitchell  b 1792 Kentucky
        married Caleb E. Irvine in 1809 in Kentucky
    3 John C. Mitchell  b 1796 Kentucky  d Sept. 18, 1868 Lee county, Texas
    4 Robert Brumfield Mitchell  b 1798 Kentucky  d 1862 Tennessee
        married 1st Margaret Catherine Linebaugh on Oct 13,1835 in Kentucky
                       2nd Margaret Ophelia Major on Nov 23, 1865 in Tennessee
    5 Tabitha Mitchell  b abt 1800 Kentucky
        married Thomas Williamson around 1835 in Tennessee
    6 Susan Mitchell  b abt 1802 Kentucky
    7 Samuel Findley Mitchell  b 1806 Kentucky  d 1896 Tennessee
        married Mary Elizabeth Linebaugh April 1840 in Tennessee
 
4. John C. Mitchell 
        John C. Mitchell fought in the War of 1812
 
        married 1st  Martha Wilson Carter 1820 North Carolina
 
    Children
    1 James Wilson Mitchell  b 1820 North Carolina  d 1901 Texas
        married Maria Mourning Isabel in Kentucky

    2 Thomas Findley Mitchell  b 1827 Tennessee  d 1907 California
    3 Mary Elizabeth Mitchell  b 1821 Tennessee  d 1916 Texas
        married Dr. John Edward Elgin on  Oct 10, 1844 in Tennessee
    4 Robert Mitchell b 1825-30 Tennessee
 
        married 2nd Anna C McCardle  1843 Halifax, North Carolina
 
     Child
     1 Francis Mitchell b 1843 Halifax, North Carolina
 
5 Thomas Findley Mitchell 
            Note: Thomas F. Mitchell fought in the Mexican American War  Enlisted Nov 10, 1847 fought till Nov 19, 1848  Also fought with Captain "Big Foot" Wallace 5th Volunteer Mounted Calvary in 1850 as a Texas Ranger. He settled in Soledad Canyon, California in 1860, after traveling around the Horn in 1852. Thomas Mitchell raised cattle, thoroughbred trotting horses and was at one time the largest shipper of honey in Los Angeles County shipping two freight car loads annually. The first home of Thomas and Martha Mitchell also became the first school in the valley. Later they gave land to the school district to form a school district for all the children coming to the Valley.
 
To see more on the Valley and surrounding area chick here    Newhall 

 

Thomas Findley Mitchell
        married Martha Catherine Taylor 1865 California
 
    Children
    1 Mary Elizabeth Mitchell  b 1865 California  d 1881 California
    2 Thomas Mitchell Jr.  b 1868 California  d 1875 California
    3 Frank Ambrose Mitchell  b 1870 California  d 1951 California
        married Florence Edith Manning on Aug 1, 1918 in San Bernardino, California
    4 Frances Ann Mitchell  b 1873 California  d 1907 Arkansas
    5 John Wesley Mitchell  b 1875 California  d 1947 California
        married Iva Angeline Dyer  in California
    6 Minnie Ivy Mitchell   b 1881 California  d 1972 California
 
6 Frances Ann Mitchell
        married Samuel Edward Hiette 1893 California
 
    Children
    1 Viola Mae Hiette  b 1895 California  d 1990 California
        married Elmer Richard Peterson on May 15, 1915 in Los Angeles, California
    2 Edith Martha Hiette  b 1896 California  d 1941 California
    3 Ella Frances Hiette  b 1898 California  d 1962 California
    4 Fannie Elizabeth Hiette 1901 California  d 1902 California
    5 Luther Edward Hiette  b 1903 California  d 1959 California
    6 Grace Ellen Hiette  b 1907 Arkansas  d 1907 Arkansas
 
7 Edith Martha Hiette
        married Robert Elee Helvey 1916 California
 
    Children
        1. Minnie Ann Helvey
        2 Victor Leroy Helvey
 
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