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BENONI MITCHELL
and
SUSANAH LIFE MITCHELL

THEIR HOME
Lewis County, West Virginia
Abt. 1894

Picture provided by direct descendant of Benoni and Susannah Life Mitchell:
Jeff Henderson
Permission given by (also descendants)
Robert D. Henderson and Virginia Dare (Jean) Henderson Bonnett

Click here for :Benoni Mitchell's Parents and Siblings:


Benoni Mitchell's parents are:
John William Mitchell b: May 4, 1763 Dawston, Lancashire, England
d: April 29, 1840 Jane Lew, Lewis, West Virginia
Married 2nd: December 3, 1804 ,Harrison County, Virginia
Susannah Washburn b: November 17, 1782 near Jane Lew, Lewis, West Virginia
d: April 1902

Benoni Mitchell's wife, Susannah Life's parents are:
Martin Life & Elizabeth Flesher Life

Descendancy Chart of Benoni & Susan's chldren

           1   Benoni Mitchell     b: February 19, 1815 ,Lewis, (W)VA
       d: November 16, 1902 Jane Lew, Lewis, West Virginia
married
   +Susannah Life b: Abt. 1819   m: August 18, 1837
,Lewis, (West) Virginia  d: April 1902
Their children:
...  2    Oliver Mitchell     b: April 12, 1838        d: December 25, 1844
...  2    Draper C. Mitchell  b: 1841 ,Harrison County, (W)VA
      d: July 30, 1895 , Lewis, West Virginia
     m: October 21, 1859 ,Lewis, (W)Virginia
....      +Martha Dbarr  b: Abt. 1848 , Lewis, (W)VA 
...  2    John W. Mitchell    b: March 31, 1844      d:July 6, 1848
...  2    Cassandra Virginia Mitchell   b: October 1845 ,Lewis County, WV
.............m: January 9, 1868 ,Lewis, WV, Bk 5, pg 40, line 4
......         +Elias Lafral Barnett    b: Abt. 1845 Lewis, (W) VA
...  2    Twin Mildred J? Mitchell b: December 25, 1847
...  2    Alice Mitchell b: Abt. 1852
......         +Robert M. Henderson     b: Abt. 1841 ,Augusta County, Virginia
     m: September 10, 1874 Lewis Co., West Virginia
                 (Their son: John Alexander Henderson  b. 1875)
...  2    Isadore Mitchell
......      married Bruce Scott
...  2    Bell Mitchell
...  2    Susan Florence Mitchell

 

 

Some of the
Benoni Mitchell Family, Lewis County, West Virginia Abt. 1894

Seated: Wife, Susan Life Mitchell (1819-1902; Benoni Mitchell (1815-1903)

Standing from left: 1)Son-in-law Bruce Scott; 2) Daughter Isadore Mitchell Scott;
3) Daughter Bell Mitchell; 4) Daughter Susan Florence Mitchell;
5) Grandson John A. Henderson
(1875-1968 - son of daughter Alice Mitchell Henderson, Deceased);
6)Charles Alkire (unrelated)**

Picture provided by direct descendant of Benoni and Susannah Life Mitchell:
Jeff Henderson
Permission given by (also descendants)
Robert D. Henderson and Virginia Dare (Jean) Henderson Bonnett

 

**There are two men by the name of Charles Alkire in this time-frame.
Both Charles Alkires are grandsons of Nicholas Alkire.
Charles Alkire b. 1864
Charles Alkire b. 1871
Alkire's are connected thru:
Mary Straley, d/o Christian and Christiana Straley,
had son, Nicholas, by Philip Alkire. Straley's and Mitchell's are related families.

 

The lineage of the house in the picture above
according to my interpretation of the history written in

THE BORDER SETTLERS OF NORTHWESTERN VIRGINIA
FROM 1768 TO 1795
EMBRACING
THE LIFE OF JESSE HUGHES
AND
OTHER NOTED SCOUTS OF THE GREAT WOODS
OF THE TRANS-ALLEGHENY
WITH NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIVE ANECDOTES
BY LUCULLUS VIRGIL MCWHORTER
PUBLISHED FOR JUDGE J. C. MCWHORTER

1915 The Republican Pulishing Company

1) Jesse Hughes was married to Grace Tanner.
2) Jesse Hughes sold his land to his brother-in-law, James Tanner. (p. 211)
3) Rev. John William Mitchell purchased the erected house,
but it had not been completed by Tanner when Rev. Mitchell bought it. (p. 467)
4) John A. *, son of Benoni Mitchell, owned the house and provided the author with construction details which are printed on p. 467.
5) In 1915 (when the book above was published) it had not been occupied for years.
5) Judge McWhorter lamented the fact that when the book was published, it had been torn down.

*I cannot confirm that John A. is correct as a son of Benoni, as I have John W., who died at the age of 4.
I am awaiting some more information that might clarify this.

In this book, page 467, is a tremendous description of the construction of the house. The author states that "splendid state of preservation" and is pleading the case for preservation of this house.
House construction

 

From the Hacker's Creek War Veterans record book located in the Lewis county courthouse: BENONI MITCHELL born February 19, 1815 in Lewis County died November 16, 1902 in Jane Lew of old age. Next of kin: GOODLOW BARNETTE, grandson living in Jane Lew.
BENONI enlisted on March 15, 1862 as a private in the Union infantry - 10th Reg WV Infantry Company C (at age 47). Buried on November 18, 1802 in Old Harmony cemetery in Jane Lew (1.6 miles southeast of Jane Lew on Route 7).
Bond for BENONI MITCHEL to marry Miss SUSANNAH LIFE both of this county. Bondsmen: BENONI MITCHEL and JOSEPH MITCHEL (Old Bk 4, pg 99) November 11, 1837
 

 

 

DRAPER C. MITCHELL
(son of Benoni Mitchell and Susannah Life Mitchell)
married
Martha DBARR
(daughter of Daniel DBarr and Mary Unknown DBarr)

                              
 1   Draper C. Mitchell  b: 1841 ,Harrison County, (W) VA 
........d: July 30, 1895 , Lewis, West Virginia
        m: October 21, 1859 ,Lewis, (W) Virginia
   +Martha Dbarr  b: Abt. 1848 , Lewis, (W) Virginia

Their children:
...  2    Infant Mitchell               d: October 17, 1876
...  2    John W. Mitchell
...  2    D. C. Mitchell b: Abt. 1866
 m: June 30, 1888 ,Lewis County West Virginia
......         +Edna Elva Reamer   b: Abt. 1870 ,Harrison Co., WV 
...  2    May Mitchell   b: Abt. 1868 ,Lewis County, WV
 m: June 30, 1888 ,Lewis County West Virginia
......         +Charles Luther Casto    b: Abt. 1869 Upshur Co., West Virginia    
...  2    Alice Mitchell b: Abt. 1874
m: June 7, 1890 Jane Lew, Lewis, West Virginia
......         +Albert E. Sutton   b: ,Braxton County, West Virginia
...  2    D. C. Mitchell b: November 21, 1876 , Lewis, West
Virginia       d: October 1, 1878 ,Lewis, West Virginia

(The reading of D. C. Mitchell's gravestone was done by
someone other than myself. It said:
D.C. Mitchell, died October 1, 1878, aged 2 yrs, 10 days."
I have calculated D. C.'s birthdate to be November 21, 1876.
It doesn't seem likely that there would be two siblings
with the name of D.C. when the eldest was still alive.
Nor does it seem likely, considering the age and marriage
of the eldest brother that the younger brother
could be eldest son's child.

 
...  2    Daniel B. Mitchell  b: March 20, 1879       d: December 27, 1892

 

April 13, 2004