James J. Mitchell

MITCHELL, MCFARLAND, OLGIVIE, GIBBS, STANLY, DUFFY, DUNDAS, BURT, GIBBS, MOORE

Posted By: Emmet County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 3/4/2011 at 20:18:16

James John Mitchell was born in Scotland in 1822. He was raised in Chelsea, England.

Susan Olgivie McFarland was born in 1829 at Fern Forfarshire, Scotland. She was a member of the Olgivie Clan.

James and Susan were married in Scotland and moved to Canada in 1856. They were accompanied by Charles Olgivie, a cousin of Susan. Six of their seven children were born in Canada.

In 1875, they moved to a homestead on the east side of the Des Moines River, southeast of the present site of Armstrong. In later years they moved into Armstrong and helped found the Presbyterian Church. Charles Olgivie was an early day store keeper.

Susan died in 1897 and James in 1901.

Their first son David was born in 1857. He was a school teacher. He married Alice Gibbs. They had four children; Edith, Vernon, Flossie Pearl and Glen Raymond. He died in 1919.

Andrew was born in 1861 and died in 1938. He married Jennie Carroll. They had two daughters, Lila and Nellie June.

Robert was born in 1863 and died in 1933. He married Jennie Stanly who died in 1890. They had one daughter Pearl. His second wife was Mary Duffy.

John was born in 1865. He married Carrie Dundas in 1894 and died of Typhoid fever in 1895.

Susan was born in 1867 and died in 1937. She was married to Andrew Burt and farmed in Seneca Township. They were parents of Glen; Andrew; Helen, Mrs. Norman Wood; Susie, Mrs. Niel Helmers; Robert; Joseph, and George Alva.

Elizabeth was born in 1870. She married John Gibbs and they homesteaded near Lansford, North Dakota. Their children are Dick, Jennie, Susie, John, William, Muriel, Gladys and James.

Flora was born in 1876 and died in 1929. She married William Moore and farmed in Emmet County. They had seven children.

Contributed by: James Richmond. Source: History of Emmet County, Iowa, Vol. III, Inter-Collegiate Press, Inc., Shawnee Mission, Kansas, 1976, page 300.