Mitchell, Andrew J.

MITCHELL

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Date: 7/9/2021 at 16:10:16

History of Warren County, Iowa; Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns & Etc., by Union Historical Company, 1879, p.730

MITCHELL, ANDREW J., farmer, Greenfield Township, Sec. 30; P. O. Spring Hill; is a native of Maryland; born February 4, 1829; when he was quite young his parents emigrated to Ohio, where he lived till 1849, when he came back to Maryland, for a short time, then returned to Ohio, for one year; he then went to California, and remained for about two and a-half years, and returnd to his old home in Ohio, and from there, he came to this county, in March, 1855, and has lived here all the time since, except about two years that he lived in Keokuk county; he was married in this county, by P. P. Henderson, to Miss Amanda Reeves, a native of Kentucky, in 1856; they have five children living: Albert, Laura M., Dora, Jessie and Kitty, and one deceased: Mary; owns a farm of 215 acres.